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Kernel page index?Kernel page index?Posted Feb 1, 2007 4:54 UTC (Thu) by fyodor (guest, #3481)In reply to: Kernel page index? by corbet Parent article: An LWN reader survey
Maybe you should could make it a link in the survey. I browsed to the kernel page in another tab when I saw that question, and was unable to find the "index". Of course the answer appears in front of me right after I click "submit" :). It is too bad that there isn't a question on hardware or software review articles, particularly the "Grumpy Editor" series. I really like those! I agree with another poster that the subscription period question should say "subscriber-only period", as I wasn't sure what you were asking until I looked at the choices.
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Kernel page index? Posted Feb 1, 2007 8:55 UTC (Thu) by aschwinm (subscriber, #33817) [Link] I also would have loved a link in the survey, I also wasn't sure what it was about.
Kind regards,
Aschwin Marsman
go, grumpy editor, go! Posted Feb 1, 2007 9:30 UTC (Thu) by nettings (subscriber, #429) [Link] i'm with fyodor on this one - the grumpy editor series is a very interesting read. clearly pointing out usability issues, but always in touch with the realities of open source community development.
go, grumpy editor, go! Posted Feb 1, 2007 13:24 UTC (Thu) by brwk (guest, #6849) [Link] I'd have to say that it is the single area of LWN where I would point to it and say "This made a solid improvement to my Linux Desktop Experience". Finding a good package for a particular application is a very hit and miss process and the Grumpy Editor series makes a very positive contribution to that decision making process. I definitely think it should have a top-level link of it's own.
Regards, Bevis.
"Grumpy Editor" Posted Feb 1, 2007 10:06 UTC (Thu) by terber (subscriber, #3311) [Link] > "Grumpy Editor" series. I really like those! Full ACK!
"Grumpy Editor" Posted Feb 1, 2007 19:06 UTC (Thu) by mikeraz (guest, #155) [Link] ACK .= double plus good.
The Grumpy Editor Guides deserved their own question so we could all rate them highly.
They certainly fit the "News You Can Use" niche.
They stand as an object lesson of how to review products.
"Grumpy Editor" Posted Feb 2, 2007 9:58 UTC (Fri) by pointwood (guest, #2814) [Link] ++
And I love the humour in the articles!
Grumpy Editor Posted Feb 1, 2007 11:48 UTC (Thu) by nicku (subscriber, #777) [Link] It was an honour to shake the hand of the Grumpy Editor at the Linux Conference in Sydney in January. Those Grumpy Editor reviews are fun to read.
Grumpy Editor Posted Feb 5, 2007 13:53 UTC (Mon) by telsa (guest, #280) [Link] That comment combines two of my favourite things about LWN: the Grumpy Editor, and the coverage from conferences. I have tried to take notes from talks before, and I am utter awe of the OLS/LCA/etc coverage on LWN. It can be seriously aggravating when half the people on IRC or whose weblogs you read are burbling about some conference and no-one writes up a single talk for those who couldn't make it, so the summaries from conferences are a boon.
And everyone has said everything about the Grumpy Editor already. :)
Kernel page index? Posted Feb 1, 2007 15:19 UTC (Thu) by phip (guest, #1715) [Link] > It is too bad that there isn't a question on hardware or software review> articles, particularly the "Grumpy Editor" series. I really like those!
No need to include it in the survey; everybody already knows that it rates a 5! :-)
I would have rated the Kernel page index higher if I had known what it is.
Thanks again LWN crew for all the great work!
Kernel page index? Posted Feb 1, 2007 15:30 UTC (Thu) by Zenith (subscriber, #24899) [Link] *sigh*
Sorry, but here goes another "me too" post :)
I also had some problems understanding some of the questions, that is, correlating what I read with what the LWN speak for each of the sections are :)
I also fully concur that the "Grumpy Editor" series is a 5++ section by its own, and there really ought to be a link to some sort of index of these.
Grumpy editor index? Posted Feb 1, 2007 15:33 UTC (Thu) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] I also fully concur that the "Grumpy Editor" series is a 5++ section by its own, and there really ought to be a link to some sort of index of these. You mean, something like this index?
Grumpy editor index? Posted Feb 1, 2007 15:45 UTC (Thu) by Zenith (subscriber, #24899) [Link] Hey, that's cheating! :D
Darn, I guess I really should go look next time before I start requesting stuff ;)
For other curious people, the link that Your Favorite Grumpy Editor (YFGE for future reference? :) ) just mocked me with ;), can be located by going to "Archives" and then clicking the second link.
Point taken though ;)
Although, I and many others seem to be (lazy and) quite unaware of the endless heaps of resources that can found by digging around just a bit (and this appears to involve the much unknown top-navigation link bar).
Silly as we might be, this is probably quite typical for many of the others subscribers as well, and I'm sure that they would be much more appreciated if easier to locate.
Grumpy editor index? Posted Feb 1, 2007 19:26 UTC (Thu) by mikov (subscriber, #33179) [Link] Damn. I didn't know this page existed either ! I think the main thing that this survey is telling us is that the content is excellent, but we might need some reorganizing of the menus.
Grumpy editor index? Posted Feb 1, 2007 21:34 UTC (Thu) by jospoortvliet (subscriber, #33164) [Link] fully agreed. the content of LWN is excellent. well, the survey resultsare pretty clear, i'd say. i did rate some things 1, but mostly because they just don't spark my interest, it's not that i hate them being there.
and the 'real' articles are very interesting to read and of a very high
We need a Grumpy Editor's Guide to LWN :-) Posted Feb 1, 2007 21:52 UTC (Thu) by felixfix (subscriber, #242) [Link] A tour by example, full of the good Grumpy Editor drawings and screenshots, yeh, that's the ticket!
Grumpy editor index? Posted Feb 2, 2007 18:46 UTC (Fri) by a9db0 (subscriber, #2181) [Link] Talk about a hidden feature....Fortunately, Google is pretty good at finding them.
Grumpy Editor series - excellent! 5+
Grumpy Editor series index - bonus points!
This one probably deserves a link off the main page header. I've read every one, and used several as reference when digging for solutions. I'm sure they take a lot of time to put together, but they are well worth it to this reader. Thanks!
Grumpy Editor series, random comments Posted Feb 1, 2007 19:18 UTC (Thu) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458) [Link]
Heartily agree! The Grumpy Editor series alone is worth the subscription. OK, make that One thing that annoys me is that if you post a comment, afterwards you are placed at the top of the original article again, if there are many comments you need to scroll down quite a bit to go on reading. And what I like a lot is the mail of responses. But the HTML --> text loses too much formatting, <blockquote> in particular gets completely lost, and so quoted stuff doesn't get its distinction. Perhaps mark with "> "? I do like the current left bar with Recent Features a lot. Would it be possible to mark "old" (already read) comments somehow? I do revisit old articles, and then I'll be probably more interested in comments left after my last visit.
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