Re: SuSE documentation

From: Juhan Leemet (juhan_at_logicognosis.com)
Date: 08/03/04 

Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 19:21:59 -0200

On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 10:27:42 -0300, Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz wrote:
> In <k5itg0dakg5tmdjb1tqu4mvqnnhk27a28a@4ax.com>, on 08/02/2004
> at 06:10 PM, George Peatty <pttyg47-1230@copper.net> said:
>
>>Lets be fair here...
>
> Yes, let's be fair here, and not suggest misleading comparisons.

Who said life was fair?

>>You can find many pages of documentation... magazine...
>
> BTW, I see plenty of magazine articles on Linux, but I would never
> consider describing them as part of the Linux documentation, much less
> the documentation of a specific distribution..

Hmm, you have a point, tho... we may actually be witnessing a paradigm
shift here? GNU/Linux is I believe the first O/S to break free of the
boundaries of an single company or organization. We have one custodian of
the kernel (Linus, and thanks BTW for continuing to be a focal point!).
Another loose affiliation of GNU programmers (hackers, afficionados, etc.)
who are often fronting for research efforts developing new stuff (e.g.
RCS->CVS->Subversion, etc.). In this sense, GNU/Linux is almost organic,
like vegetables (er, let's not examine that metaphor too closely?!?).

The bazaar organization (as opposed to the cathedral) is chaotic and
surprising and innovative, etc. Perhaps the only way to get much
documentation on Linux is from public documentation, in all media (books,
magazines, web pages, newsgroups, emails, etc.)? Where else?

There is a danger: the whole thing might get diluted or simply explode
into chaos of disorganization and incompatibility. However, those that
matter (those actually making things work) seem to be able to ride that
technological wave without falling off the board (and clutching the rest
of us in a drowning man's embrace?). I'm hoping that won't happen. If some
offshoots get weird/crazy, I'm hoping there will still be some functional
core that is useful to tech afficionados and practical computer users.

Given that no one organization is truly "in control" where is the
"official Linux documentation" to be found? Anywhere you can find it!
We'll have to help each other avoid errors, misrepresentations, and trolls.

Seems to me that distros can only provide us with a "starting point"
or "jumping off point" and then our systems become our own customizations.
That should be truly liberating! AFAIC, I'm enjoying the ride! YMMV 

-- 
Juhan Leemet
Logicognosis, Inc.

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