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Re: TULK
On Wed, 18 Nov 1998 06:28:56 +0200, Eran Tromer <eran@tromer.org> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I've written an article titled "Towards a Unified Linux Knowledgebase",
>discussing the future of Linux documentation.
>
I have read your document with interest, and as far as documents goes (HOWTOs,
FAQs, man pages, and other software documentation), you are right, on the long
term.
However, I find that most of the time I get the information I need from
dynamic resources such as public usenet newsgroups, company-specific NNTP
based newsgroups (microsoft.*, intel.*, staroffice.*, etc.), and mailing
list.
Some of the information I'm looking for is not answered by "standard"
documents because:
1. They are updated much slower.
2. They don't cover my particular configuration. (Software X doesn't work with
hardware Y - See the latest StarOffice 5.0 crashes with S3 based cards issue).
This type of information will always be answered by internet-based forums
where there will always be at least one more user (out of the millions using
Linux) with the same type of problems as you have, even if it occures only
with a peculiar hardware/software combination.
Besides, a quick-n-dirty solution is still a keyword based full text search
engine, indexing all your main-pages, HOWTO's, and /usr/doc/* can be built
much quicker than the long term solution you suggest.
Udi
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