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From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi>
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Subject: Re: Linux Glossary
Cc: pdcawley@cix.compulink.co.uk

Piers Cawley <pdcawley@cix.compulink.co.uk>:
> Is anybody out there working on a glossary of linux (and un*x) terms
> for newbies?

Not that I know of, which _should_ mean that no one is doing as an
"official" part of the doc project, but you never know.

I'm not certain if a global glossary has been suggested before (a
global index certainly has, and should IMHO note places where a word
is defined), but I do think it is a good idea.  My outline (slowly
being filled with text; just typesetting it with LaTeX and the book
style made it 50 pages long :-) has a glossary specifically for the
SysAdmin Guide.  Actually, I think it is a good idea to have both a
manual-specific glossary and a global one, similarly to the indexes.

> I'm prepared to put something together along these lines (or at
> least act as a co-ordinator).

You just got yourself a job.  :-)

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