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Building a Large Linux Knowledgebase

Posted by michael on from the bookmarkable dept.

linuxfan writes "It looks like LinuxQuestions.org is aiming to build the largest independent Linux-related knowledgebase using a Wiki. They are using the same software as Wikipedia (MediaWiki), are using a Creative Commons license and look to be off to a good start."

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  1. All you'll ever need to know... by ackthpt · · Score: 4, Funny
    void main()
    {
    printf("42");
    }

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    1. Re:All you'll ever need to know... by Geek+of+Tech · · Score: 2, Funny
      Maybe it's "How many roads must a man walk down"....

      If only we had something more scientific.... like scrabble....

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  2. They have that.... by JustinXB · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's called Google.

  3. Re:then... by Anonymous+Crowhead · · Score: 5, Funny

    What if google dosent deliver?

    If there is no answer on Google (groups that is), then there is no question.

  4. Must have chosen LinuxQuestions.org... by spood · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...since README.org was already taken.

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  5. woohooo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I sure hope it contains Linux dating tips!

  6. Re:Great! by Raagshinnah · · Score: 3, Funny
    "My hope is that this database doesn't grow out of control with redundant and/or meaningless data."

    yeah, another slashdot would be too much for the internet to handle

  7. Already exists: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ls /usr/share/man/*

  8. useful wiki application by rtv · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wish your comment was on a Wiki, because then I could edit it to remove all those apostrophes.

  9. Re:rats! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    All you need is Nethack.

  10. wikipedia.org???? by bobsalt · · Score: 3, Funny

    I went there once, took me 2 days to get out!!

    amazing site...

  11. Another personal favorite... by virid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Elite Google

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    1. Re:Another personal favorite... by mujin · · Score: 2, Funny

      Elite Linux Google

  12. Re:Eh? Largest? Huh? by Mr.+Piddle · · Score: 3, Funny


    Anyone can update the wiki.

    I can't wait to see the changelog for the article, "So, Which Linux Distribution is Right for Me?"

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  13. Re:Eh? Largest? Huh? by bgeer · · Score: 5, Funny
    I am probably out of date and things are much better now, but I (and probably a lot of other people) have an aversion to anything named a HOWTO after spending many futile hours trying to decode them in the mid-to-late 90s when there was no other help available.

    For those of you who mercifully missed out on this era, generally a HOWTO would

    (a) Point you to software that no longer compiled on any platform known to man

    (b) Advise you to use configuration options that existed only in development versions and never worked even then.

    (c) Assume that you know how to use an equally complex program that has its own HOWTO which points you back to the one you started with.

    (d) give great explanations like: Ok for this file you just use syntax like a=1 to set a equal to 1. For example to make it fly to the moon just type:
    $foo53r45$::564.config <-> FALSE
    DiskBo$xInvolvement.Underpantsgnome = $PROFIT$

    etc...

    I am exaggerating VERY slightly. Anyone remember the DIP HOWTO? According to legend the suicide rate among Linux users tripled within three weeks of its release.

  14. MOD PARENT UP, PLEASE by Karl+Cocknozzle · · Score: 3, Funny
    What you need to know is that main returns int!!!

    Quoth my freshman year C Programming professor who said "void main() makes baby Jesus cry." I almost fell out of my chair with glee.
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  15. I know how by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hire all the unemployed "outsourced" whiners who post on Slashdot.

  16. Re:19 Articles!!! by Captain+Nitpick · · Score: 2, Funny
    Patience, Grasshopper. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single footstep.

    Yeah, but when you're trying to jump the chasm of disbelief, that single step will send you falling onto the sharp pointy rocks of obscurity.

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