[Wftl-lug] Tuxzine

[Charles McColm]

> I am kinda silly giddy happy to see people using the DTP wiki page for
> TuxZine.  It just makes me feel like a kid in a candy store to see people

I'm also very happy to see contributions coming from others. You don't
have to know a topic cold. There's a discussion tab at the top of the
main page that opens a discussion page for questions and discussion
around making the zine.

> playing around with that toy.  I totally "get" the joy that Marcel must feel
> from seeing people use his WFTL-LUG list and forum, etc., because it is
> really a rush to see people going over to the DTP wiki TuxZine to make it
> their own, to shape it they way that they want to shape it.  It's like
> throwing a party and actually having guests show up.  It's sooooo much fun.

I'm working under the assumption that we're eventually going to do a
print & pdf magazine with a web site to allow community contributions.

Discussions like Alan's 'kernel panic' are spot on. These are problems
people do face installing Linux.

> hog.  If Marcel would later like to have a wiki and move the TuxZine to his
> wiki, or if someone else would like to have TuxZine moved to their server,
> I'm very happy with that, too.  But of course I'm also equally happy to see

I like what we have so far, and it seems like people are using the
wiki, which is the most important part. If we start having a problem
with spam then we might consider moving to something that involves
secure logins, etc., but for now simplicity over security (sounds like
Microsoft).

> I think that this looks good, as do the sections for Choosing a Linux Distro
> and What is Linux.  IMHO, we are eventually going to find that these
> sections might grow, and at some point they might merit their own pages.

Actually since I run a computer recycling project I'm in the unique
position to install and provide screen shots of Linux installed on a
lot of computers. What I would need is volunteers willing to put
together and install Linux on the hardware. If you live in the
Kitchener/Waterloo region and are interested in downloading and
installing Linux on systems for the purpose of a big comparison
article, please leave me a message on my work answering machine at
(519)743-1151 ext. 225.


> page is good and scanable and readable, but if we grow that front page, we
> might want to make it into more of a general greeting page as well as a
> table of contents.

Agreed. I can see it growing very quickly. I'm going to post snippits
of the discussion here to my local LUG web site to encourge some local
development.

> events / news kind of thing.  Maybe.  At least that is what I personally
> associate with a magazine.  When I think of a magazine, I think of current
> events.

True. I have a book at home with '10 Things a newsletter must have.'
I'll post the list here the next time I have the book handy.

Cheers,

Charles