Hello everyone,
I'm a 38 year old technical writer from Germany. In my day job I'm writing instruction manuals for machines and I don't have much experience with describing software, but I think there will be at least some similarities :) I tested Fedora back in my school days with Fedora Core 1 and 2 (still have the CDs), then I had a long Windows-only phase, which ended when I first heard about Gnome 3. So I installed Fedora next to Windows with version 15 and I think I haven't skipped a release since then. Since one or two years Fedora is my primary OS and Windows is for gaming and some stuff my wife wants to use. Right now Fedora powers my desktop system, my ~14 year old laptop and my tablet (Surface Pro 4), which is a pretty big variety of devices if you ask me... Parallel to my job I'm working on my master thesis about the advantages and possibilities when using version control software in documentation projects... and yes, I'm writing a chapter about how docs.fedoraproject.org works as a positive example. If someone wants to talk about it, I'm always glad to have interview partners ;) A reason to write about the Fedora docs is because I want to contribute somewhat in the future, after the thesis. I think I am a somewhat typical linux user who knows enough about computers to not destroy everything, but has to do some reading first if asked to install software which isn't in the repos or available as flatpak. So I hope I can be useful to write tutorials for the average user because I'm one of them. What I'm not used to is writing in English, so if you don't understand something in future communication, maybe that's because I messed something up. I'll try my best. I uploaded my GPG key to pgp.mit.edu and this mail should be signed too, so if someone prefers encrypted communication, you should have everything you need.
I'm looking forward to work with you Nils Birkenstock
Nils,
welcome to the Fedora Community. I noticed, nobody of the docs core member answered your email. It’s a pity. As far as I can overlook, the docs group is pretty exhausted and struggling to get the bare minimum done.
I’m specifically working on the Fedora Server Edition documentation. I’m its initiator and the main contributor. Your focus is obviously on the workstation. But maybe server would still be an entry point. We are in the process of expanding the documentation (see https://docs.stg.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-server/). There are many opportunities for contributions, including those who are not skilled english writers.
We can gladly talk about the use of version control systems for documentation and your thesis. Feel free to write me directly (gerne auch in Deutsch). However, I am one of those who are not completely happy with this solution. Whereby I also see some advantages.
I hope we will find ways and possibility of cooperation.
Best Peter
Am 17.08.2021 um 17:45 schrieb Nils Birkenstock creech@mailbox.org:
Hello everyone,
I'm a 38 year old technical writer from Germany. In my day job I'm writing instruction manuals for machines and I don't have much experience with describing software, but I think there will be at least some similarities :) I tested Fedora back in my school days with Fedora Core 1 and 2 (still have the CDs), then I had a long Windows-only phase, which ended when I first heard about Gnome 3. So I installed Fedora next to Windows with version 15 and I think I haven't skipped a release since then. Since one or two years Fedora is my primary OS and Windows is for gaming and some stuff my wife wants to use. Right now Fedora powers my desktop system, my ~14 year old laptop and my tablet (Surface Pro 4), which is a pretty big variety of devices if you ask me... Parallel to my job I'm working on my master thesis about the advantages and possibilities when using version control software in documentation projects... and yes, I'm writing a chapter about how docs.fedoraproject.org works as a positive example. If someone wants to talk about it, I'm always glad to have interview partners ;) A reason to write about the Fedora docs is because I want to contribute somewhat in the future, after the thesis. I think I am a somewhat typical linux user who knows enough about computers to not destroy everything, but has to do some reading first if asked to install software which isn't in the repos or available as flatpak. So I hope I can be useful to write tutorials for the average user because I'm one of them. What I'm not used to is writing in English, so if you don't understand something in future communication, maybe that's because I messed something up. I'll try my best. I uploaded my GPG key to pgp.mit.edu and this mail should be signed too, so if someone prefers encrypted communication, you should have everything you need.
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Hello Peter,
thanks for coming back to me. I tend to look at things positively, and I just assume that everyone is on vacation and spending time with their family. I have very little experience with servers and have never seriously administered one myself. I also openly admit that my first thoughts on a server OS would be openSUSE Leap or Debian. But since I'm planning to learn new things here anyway, I might as well jump right in. I gladly accept the offer for a direct contact. I will contact you tomorrow morning via the email address linked here.
Greetings Nils
Hi Nils,
On Wed, 2021-08-25 at 20:41 +0000, Nils Birkenstock wrote:
thanks for coming back to me. I tend to look at things positively, and I just assume that everyone is on vacation and spending time with their family.
I'm new here as you, and did not see you Self-introduction sorry.
Most likely it was before I joined the list.
I have very little experience with servers and have never seriously administered one myself.
I have been on development and system administration for many decades, so if I you need help with something just drop me a mail.
Regards.
- iago -
On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 08:41:25PM -0000, Nils Birkenstock wrote:
thanks for coming back to me. I tend to look at things positively, and I just assume that everyone is on vacation and spending time with their family. I have very little experience with servers and have never seriously administered one myself. I also openly admit that my first thoughts on a server OS would be openSUSE Leap or Debian. But since I'm planning to learn new things here anyway, I might as well jump right in.
Welcome! As Peter says, things have been quite slow in the docs team for a while, so this kind of attitude is very much appreciated.
The two main "easy" places to contribute docs are to the Quick Docs project (https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/) which focuses on short tutorials, explanations, and how-to documents; and Fedora Magazine (https://fedoramagazine.org/ and https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-magazine/contributing/), which is a little less formal and more conversational.
But really, _any_ of the docs on https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/docs/ could benefit from some help, so please don't feel shy about diving in whereever you see room for improvement.
Thanks for the kind words @Iago and @Matthew.
I will finish up my Master Thesis and after that I'm sure I'll find some to-dos here.
Yours sincerely, Nils