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Re: FAQ DRAFT v2
Hi.
My 2c for the v2 FAQ.
First, to answer some other peoples' comments.
Ilan: The FAQ is necessary. Even if plasma-gate DID contain all of
this info (which it doesn't), the FAQ is something that can be forced
into a person's mailbox after he subscribes. This way ensures a better
chance of a person coming to the list prepared for venomous dragons and
other various hardships.
I agree about the Latin and otherwise "complex" English words. We
must remember that this is Israel. Maybe you guys don't feel this,
but as a SysOp of a BBS trying to push Linux you would not believe
the amount of alphabetically challenged people who log on. This FAQ
should be accessible to *EVERYONE*, and thus I urge Marc to remove
any words over 3 letters in length that are not "food". OK, maybe
I overdid it, but you get the point.
Concerning welcoming people: I think a balance has to be found between
welcoming people and making sure they understand this is not Micro$oft.
I like the general spirit of v2, but we should not drag the idea of RTFM
too much.
About some of the sections offered by people: This FAQ should be
as short as possible. It should only contain the necessary things
one must know to get on the list and find resources for Linux. Getting
Linux hooked to the net should NOT be here, because it is already
covered by the appropriate howtos. In this sense I agree with Ilan -
We should ONLY explain Israeli-specific issues, such as list netiquette,
FTP sites, web sites, etc.
Marc: Correct your FAQ concerning running some DOS apps. Linux runs
Heretic as far as I know (under DosEMU). Just drop a few words there
and refer people to the DosEMU howto.
Keep on the good work.
Shay
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Shay Rojansky, roji@cs.huji.ac.il Finger for PGP public key
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