Re: The rise and fall of linux

From: Paul Becker (paulisnot_at_home.com)
Date: 02/02/04 

Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 03:01:20 GMT

Guy Macon wrote:
> Paul Becker <pfbecker@rogers.com> says...
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>>However, I have to say that the documentation for
>>Linux is stale and outdated.
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> Have you ever considered picking a chunk of outdated
> domumentation and writing an improved replacement?
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>>it doen't really help me a great
>>deal to read endless docs that discuss the topic
>>at the hardware bit level. I need docs designed
>>for the end-user because I have no desire or
>>intention of studying sound cards at the level
>>which they are discussed in these docs. I just
>>want my sound card to work properly.
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> Have you ever considered writing that doc designed
> for the end user yourself?
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>>So, when I read docs that
>>assume that I know everything the author knew
>>prior to writing the doc I just shake my head and
>>say, "what an ***"!
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> When I read posts that compain about the docs from
> someone who won't pitch in and help, I just shake
> my head and say, "what an..." Well, you can figure
> out the rest.
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>>but I had to compile the f'n
>>thing 2 dozen times and then track down each error
>>and discover on my own which packages were
>>required.
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> And so, instead of writing down which packages were
> required and publishing it, you decided to make the
> next person to compile the fscking thing 2 dozen
> times and then track down each error and discover
> on his own which packages were required. What an...

Here goes the cirrcular reference! Until the
present documentation is improved I don't have a
hope in hell of becoming proficient at anything
Linux including and especially writing documents.

Do you really advocate the blind leading the blind?
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> As Dolly Parton once sang:
> "...it`s all taking and no giving..."
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