A Collaborative Blog on Linux.

[ray|raven]

I was thinking, there is a lot of information here in the OpenSource section, but it is largely inaccessible, also, we have people who know are very knowledgeable on Linux , so how about starting a blog on Linux, which will have Tips & Tricks, How-to's , News , Reviews and anything regarding Linux.

Everyone who is interested(genuinely) could be added as an author and contribute to the blog.

If quite a few folks are interested , we could get together and start one.

Share your thoughts on the idea.

Update :

We have decided to go with freeme.in .

The List Of Contributors: (as of now)

. rayraven
. QwertyManiac
. abhinandh

[DigitalDude]

some reputed member should own the domain name and keep track of the quality of posts hosting, maintanence etc

or we could go for wordpress.com for the time being.. if things work out stuff can be moved to a hosted blog


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[ray|raven]

Originally Posted by DigitalDude

some reputed member should own the domain name and keep track of the quality of posts hosting, maintanence etc

IMO, we should have a few reputed members do that.
If in any case one of them isn't available, the others can help out and moderate the posts.

Originally Posted by DigitalDude

or we could go for wordpress.com for the time being.. if things work out stuff can be moved to a hosted blog

Yes, we could start with wordpress,
but , if many members are interested, perhaps a hosted solution could be considered.

[DigitalDude]

suggest a name


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[ray|raven]

^I'm bad at names, how's 'Everything Linux' sound?

[motobuntu]

thinklinux

[PcEnthu]

Instead of going for a new blog, how about creating a new section (like 'Open source') in this forum and have the contents of that section screened before actually being posted

[ray|raven]

^Thats coz finding information in a forum is hard, as threads increase.
In a blog, its easier using the tags and categories.

The blog will only have information that can be used readily;no questions and answers by viewers like in a forum.

[QwertyManiac]

Try BayWords too while you're looking at free publishing platforms.

[ray|raven]

^Thanx, but whats the advantage with them?

[DigitalDude]

Originally Posted by QwertyManiac

Try BayWords too while you're looking at free publishing platforms.

they are also using wordpress

btw it is Wordpress MU (multi user) mu.wordpress.org, the code behind wordpress.com


but if you are looking for a different platform, see www.instablogs.com an Indian startup

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[ray|raven]

^Yes, but it seems they dont censor anything, Although i have no idea why Qwerty recommended it.

[QwertyManiac]

Oops, forgot about the good old Freeme.in guys here used to run.

Head over to Freeme.in and you can blog there for free, all you need to do is sign in. Any changes to themes or controls etc in the Drupal CMS running there just contact mehulved or kalpik.

Btw, Baywords has nothing special really, just that air of freedom it gives you when you work under The Pirate Bay's shelter.

But do try Freeme guys, its been down a long time without active participators. But its all available to you for free and ready now, so

[ray|raven]

^I registered there, but they havent sent me my password yet.
Are they still alive and kicking ?

[Sykora]

I registered there too, and I haven't gotten my password either.

But I do feel that for a collaborative effort, Drupal is the best platform.

[QwertyManiac]

Um did they send you guys an activation link atleast? Clicking that would get you to a page showing the username and the password. Then just login and change it.

Wait, is this about Freeme or BayWords?

Edit: About Freeme.in, do check your spam mail. I found my freeme mails in there.

[DigitalDude]

^^^
you are telling about baywords... they are talking about freeme.in



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[ray|raven]

^I'm talking abt Freeme. I got registered at baywords though.

[QwertyManiac]

Yup, check in your spam folder, must be there.

[Faun]

How bout a title like
"A Better World"
"We are free"
"absolute linux"

[mehulved]

If you still don't get the passwords in your spam box. I will check up the setup tonight. Prolly I will upgrade the drupal install then install captcha. Thus, we can easily have those who sign up directly as writers so people can just sign up and put up their articles. But, we will need a few active participants to clean out useless articles and disputed stuff.

[Hitboxx]

Well, a nice idea, but do you really want another blog in addition to the already 100s out there? I can't host or maintain but I can definitely contribute.

As for name, enterlinux.org

[iMav]

looking forward to something like this but keep info and tuts etc at n00b level for ppl like me

[FilledVoid]

looking forward to something like this but keep info and tuts etc at n00b level for ppl like me

I agree with this. Hope the level of expertise required will be very low so most people using Linux can benefit from it as well .

[mehulved]

Originally Posted by Hitboxx

Well, a nice idea, but do you really want another blog in addition to the already 100s out there? I can't host or maintain but I can definitely contribute.

As for name, enterlinux.org

Why one more? As it is we have freeme.in and ashish is giving us good amount of space, bandwidth and databases on mailnhost with very good uptimes. Why not help maintaining it?
And Riyaz has been sponsoring the domain name.

Originally Posted by FilledVoid

I agree with this. Hope the level of expertise required will be very low so most people using Linux can benefit from it as well .

You can contribute those types of articles.

Some changes brought about today.

• All mails were going to spam box because there was some change in hosting due to which we only had 1 email address. So, the email address from which mails were being delivered was deleted. It has been restored now.
• All registered members can post now
• Captcha has been enabled
• Reistered users can change their usernames themselves
• Moderators account added, those who would like to do moderation put forth their names

[Faun]

not me
but nice work going on there, change the pic at the top to look more like free as in freedom and not to specific localization.

[FilledVoid]

Out of curiosity . When we say Linux are we supposed to contribute distro neutral stuff? Also are we only looking at Linux or OSS on Windows PLatform as well?

[mehulved]

Any thing that is Mukt can go in - software, hardware, ideas under CC.
Though the main intention was to have India specific content but we have sadly been unable to do so. There's a lot happening around India too, but most of it goes unnoticed by majority. Events like recent install fest in Trivandrum, tuesday's candle light vigil in banfalore, release of belenix 0.7, etc all India specific stuff is our main focus. But, it's not limited to it.

[praka123]

^all things known,if u r subscribing to any active lug mailing lists.
BTW,I got a wp account for a Linux blog and will make it hidden(I am ashamed to show my blog ,see I am not a good communicator/writer huh!)

BTW,DOES ANYBODY NOTICED THE WAR @ DIGG.COM SITE OVER THE DAILY LINUX/FOSS NEWS!

[drgrudge]

Nice idea. I'm game. But we should purchase domain + Hosting. I'm willing to sponsor but I'm sure we won't have the commitment and the josh, so we can pool in money and get things started.

I can write/contribute but the site will be full of Apple/Mac stuffs.

If you're interested (and you ppl comfy with me having to do this), we can go ahead and plan. 2 lists. One who will manage (2-3 is enough) and one who will write/contribute.


@praka123/ those who feel can't write well,
You can contribute. Send in what you want to tell and I/anyone can post in the blog.