wiki's are great! but why should one have to switch to a different site. this site has a nice feel to it.
i wonder if one can incorporate the wiki into this site in a new exciting liquid way?
and of course, script dead, or mindless comments/links to the void.
a open sourced creative newer search engine should be constructed that:
A. brief topics found in search be listed first about those topics, sometimes reading only error message links and fixes have no standard approach, or step by step guides to go about researching a topic or fix. What is needed first, so forth, before applying the quick fix. allow only relevant links first, not error messages links first - links errors at first glance would be organized under completely separate menu aimed at issues only - a submenu if you will, if you are short on time - as usual.
B. incorporate a fresh links button to solve aging old issues, even if 1 day old to present for instant wiki solutions
C. change the way wiki's are viewed visually by incorporating interactive modes; example: allowing access to system files to check for basic errors, then provide possible solutions or suggestions about current configs, programs used, releases etc...
D. script dead links to the void, while caching for review later, while scripts rifle though keywords or flags defined and cross-ref'd on wiki complaints check box. Hey this guy is clueless, or this joker has made ridiculous suggestions here, expunge it.
E. make use of secure connections to allow auth'd admins to compile info about a certain connection/box system wise, thereby cutting through level 1 issues, and allow autofixing based on OS and usage based on standards set forth within the wiki prior to usage.
F. take all forums and comments and extract only the useful data or solutions, not the yammerings of the insane.
G. keep topics brief, and links to more input - elsewhere, or under advanced search feature based on what autochecker has found on your system.
Remember, not all users are linux/unix/script/programming savoy. To allow a more friendly to advanced menu would be preferred.
its late, prolly need to sleep on this one, as this is a simple idea, and needs much review.
Before reading all this I will say Open Source, the term, not the website, to me means, Free to Distribute, Free access to Code, simply put. As long as you keep the authors name at the top of your code, and give credit where it is due, then Open Source lives! If you take the authors code, modify/add/delete/taylor, and then, DO NOT credit its origin, then you are not part of the community but a problem.
Ok read on for the definition by wikipedia, as it's always a good place to start if your are defining this or that.
Open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials—typically, their source code.[citation needed] Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology. Before the term open source became widely adopted, developers and producers used a variety of phrases to describe the concept; open source gained hold with the rise of a public, worldwide, computer-network system called the Internet, and the attendant need for massive retooling of the computing source code. Opening the source code enabled a self-enhancing diversity of production models, communication paths, and interactive communities. [1] Subsequently, a new, three-word phrase "open source software" was born to describe the environment that the new copyright, licensing, domain, and consumer issues created.
The open source model includes the concept of concurrent yet different agendas and differing approaches in production, in contrast with more centralized models of development such as those typically used in commercial software companies. [2] A main principle and practice of open source software development is peer production by bartering and collaboration, with the end-product (and source-material) available at no cost to the public. This is increasingly being applied in other fields of endeavor, such as biotechnology.[3]
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i agreed on the above post. all 3 points.
wiki's are great! but why should one have to switch to a different site. this site has a nice feel to it.
i wonder if one can incorporate the wiki into this site in a new exciting liquid way?
and of course, script dead, or mindless comments/links to the void.
a open sourced creative newer search engine should be constructed that:
A. brief topics found in search be listed first about those topics, sometimes reading only error message links and fixes have no standard approach, or step by step guides to go about researching a topic or fix. What is needed first, so forth, before applying the quick fix. allow only relevant links first, not error messages links first - links errors at first glance would be organized under completely separate menu aimed at issues only - a submenu if you will, if you are short on time - as usual.
B. incorporate a fresh links button to solve aging old issues, even if 1 day old to present for instant wiki solutions
C. change the way wiki's are viewed visually by incorporating interactive modes; example: allowing access to system files to check for basic errors, then provide possible solutions or suggestions about current configs, programs used, releases etc...
D. script dead links to the void, while caching for review later, while scripts rifle though keywords or flags defined and cross-ref'd on wiki complaints check box. Hey this guy is clueless, or this joker has made ridiculous suggestions here, expunge it.
E. make use of secure connections to allow auth'd admins to compile info about a certain connection/box system wise, thereby cutting through level 1 issues, and allow autofixing based on OS and usage based on standards set forth within the wiki prior to usage.
F. take all forums and comments and extract only the useful data or solutions, not the yammerings of the insane.
G. keep topics brief, and links to more input - elsewhere, or under advanced search feature based on what autochecker has found on your system.
Remember, not all users are linux/unix/script/programming savoy. To allow a more friendly to advanced menu would be preferred.
its late, prolly need to sleep on this one, as this is a simple idea, and needs much review.
Taken from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source
Before reading all this I will say Open Source, the term, not the website, to me means, Free to Distribute, Free access to Code, simply put. As long as you keep the authors name at the top of your code, and give credit where it is due, then Open Source lives! If you take the authors code, modify/add/delete/taylor, and then, DO NOT credit its origin, then you are not part of the community but a problem.
Ok read on for the definition by wikipedia, as it's always a good place to start if your are defining this or that.
Open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials—typically, their source code.[citation needed] Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology. Before the term open source became widely adopted, developers and producers used a variety of phrases to describe the concept; open source gained hold with the rise of a public, worldwide, computer-network system called the Internet, and the attendant need for massive retooling of the computing source code. Opening the source code enabled a self-enhancing diversity of production models, communication paths, and interactive communities. [1] Subsequently, a new, three-word phrase "open source software" was born to describe the environment that the new copyright, licensing, domain, and consumer issues created.
The open source model includes the concept of concurrent yet different agendas and differing approaches in production, in contrast with more centralized models of development such as those typically used in commercial software companies. [2] A main principle and practice of open source software development is peer production by bartering and collaboration, with the end-product (and source-material) available at no cost to the public. This is increasingly being applied in other fields of endeavor, such as biotechnology.[3]