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GrokDoc Goes Live; All GNU/Linux Newbies Welcome

Posted by Hemos on from the pushing-the-world-further-along dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Writing at LinuxWorld, Groklaw's PJ asks "What Do Newbies Need to Make the Switch to GNU/Linux? and invites the world - literally - to help with answering the question, by participating in the wiki she and some colleagues have just launched. GrokDoc aims to turn the usual process on its head: "Instead of experts telling newbies how to do things, we will let newbies show and tell us what they need." Might be a fantastic way to help push Linux still further toward that fabled tipping-point."

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  1. Online docs are a good thing... by mahdi13 · · Score: 5, Funny

    but you know the newbies STILL won't RTFM

    --
    "Some things have to be believed to be seen." - Ralph Hodgson
    1. Re:Online docs are a good thing... by Len+Budney · · Score: 5, Funny
      but you know the newbies STILL won't RTFM

      Is that the issue? I didn't read the article...

  2. Re:SSDD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    whatever fedora people use?
    We tend to rely on the power of prayer.
  3. Re:More fluff ahead by Unnngh! · · Score: 5, Funny

    A talking, pop-up tux that spits out hundred-page man pages might be kinda funny though...

  4. let homer design linux by happyfrogcow · · Score: 5, Funny

    ever see the Simpsons where Homer designs a car? that's how Linux would end up if we let the newbies do it all.