noobtesting-
It's always been on my list. Just been particularly busy. I actually almost had a complete overhaul done on my main system (not the system that I serve my website form). Unfortunately, I have a bad habit of not backing stuff up. I had a small problem with a typo in my rysnc script that I use to keep my slackware-current packages updated locally. That small typo wiped out my entire /var partition, which is where I was storing my new website.
blood_omen-
I haven't been making too many updates, so I don't know how out of date the PDF version is. If you would like to make a new one, though, I would be glad to replace the current one. Thanks for your help.
The website is probably gonna go down for a bit (maybe a week?) in about two weeks. I'll be moving, so my cable connection will have to get moved over. Hopefully I will be down less than a day, but I will keep everyone updated.
When the site comes back up, I may be interested in doing a big overhaul to make things more complete, update for new packages, etc. The overhaul would be very large. If anyone is interested in helping out, email me through this forum. Some ideas I have are:
1) use one of the slick templates available at
http://www.oswd.org/
2) Code the enire site in xhtml (transitional) and have 100% validation through the w3c validator. This will mean using CSS for all page layout.
3) Add screenshots.
4) Add a scripts section outlining scripts that I find useful. This would inlude scripts that I use with cron.
5) A tips section, with stuff like how to mount iso images, how to use udev and hotplug properly, etc.
6) Add screenshots.
7) Update everything for Slackware 10/-current. Probably 10, since we don't know when the next release will be, but I should note which stuff is changing in -current so that it will be easier to update in the future.
8) Add more info on better partitioning.
9) Add more info on security.
10) Consider re-arranging order of the steps. For instance, if you try to start today and follow my guide, when you install dropline it will not work properly. This is because you would still be running a 2.4 kernel. I need to think about this. One solution is to move kernel compiling up in the list. The pro is that you have upgraded your kernel sooner. The con is that you really can't go on until you've gotten kernel compiling down. Also, I like to compile my kernel from inside X. If I wait to upgrade to Dropline (the other solution), I am unable to use Dropline until later in the process. I need to figure out the best solution to this from a fresh install perspective.
11) Section on using NTP to keep time accurate
12) detailed description of how I keep my IP address synced with dyndns.org using ddclient
13) Setting up burners & multiple optical devices.
I've got lots of other ideas. Maybe after I finish my move, I'll set up a small forum or mailing list on my site to flesh out these ideas a little better. One of the big things will be coding. I am a real beginner in website design. I want to make sure that I have the pages coded well, that they are laid out in a sensible manner, and that they cover topics more in-depth while still remaining simple enough for a complete beginner to follow along.
