Talk:Linux Guide

Merge completed
I merged all of Linux For Newbies into this text - except for Linux For Newbies/Command Line, which still needs to be merged into Linux Guide/Using the shell. Also, Linux Guide/Installing Linux needs to be merged into Linux Guide/Installing (and probably renamed to ../Installing the OS &mdash; Mike.lifeguard &#124; talk 22:08, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I set it up so we have 3 installation modules: basic, dual-boot & advanced. I think the basic needs to use Gparted to set up a separate /home partition, but otherwise we're set. &mdash; Mike.lifeguard &#124; talk 03:53, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Additions?
I've been working on my own guide to Linux, more specifically related to hardware and installation issues beginners will likely run into, but I've never gotten anywhere near finishing it. I've been considering merging the contents into the Linux Guide, but I'm still not sure of the specific goals of the book after reading the introduction. With this in mind, I have a few questions:
 * 1) Is my book's subject matter in line with the goals of the book or should it remain a separate title?
 * 2) If a merge would be ok'd, doing so would involve creating at least one or two new subsections, what would be the procedure to go about this? Add them right to the main page? Or is there a "unstable branch" version somewhere for making additions to avoid possibly breaking the print edition? -- Brandished (talk) 20:34, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

X Window Programming Merge
What's this about a merge with X Windows Programming? That is a very specific subject, and the Linux Guide is, as the name suggests, meant to only cover the broad bases of the GNU programs that run on the Linux kernel.

I do not think that this merge should happen.


 * X Windows is not a GNU project, nor is it part of the core. Technically, it's an add-on.


 * There are very prominent Linux systems that do not have X Windows installed. Cent OS, Slackware, Arch Linux, and Gentoo, to name a few.

Just keep X Window Programming in its own book. There's no need for the shotgun approach. 174.28.41.236 (discuss) 08:55, 11 December 2013 (UTC)


 * X Window is used in more places than Linux (other Unices). Can be include a link from one book to the other one (from Linux to X Window) --Lagoset (discuss • contribs) 13:23, 10 December 2014 (UTC)

Proposal to rename the book to "GNU/Linux"
This book is the first result returned for "linux wikibook" by Google. I propose that it be renamed to "GNU/Linux" in recognition of the GNU utilities but also suggest that just "Linux" is fine for the rest of the book. I also propose that this be the main Wikibook for learning about Linux. I hope to make some contributions in the future. Universal serial boss (discuss • contribs) 00:41, 27 August 2021 (UTC)