OMP Ideas

[paradox]

Well as per the suggestion of JimH....I want to ask you guys what kind of OMP's do you need/want. This will give me and a few others here more of an idea of what kind they need to write. OMP's are a huge help for newbies as well as a help to the site itself, so please, brainstorm and give us all your ideas! List a 100 if ya like!

Aragorn

[trommaster]

Well Aragon already knows of my ideas, but anyone else is welcome to do them as well (in the true spirit of linux )

As a newbie,i was intending to document my entire travels through linux, from installation, to configuration, games, getting work done, updating etc. I'd release it as an OMP and let other people add to it

If anyone else is interested in woking on this with me, drop me an email

Alastair

PS - OMP Ideas
-Games
-Kernel recompile
-Basic/Complex history of linux
-"Advanced" tutorial for power users
-Adding new Software
-Upgrading components

[JimH]

-Games
-Kernel recompile
-Basic/Complex history of linux
-"Advanced" tutorial for power users
-Adding new Software
-Upgrading components

Games
What about games?

Kernel recompile
We are already considering this.

dvanced" tutorial for power users
on What?

Adding new Software
Compiling, installing software from source code?

Upgrading components
Same as above? Or Upgrading in what way? Upgrading anything specific?

Jim H

[trommaster]

Games
What about games?

Kernel recompile
We are already considering this.

dvanced" tutorial for power users
on What?

Adding new Software
Compiling, installing software from source code?

Upgrading components
Same as above? Or Upgrading in what way? Upgrading anything specific?

Jim H

Games:
Got the Nvidia tut thats good, things like installing/config UT/Quake, where to get more from

Kernel:
Good

"Advanced":
No idea, work it out yourself

New software:
All of the above - Compiling, rpm, deb

U/G:
KDE/Gnome, Kernel (as above) mozilla etc

Alastair

[Spot]

New software:
All of the above - Compiling, rpm, deb

*un*installing something that's been compiled from source code might be a decent idea too.

[trommaster]

Definitly a good idea. I myself have no idea how its done......:S

Alastair

[Aaron_Adams]

The only way I know how to uninstall something when you make from source is if the programmer included a make uninstall file.

[jmbrinks]

A very helpful newbie file for software installation may include (for RedHat Users anyway) installation of RPMs, where to find dependencies, how to install dependencies, how to install multiple dependencies simultaneously, and how to reinstall programs after the dependencies have been solved.

[nfallon]

A very helpful newbie file for software installation may include (for RedHat Users anyway) installation of RPMs, where to find dependencies, how to install dependencies, how to install multiple dependencies simultaneously, and how to reinstall programs after the dependencies have been solved.

That would also be helpful in Mandrake.

Neil

[JimH]

A very helpful newbie file for software installation may include (for RedHat Users anyway) installation of RPMs, where to find dependencies, how to install dependencies, how to install multiple dependencies simultaneously, and how to reinstall programs after the dependencies have been solved.

Good idea. Dependency probelms can be very confusing for newbies.

Jim H