[Klug-general] outdated linux documentation

[Thomas Edward Groves]

"have to know where to look"

I've been banging my head against that one ever since I started
programming in '71.

I think we largely agree; getting useful information is next to random.
And getting programmers to explain their code is usually hopeless.

My original comment about "a yard of Linux books" was meant ironically.
It's easier to buy books than to find reliable explanations.

Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: James Morris <james at jwm-art.net>
To: <kent at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:44 AM
Subject: [Klug-general] outdated linux documentation


>
> Come to think of it, when I first started using Linux, the HOWTO's from
> the Linux Documentation Project (which were available as Debian packages
> on the install cds) were really helpful (especially as I did not have
> web-access back then).
>
> However for the past few years when I've been searching for documentation
> for this or that, and have come across a HOWTO, they have been woefully
> out of date. Perhaps the HOWTO's were comparable with Microsoft Help (as I
> remember it) which was often pretty useless too.
>
> A quick look at http://tldp.org/sorted_howtos_full.html shows a minority
> are still being updated, or have been newly added.
>
> Perhaps part of the problem arises from people's preference for blogs,
> forums, making videos, and social networking. Which means you have to know
> where to look for documentation, and know the signs of what is good and
> bad documentation, which all comes down to experience.
>
> James.
>
>
>
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