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.
-Fyodor
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Posted Feb 1, 2007 8:55 UTC (Thu)
by aschwinm (guest, #33817)
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Kind regards,
Aschwin Marsman
Posted Feb 1, 2007 9:30 UTC (Thu)
by nettings (subscriber, #429)
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Posted Feb 1, 2007 13:24 UTC (Thu)
by brwk (guest, #6849)
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Regards, Bevis.
Posted Feb 1, 2007 10:06 UTC (Thu)
by terber (subscriber, #3311)
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> "Grumpy Editor" series. I really like those!
Full ACK!
Posted Feb 1, 2007 19:06 UTC (Thu)
by mikeraz (guest, #155)
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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.
Posted Feb 2, 2007 9:58 UTC (Fri)
by pointwood (guest, #2814)
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And I love the humour in the articles!
Posted Feb 1, 2007 11:48 UTC (Thu)
by nicku (guest, #777)
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Posted Feb 5, 2007 13:53 UTC (Mon)
by telsa (guest, #280)
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And everyone has said everything about the Grumpy Editor already. :)
Posted Feb 1, 2007 15:19 UTC (Thu)
by phip (guest, #1715)
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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!
Posted Feb 1, 2007 15:30 UTC (Thu)
by Zenith (guest, #24899)
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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.
Posted Feb 1, 2007 15:33 UTC (Thu)
by corbet (editor, #1)
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You mean, something like this index?
Posted Feb 1, 2007 15:45 UTC (Thu)
by Zenith (guest, #24899)
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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.
Posted Feb 1, 2007 19:26 UTC (Thu)
by mikov (guest, #33179)
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Posted Feb 1, 2007 21:34 UTC (Thu)
by jospoortvliet (guest, #33164)
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and the 'real' articles are very interesting to read and of a very high
Posted Feb 1, 2007 21:52 UTC (Thu)
by felixfix (subscriber, #242)
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Posted Feb 2, 2007 18:46 UTC (Fri)
by a9db0 (subscriber, #2181)
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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!
Posted Feb 1, 2007 19:18 UTC (Thu)
by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458)
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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.
I also would have loved a link in the survey, I also wasn't sure what it was about.Kernel page index?
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!
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.go, grumpy editor, go!
"Grumpy Editor"
ACK .= double plus good. "Grumpy Editor"
++"Grumpy Editor"
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
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.Grumpy Editor
> It is too bad that there isn't a question on hardware or software reviewKernel page index?
> articles, particularly the "Grumpy Editor" series. I really like those!
*sigh*Kernel page index?
Grumpy editor index?
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.
Hey, that's cheating! :DGrumpy editor index?
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?
fully agreed. the content of LWN is excellent. well, the survey results Grumpy editor index?
are 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.
quality. actually they are why i read LWN, i've seen the news already.
A tour by example, full of the good Grumpy Editor drawings and screenshots, yeh, that's the ticket!We need a Grumpy Editor's Guide to LWN :-)
Talk about a hidden feature....Grumpy editor index?
Fortunately, Google is pretty good at finding them.
Grumpy Editor series, random comments
somewhat a lot less, the other stuff in LWN is very valuable.