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  OT - Where to Contribute Documentation? Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2017-09-26 21:40 +0200
    Re: OT - Where to Contribute Documentation? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-09-27 13:40 +0200
    Re: OT - Where to Contribute Documentation? Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2017-09-27 14:10 +0200
    Re: OT - Where to Contribute Documentation? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-09-27 20:10 +0200

#187278 — OT - Where to Contribute Documentation?

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I've written a couple of HOW-TO's (Debian-based kiosk; Pharos printing from
Debian) for myself that I would have loved to have found before I had to
figure things out for myself. Assuming there may be a few people out there
interested in these niche applications, where should I offer them for
publishing?

Thanks!

-- 
Kent West                    <")))><
Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com

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On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 02:32:08PM -0500, Kent West wrote:
> I've written a couple of HOW-TO's (Debian-based kiosk; Pharos printing from
> Debian) for myself that I would have loved to have found before I had to
> figure things out for myself. Assuming there may be a few people out there
> interested in these niche applications, where should I offer them for
> publishing?

DebianWiki comes to mind. Start here:

  https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWiki
  https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWiki/Contact
  https://wiki.debian.org/DebianWiki/Contact#content-admins

Just try to find someone who can help you find out how (or whether) your
HOWTOs might fit into the overall landscape.

Enjoy
- -- tomás
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#187303

On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 02:32:08PM -0500, Kent West wrote:
>    I've written a couple of HOW-TO's (Debian-based kiosk; Pharos printing
>    from Debian) for myself that I would have loved to have found before I had
>    to figure things out for myself. Assuming there may be a few people out
>    there interested in these niche applications, where should I offer them
>    for publishing?

Hi Kent,

I don't consider your post OT at all.  Documentation, especially good
documentation, is nearly always in short supply.  As Tomas suggested,
the Debian Wiki is an excellent choice.  I notice that you also have a
blog, so you could publish your documentation in the form of a blog post
as well.

Whatever approach you choose for publishing your documentation, please
make sure that you contribute something relating to it to the Debian
Project News:

https://wiki.debian.org/ProjectNews/HowToContribute

There are many who subscribe to the periodic Debian Project News and it
would be an excellent way to make more people aware of the documentation
you have written.

Regards,

-Roberto

-- 
Roberto C. Sánchez

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#187332

On Tue 26 Sep 2017 at 14:32:08 -0500, Kent West wrote:

> I've written a couple of HOW-TO's (Debian-based kiosk; Pharos printing from
> Debian) for myself that I would have loved to have found before I had to
> figure things out for myself. Assuming there may be a few people out there
> interested in these niche applications, where should I offer them for
> publishing?

I don't know anything about kiosks but this looks like the sort
of topic which could be put on the wiki and usefully linked from
the Installation or System Administration sections.

Pharos printing? Is that this

  https://pharos.com/ ?

and this

  http://kb.mit.edu/confluence/display/istcontrib/MIT+Pharos+Printing+Landing+Page ?

It looks really interesting (and complex). If the licence for it is
suitable and there are Debian packages, the wiki looks the place to
have it. I'd suggest a link to your page from

  https://wiki.debian.org/Printing

-- 
Brian.

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