discuss: [RFC] General Guide
Subject:
Re: [RFC] General Guide
From:
Mark Komarinski ####@####.####
Date:
16 Feb 2016 17:52:19 +0000
Message-Id: <shqg5njjbc8wer23cxaysdnd.1455645184070@email.android.com>
How about the Introduction to Linux Guide?
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From: Paul Hendricksen ####@####.####
Date: 2/16/2016 10:13 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: David Niklas ####@####.####
Cc: ####@####.####
Subject: Re: [RFC] General Guide
David,
I agree with this and you make a great point. I was teaching a class on
Linux+ and it was very hard to teach the younger generation about Linux.
The basics is what it IS. Linux, the Kernel, is just that. Mind blower to a
lot of students. Shown the trees that each distro spans off of was amazing
to them. So, I agree, we need to have a basic guide, what Linux is, how it
works (minimal concept), what GNU tools do to help the user use the OS, and
how you can employ a minimal GNU/Linux OS to do tasks. We can then go on to
an advanced guide that can be much like any administration guide that are
provided on distros websites, but perhaps omit server-related functions.
On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 9:05 PM, David Niklas ####@####.#### wrote:
> I really think that before we get started with making all this great
> documentation that it is most important that, we should have a minimum
> knowledge guide.
>
> Why:
> Most Linux guides have to spend considerable time bringing the readers up
> to speed on the more basic Linux things which is very wasteful.
>
> Solution:
> I propose that we should explain these things to them as a kind of intro
> to Linux terminology and simple practices vs. a beginner guide, because
> the beginner will want to learn basic linux whereas the experienced user,
> like me, will just want to know, for example, what a motif vs. a neXtish
> scrollbar is (I do know the answer, btw). This would make such a guide
> worthy to all.
>
> Sincerely, David
>
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Thanks,
Paul Hendricksen
