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Re: Question for the group

On Mar 6, 11:33 pm, flyer <f...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:09:31 -0700, Geico Caveman
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> <spammers-go-h...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >Hello,
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> >I am thinking of trying my hand at writing. Have a few things I can
> >authoritatively write about, but was looking at Linux as possibly the
> >easiest of them as far as time invested goes.
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> >So, here is the question (serious responses only - especially from the
> >people intelligently critical of Linux and its perceived weaknesses, no
> >trolls please) :
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> >What do you think I should write about ? The most pressing missing point as
> >far as documentation goes ? Style, etc. ?
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> >I know that the web is an extremely rich source of useful and free
> >information about Linux but your average newbie who most needs Linux is not
> >the technical site surfing, newsgroup savvy kind. He / she needs a desk
> >reference.
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> >Money is secondary in this as I will price it low (given the kind of
> >competition in this market segment). I just want to write a book that will
> >make a difference.
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> >Assuming I include a section about setting up Linux (I will focus on a
> >non-Novell linked distro), how does one take screenshots of setup screens
> >(I mean one can take photographs, but that would be amateurish) ? Should I
> >setup a qemu image to play with setups this way and use ksnapshot on the
> >host ? Something more elegant ?
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> >You are welcome to address other issues I might not have thought of
> >regarding this business.
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> >Thanks,
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> >GC
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> Anyone wrtiting anything should have a copy of "The Elements Of
> Style," by Strunk and White, stapled to their forehead 24 hour per
> day. (Or at least have the little volume in your pocket).
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> Style? Watch Roy Schestowitz for a while. He's razing the ether with
> Linux news and is great at grouping related items.

What a terrible suggestion. If people want 400 pages of Roy
Schestowitz they'll print out last week's posts. Write a Linux Murder
Mystery.

> Good luck finding Linux weaknesses -- they seem to be dissipating like
> ice in hell. Also, this is Linux Advocacy.

How's that Koolaid taste?




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