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Creative Documentation

FuriousCurio writes "Linux kernel hackers appear to be an endlessly creative group of individuals. In response to previous documentation attempts not having been read by many people, KernelTrap is reporting about how the lguest documentation was prepared to be something of an adventure story. Self-proclaimed to turn you into an lguest expert, lguest being one of the new solutions for running a virtual instance of the Linux operating system as a user process within a real instance of the Linux operating system, the documentation mixes humor and wit into puzzles, poetry, and of course source code and a low-level understanding of virtualization. But the questions remains, will making documentation more entertaining actually work to get people to read it?"

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  1. Pffft, Old Hat by Fx.Dr · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you compile the Anarchists' Cookbook you wind up with Windows 3.11 for Networking.

  2. I thought my Linux education was going well... by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...until I was eaten by a Grue.

  3. Q1. What is lguest? by GillBates0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Q1. What is lguest?
    A. RTFM n00b.

    --
    An Indian-American Hindu committed to non-violent thought/speech/action alarmed by the global explosion of radical Islam
  4. Re:Yes.... by gardyloo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Agreed, and I try to work around it with the following question line to clients: "Say you have two drivers. One is familiar with the state Driver's Handbook and traffic laws, having read up on them. The other has just got behind the wheel for the first time. Which one do you think would get in more accidents, and why?" Whichever one ATI wrote.