FUDCON Malaysia Book

[David Jorm]

On 04/27/2012 12:21 PM, Joshua J Wulf wrote:
> G'day folks,
>
> So we're going to "write a book at FUDCON".
>
> Participation in this crowd-sourcing experiment will not be limited 
> people physically at FUDCON; anyone, anywhere on Earth with a FAS 
> account and internet access will be able to participate.
>
> I want to make the book something as accessible as possible, as the 
> main things here are to trial the approach and give people an 
> opportunity to use the system. So something deeply technical like 
> "Advanced SELinux Policy Writing Guide" is not a good candidate.
>
> So I'm thinking of a book along these lines:
>
> "Introducing Fedora"
>
> It contains user stories ("my first Fedora"), anecdotes ("the best and 
> the worst"), use cases ("What I'm doing with Fedora"), a chapter on 
> Downloading and Installing (with links to more detailed 
> documentation), what to try ("cool things in Fedora"), and where to go 
> for more information / help.
>
> What do you think?
>
> - Josh

I think this is an ideal book, since almost anyone can write some 
meaningful content for it. This enables the experiment to run its true 
course, rather than being limited by the technical barriers to entry 
posed by the book's topic. Count me in.

David