[2167] in SIPB_Linux_Development
RE: Linux-Athena FAQs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick McCormick)
Wed Sep 23 22:04:27 1998
From: "Patrick McCormick" <pmccormi@MIT.EDU>
To: "Hoeteck Wee" <hoeteck@MIT.EDU>
Cc: <linux-dev@MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 22:02:49 -0400
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96L.980923203620.22526C-100000@m12-182-24.mit.edu>
Hi. The rationale so far has been to restrict the FAQ to Linux-Athena
specific stuff and provide links to general sources of Linux information
which (presumably) already answer the other questions. The idea is that the
world doesn't need another Linux install FAQ. The front page already has
links to the RH manual, XFree86, and several other Linux sites. I'll be
happy to add the new links you have to the front page. However, I don't
think that we'll be adding any regular-Linux questions to the FAQ with links
for answers, unless there's some serious and oft-repeated question.
If anyone on Linux-Dev has comments, please share.
Thanks for your comments!
--pat
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hoeteck Wee [mailto:hoeteck@MIT.EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 8:55 PM
> To: pmccormi@MIT.EDU
> Subject: Linux-Athena FAQs
>
>
> Hi, Patrick!
>
> Instead of restricting the answers on the FAQs to Linux-Athena specific
> issues, we should consider adding links to general Linux FAQs, that
> cover other commonly asked questions regarding X, networking, etc:
>
> RH Linux User's FAQ Index
> http://www.best.com/~aturner//RedHat-FAQ/faq_index.html
>
> Red Hat Linux Installation Support FAQ
> http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/RedHat-FAQ/
>
> RHL 4.2 Users' Guide
> http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/RHL-4.2-Users-Guide-HTML/manual/
>
> XFree86 Frequently Asked Questions
> http://www.xfree86.org/FAQ/index.html
> (Chipset Support, Configuration, Disabling virtual desktop, etc)
> Should add an entry on changing default bit-depths / resolutions, too.
>
> Sound card support in Linux
> http://www.4front-tech.com/ossfree/
>
> Kernel News
> http://www.linuxhq.com/
> http://edge.linuxhq.com/
>
> Other Linux-related mailing lists: eg redhat-list@redhat.com
>
> Newsgroups Archives http://www.dejanews.com/
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> - hoeteck
>
>
