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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rob Beard wrote: > 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 I think its worth remembering that most books are out of date long 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? bug fixing or improving how it works with other software. > > 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 Hmm I will take a look, paul > > - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Support Open and ISO standard file formats ISO 26300 odf http://www.odfalliance.org Meetings 1st Saturday of the month - Shoreline, Paignton from 3pm Software freedom day 2009 - Saturday 19th September 2009 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpnUR0ACgkQaggq1k2FJq1IIgCfR+fG2b/bTlknMHTOJVSZAA5a 8UQAnRVSVt9SKdb8tH+UPn0u6VmM1fVd =nv2q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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