Re: My rant, sorry

[Allix Primus <alleve idirect com>]

Howto files , and basically all linux documentation is way to long. The guy
made a good point. I've summed up 20 page howto files for people in 5
sentenses many times. I don't think its as difficult as you say.


> There are a few big problems with this that are often overlooked.
> 
> 1.  Very few people who know the answers know the questions.
>     I wouldn't have the foggiest idea what topics to even address.
> 
> 2.  While the administration of Linux is fairly stable, the
>     how-to for newbies changes _much_ faster.  (Yes, I know
>     that the admin changes fast, but it's a snail's pace in
>     comparison.)
> 
> 3.  Newbie help is so often distribution-specific, if not
>     version specific.  Obviously, this doesn't help.
>     By the time you write up all of the distibution/version
>     stuff, you'd have an intimidating tome that no newbie
>     would touch.
> 
> I'm not saying we can't do better, but this is no easy task.
> Really, it would take a team of people--gurus and newbies--and
> a lot of effort to do a decent job.
> 
> 	- Kevin Colby
> 	  kevinc grainsystems com
> 
> 
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