[clug] Why switch to Linux?

[Robert Edwards]

Some (many?) Linux distro's now have their own distro-specific wikis.

Why not have a bunch of links to the the distro's alongside links
to their respective user-contrib wikis (maybe on the "Get Started"
page). Would save repeating information about how to solve problems
that are distro-related. Just need to make sure that the visitor
knows that the links are to external sites.

Cheers,

Bob Edwards.

Chris Smart wrote:
> Jsparksaa at cs.com wrote:
>> Might I suggest including a link/ some links to helpful websites to 
>> help newbies and others like me who are not new but who are not well 
>> practised in linux.
>>
>>   One area where I still have some trouble is in installations and I 
>> re-fought a battle today trying to install Audacity.  There was a 
>> dependancy I was having trouble resolving.
>>
>>   I had used the packman website in the past as an additional 
>> installation source for Suse installs, but for some unknown reason, I 
>> later turned this source off.  After some googling (sp), I re-found 
>> the site and I was able to complete the audacity install. 
>> http://packman.iu-bremen.de/
>>
>> I am sure there are others out there who would appreciate this 
>> information.
> Hey Jim, thanks for the thoughts.
> 
> I guess the problem with this is that I don't have "control" over the 
> information on the pages we link to. If we link to confusing complicated 
> sites, that might be a bad thing. Plus, there are so many different 
> issues people might want information on. You wanted info on fixing your 
> repositories, but there are a million other things that people might 
> want a resource for. Is that too hard to accommodate?
> 
> Maybe this is where the wiki (http://wiki.makethemove.net) can come in 
> handy? If you worked out your issue, then why not post an entry on the 
> wiki? Then people have a central "controlled" resource to find 
> assistance. Does this idea sort of fill the gap you're mentioning?
> 
> Cheers!
> Chrs
>