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Linux 2.4 VM Documentation Completed
cyb97 writes "kerneltrap.org is reporting that Mel Gorman has finished his project to document the ins and outs of the Linux 2.4 VM. Available in PDF/HTML/TXT at his webpage."
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well, speaking as a newb, my point was ANY documentation is better than no documentation, at least in most cases, and I wanted the writer to know that his efforts were appreciated. Not as sexy as a new video card or latest sco gossip, but at the time I posted, it was being mostly ignored..
I'm still at the point that I can't code,and I can't even help write documentation for anything, you need to fully understand a subject first before you can write about it. At least when the creators write some documentation, it's a starting point.
And I'd disagree on IRC, I think very well archived web forums, where the rule to keep headers inside of common sense keyword limitations, would be much better. IRC is useful, for very fast detailed questions, that require short fast answers. Just some things take more than a sentence or two, and it's better to not have to answer the same question over and over again, you can tell that gets annoying to the answerers, heh.. I've had MUCH better luck just doing newsgroups searches and straight web searches, just need those topics better indexed. re:re:re:re:re: sure gets a lot of hits on the ole intarweb........
On the skill level answers, yes, I would agree whole heartedly. Crawl>walk>run is the usual progression. It's also a bother but something that needs to be said, linux is distro specific a lot of times in the picky details, which to me makes it trebly hard. "Close enough" will still not answer your question or allow you to accomplish your task in a lot of cases, or can seriously bork you.
I am surprised there are not better commercial sites out there that have paid staffers for this purpose,answering questions and having DECENT searchable archives and well written documentation, and charge reasonable subcriptions and are well moderated. There's a business that might be going begging..perhaps, it might exist, I don't know.