Re: Debian docs needed !

[Camilo <camilo@cancun.com>]

Hi!

Im also very new to debian (i have like 2 weeks since i installed it), 
and i feel the same way; although it looks *very* scary at first, in the 
end its much more easy to mantain that any of the other distros out 
there. apt-get solely could be the reason to change your entire 
distribution to Debian, it is oh so cool. ;)

I too have been browsing the site, and i guess you are correct, theres 
not much up-to-date docs...i guess this is because since the debian 
community does not get as much "air-time" as the "mainstream" distros (a 
la redhat), well, not so many documentation is put out for it...

i would happily write some documentation if i only had the time to do so :)

regards,
Camilo


Amit Pansare wrote:

> Hello, I switched to debian about a year back and found that though 
> looks scary at first, it actually is easier to maintain and live with 
> than any other distributions. But the problem is that one has to find 
> them! Lot of things can be done debian way but know one knows 
> them...why? Docs are outdated or simply missing.
>
> Have a look at
>
> http://www.debian.org/doc/ddp
>
> Many are obsolete/planned and development version. Only thing that is 
> well covered is installing Debian...
>
> Still many things need to be addressed; example :
>
> automounting cdrom;
>
> how to play music cds;
>
> removing/installing services;
>
> locales issues;
>
> maybe hardware-list too (right now its more than 6 months old... thats 
> a no-no)
>
> many more, i cant remember them now
>
> these are small things but can drive you crazy when u need them...
>
> After reading doc one should get sence of completness , which is 
> missing...
>
> I personally feel that only thing bad abt debian is its documentation. 
> We need somethng like freebsd handbook! What do u all think, maybe i 
> am wrong, but i want to know how many of u feel there  is need for Own 
> debain doc s
>
>  
>
>
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