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

    It's called Google.

  2. 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.

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

    Elite Google

    --
    "The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want." - F Scott Fitzgerald
  4. 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    I am probably out of date and things are much better now, but I (and probably a lot of other people) have an aversion to anything named a HOWTO after spending many futile hours trying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.