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Paul Sutton wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > tom wrote: > >> Rob Beard wrote: >> >>> .... >>> Linux Format is a good resource for book reviews, they usually review 2 >>> or 3 books at least every month, not necessarily covering distros, but >>> maybe other subjects too such as administration, programming etc. The >>> thing is, they say if the books are much cop or not, and if you're >>> spending maybe £30 on a book it's good know if it is of any use (judging >>> by some of the reviews, some of these books at £30 to £40 a pop aren't >>> worth the paper they are printed on). >>> >>> Rob >>> >> I think its worth remembering that most books are out of date long >> before they hit the shelves. >> All you should need is something to tell you how to get online and then >> point you in the direction of the online stuff - of which there isn't a >> huge amount for some distributions - if I was in charge of something >> like Ubuntu I'd be paying a few people to get the on-line documentation >> up to scratch! >> Tom te tom te tom >> >> >> > > I agree here, however perhaps what they need to do for 9.10 or even > 10.04 is concentrate on fixing software that is not quite right, and > also writing excellent documentation to go with it. > > What do you mean fixing software that isn't quite right? As far as documentation goes, it's always been something that seems to be lacking on any distro, okay some packages have better documentation than others. > Perhaps also have it in some sort of editiable online format, such as > wiki text, so people can go in and make corrections / updates etc. > You mean like the Ubuntu wiki? http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/wiki Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html