Re: [cobalt-users] META FAQ Suggestion

[Rickard Osser <ricky@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Jeff Lasman wrote:

> Have you ever gone out and paid $150 for Red Hat Linux Enterprise
> Edition?  Do you know what kind of documentation you get?  Even less
> than what you get with a RaQ.  Cobalt sells an appliance and tells you
> how to use it as an appliance.
> 
> They know that you'lll want to go beyond that, and this list, and the
> developers list, and the knowledge base, are all designed to help you do
> that without buying Cobalt's support option.
> 
> The missing link (to me, anyway) is how the interface interacts with the
> underlying Linux.  With more information about that, we could more
> easily add functionality to our RaQs and Qubes, and we could do it with
> less trepadation.
I can only say, nothing is impossible...

I've extended the RaQ2 UI alot, only with the help of the perl-sources on
the machines, on the Qube3 things are getting better, but documentation
still stinks, but, why not send an e-mail to the person who have done the
module in question? It works more or less every time... Tim Hockin is a
good person to talk to, there are others as well, like Gordon, Lyle and
the others. But best is always to learn how it works by testing for
yourself, otherwise you won't get the feeling of the API...

Anyway, nothing is ompossible, as the source-code usually hangs around and
it all comes down to teach yourself in the way of the force! :)

Best regards,

Rickard Osser
Manager
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