Re: Idea: Master Debian FAQ (newbie-centric)
On Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 02:22:35PM -0500, William Jensen <jensenb@charter.net> wrote
> Each one of those topics probably has a handful of "how do I" associated with
> it that a very new user would "typically" ask to this list. First off I'd like
> to ask if someone has already gathered a FAQ like this for Debian. If not,
> I'd like to volunteer my time in creating (when I have the knowledge) parts
> of the FAQ. Some basic questions come up though and these I throw out to you,
> the Debian community:
>
> 1. Who would house/display the FAQ so it is always available.
> 2. Who can contribute and how?
> 3. Who does quality control checks?
> 4. How do you submit an article to be included?
> 5. What would be a successful structure/format?
> 6. Would the Debian main page hold a link to this if it's done well and tailored
> toward Debian?
>
> Again, I'd like to be part of this and am willing do devote some of my time
> to getting easy to understand documentation out to newbies...of which I still
> consider myself a member. I have several other newbie friends that I provide
> tech support to on linux and most of the time I end up referring them to a
> spot on my home website that I have documented how I was able to get things
> working for myself.
and
Casper Gielen <capslock2000@subdimension.com>
Kenward Vaughan <kaynjay@igalaxy.net>
Kristian Rink <celestial_spirit@web.de>
Jonathan Eisenstein <jeisen@mindspring.com>
also chimed in.
is there some activity somewhere? i wanna play, too! what's up?
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