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[Yorvyk <yorvik.ubunto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 07:43:15 +1000
Jared Norris <jrnorris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 5 December 2011 06:17, amjjawad HOOHAA <amjjawad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I don't use it nor need it :)
> > Someone already posted on my thread that Lubuntu FAQs (Wiki) need to be
> > updated according to the link I mentioned
> > (http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/things-to-tweak-after-installing-ubuntu.html)
> > Since I have never used JAVA on Linux, I'm asking those who are using it to
> > check whether we need to update our Wiki or not?
> >
> > So, again, please double check this:
> > http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/things-to-tweak-after-installing-ubuntu.html
> >
> > and if necessary, update this:
> > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/FAQ/Guides#Some_Java_applications_don.27t_work.2C_I_want_proprietary_Oracle_Java
> >
> > I didn't update the Wiki because I'm not sure because I don't use Java :)
> >
> > Thanks :)
> >
> 
> 
> This is the very big problem I see with having a separate FAQ to the
> main information on the wiki. Unless it's specific to Lubuntu I really
> don't see why it should exist on our FAQ area at all. All this does is
> duplicate information AND reduce the number of people working on a
> topic. This is a perfect example because the proper Java page [0] was
> updated a while ago to reflect the changes.
> 
> So my opinion is, unless it's specific to Lubuntu we should contribute
> and rely on the community documentation for *Ubuntu instead of trying
> to carve out our own little niche that will easily be out of date and
> hard to maintain with fewer resources. (To answer your question my
> suggestion would be to remove the java section altogether, if you HAVE
> to have something, link to the main page for Java).
> 
> [0] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java
> 
Couldn't agree more Jared.  Repeating the same information over and over in different places is not helpful.  Users who aren't quite sure what their problem is end up 'not seeing the wood for the trees.'  This is the sort of thing a decent index is helps with.


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Yorvyk