[NTLUG:Discuss] linux newbie manual

[Mark Bickel]

> From discuss-admin at ntlug.org Wed Mar  6 14:13 CST 2002
> From: brian at pongonova.net
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] linux newbie manual
> List-Archive: <http://www.ntlug.org/pipermail/discuss/>
> Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 15:08:16 -0600

Brian (brian at pongonova.net) wrote:
> My first suggestion would be to lose the proprietary .doc format and
> use an "open" format.

The Linux Documentation Project has some good resources and justifications for using
the DocBook DTD as a standard format. I suggest that you read the LDP Author Guide:
http://linuxdoc.org/LDP/LDP-Author-Guide/

MSWord is IMO a poor choice of formats for this type of project.

-- Mark.Bickel_at_ericsson.com


> On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 07:51:46PM -0600, micky hotmail wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'm just a yearling reader, and have really gotten involved with Linux and everything.  I wrote a linux administration manual, pretty much just intro to the OS and everything but networking and security.  (i hope to finish those in 6 months, when I start offering the class).  Since I like to keep things free, I was wondering who i would talk to in reference to posting a link on ntlug's site for the linux newbie manual to download.  If you want to look at it first, it's 
> > http://www.prodirections.com/resume/handsonlinux.doc
> > Any pointers really appreciated!