Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Linux

Multi-pointer X

Currently, there is a lot of confusion about multi-pointer X as opposed to multi-touch support in X (which basically doesn't exist yet). I think the Wikipedia article about Multi-Pointer X should distinguish between multi-pointer and multi-touch more clearly, perhaps in a separate header, to avoid this confusion. HTML guru (talk) 03:41, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Huh?

I'm sorry if this seems like a strange question to you all, but what in the hell does X Windows have to do with Linux? Linux has a loose tie to GNU, through common use of the userland tools they've made, and through sharing the same licences, but Linux has no ties to the X consortiums. 74.14.157.141 02:10, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

It it pretty much THE windowing system used for Linux GUIs? That ties it closely enough in my book. --Falcorian ^(talk) 07:03, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

And it is not Linux, it is X. Is this the POSIX Wikiproject then? GNU isn't even Linux, only Linux is Linux. 74.13.34.54 08:55, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

And? The Project is a just a group of people working on articles. If they want to include X and GNU, then... They will? It's really that simple.

I guess I'm confused because I'm not sure what your point is, nor what action you'd like to see taken? If it's just a "Why do you guys keep track of those articles?" then the answer really is as simple as "Because we want to." --Falcorian ^(talk) 00:35, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Then why are you called the Linux Wikiproject, if Linux isn't your focus, but rather, "stuff we want to." I suppose, "wikiproject stuff-we-want-to," wouldn't have been a very good name. You're running around in a grey area, muddying the meanings of terms when you call everything you like Linux, instead of calling Linux, "Linux," and other things, other things. 74.13.48.67 00:49, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

FAR for X Window System core protocol

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Xvesa @ KDrive

-- I've had this question at Talk:KDrive for a month now with no response.

Xvesa redirects here to KDrive, yet this article has no info of any sort about Xvesa.
For example, "what is it"?
Thanks. -- Writtenonsand 21:48, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Can anybody add a quick note on this to KDrive? Thanks. -- Writtenonsand (talk) 21:26, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

"This project has just started": Over a year ago

"At the moment, this project has just started, and needs members." -- This was originally added to the project's main page on 26 July 2006. I know that Linuxors are free-thinking independent types, but it seems to me that after almost a year and a half, it's time to remove the "just started". -- Writtenonsand (talk) 20:49, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

"Linux server" article?

Wikipedia has a number of articles related to the subject of Web servers, including Linux-based web servers. Would there be any point to making an article at Linux server (or whatever would be the best title) to act as a central catch-all on this subject? (Cf. the page Desktop Linux.) -- Writtenonsand (talk) 21:07, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

OpenSSI

Quick note, I've radically stubbed OpenSSI, as it appeared to be mostly copied from here. If anyone has the time, I think it'd have a lot of potential to be rebuilt. SQL^{Query me!} 05:41, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Portal

Check out the Linux portal. :)

Request for Comment

An RfC for the naming issue has been opened here. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 17:55, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Release History

I've tried to implement this release history table on many Linux/open-source articles: Release history table

Can you please try to implement this on as many pages as possible? And can someone help me template it so it has this format {{software-release-table}}. I'm not sure how you do that.

Please PM me if you use it, but you don't have to.

Security-Enhanced Linux needs sources

Security-Enhanced Linux has been tagged "This article does not cite any references or sources" since Nov 2007. Can anybody help with this? -- Writtenonsand (talk) 17:04, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

maemo task force

I'd like to see about putting together a task force to work on improving all maemo and maemo-related articles (with some spillover into more general embedded-Linux stuff including Ubuntu Mobile, and GNOME Mobile stuff). Who do I need to talk to to get the ball rolling on something like this? GeneralAntilles (talk) 18:13, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Another FOSS logo bites the non-free dust

Per a RFD on the Commons, the Fedora Project logo is now considered non-free. ViperSnake151 11:31, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

"Now considered non-free" is a strange way of putting it; there is no indication, anywhere, that it was ever under a free license. Love, Lewis Collard! (lol, internet) 17:41, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject:Software

Hello WikiProject Linux. You have been invited to join WikiProject Software, a WikiProject dedicated to improving the Software-related articles on Wikipedia. You received this invitation due to your interest in, or edits relating to or within the scope of the project. If you would like to join or just help out a bit, please visit the project page, and add your name to the list of project members. You may also wish to add {{User WikiProject Software}} to your userpage and == WikiProject Software Centralized Announcement System == {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Software/Announcement-u}} to the top of your talk page. If you know someone who might be interested, please pass this message onto others by pasting this code into their talk page: == [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Software|WikiProject Software]] Invite == {{subst:Software invite|~~~~}} Thanks, ~~~~

Ubuntu GA Help, please!

We're almost done with readying Ubunut for Good Article status. However, the GA reviewer has asked that the prose in the Package classification and support section be fixed. If others could have a look at it, that'd be great! I'll look over it as well. I'd also like someone to give the Alternate Installation a look over and copy edit, as I massed it together earlier. Thanks! --Falcorian ^(talk) 01:53, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Let's see if we can WP:FA it. ffm 14:31, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

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A discussion

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Articles flagged for cleanup

Currently, 367 articles are assigned to this project, of which 168, or 45.8%, are flagged for cleanup of some sort. (Data as of 14 July 2008.) Are you interested in finding out more? I am offering to generate cleanup to-do lists on a project or work group level. See User:B. Wolterding/Cleanup listings for details. More than 150 projects and work groups have already subscribed, and adding a subscription for yours is easy - just place a template on your project page.

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Notability of distributions

Are people in this project comfortable with all the fringe articles being created for distros that seemingly have no notability? Refer to the List of Linux distributions or Comparison of Linux distributions. A lot of these are somewhat trivial forks/mods of major distros. They haven't received any significant coverage in reliable secondary sources. I'm not deeply knowledgeable of the Linux community or trends so it would be preferable if someone who is could go through the list and use their judgment about whether some of these articles really belong on WP. Ham Pastrami (talk) 00:18, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Please see my comment in next section. StuRat (talk) 03:57, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

AfD list

• 64 Studio
• Alinex
• Archie (Linux)
• Arudius
• Aurox
• BLAG Linux and GNU
• Caixa Mágica
• DeMuDi
• Mythbuntu
• NimbleX
• PAIPIX
• QiLinux
• Satux
• Source Mage GNU/Linux
• Trustix

Since StuRat has accused me of acting in bad faith, I'll make it easy for everyone to decide for themselves. Here's the full list of Linux distros that I have sent to AfD. Some "borderline" cases were not renominated, due to the objection of "mass deletion" (both Stu and DGG expressed that they were bothered by the quantity of articles; which to me is strange because I'm pretty sure that this is not a factor in whether an article should be deleted or not). As a concession I'm limiting the renoms to some of the worst offenders. I'll also reiterate here (as I did in the AfDs) that these are procedural noms -- notability is uncertain to me, I don't necessarily think they should be deleted. But as a matter of policy, if these articles don't have any reliable sources to back them up they probably don't belong here. Ham Pastrami (talk) 05:12, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Web sources for Linux

This project's members may be interested in the discussion at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Linux websites that I have started. The aim is to determine which sources may be usable for Linux-related articles. Feel free to add your own comments regarding the websites or suggest a website of your own. Ham Pastrami (talk) 02:41, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Mass deletion of Linux articles

Note that Ham Pastrami seems to have an interest in the mass deletion of Linux-related articles and other computer-related articles. He first put a tag on dozens of articles saying they would be deleted in 5 days due to a lack of notability, even though many are clearly notable, such as the Novell Open Enterprise Server article. After I removed those tags he then started nominating each for the AfD process. I suggest you follow his actions through his contributions list to determine what he will try to delete next. StuRat (talk) 03:57, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

LOL. I nominated a number of Linux distros (what Stu refers to as "mass deletion of Linux-related articles and other computer-related articles") that were of questionable notability, as far as I could tell, per my comment in the immediately preceding section. (Really Stu, you can't even make a fair representation of the issue without injecting hyperbole?) I could be wrong about some of the nominations, and that's fine -- simply vote to keep them or provide a reliable source to verify them and I'll withdraw the nom. What StuRat has done is tried to shoot down every nomination based on his objection to the single Novell article. So yes, the natural course of action was to take it to AfD since Stu cannot disingenuously dismiss the nominations there. I will tell you what I plan to do next -- I'm going to wait for the AfDs to be settled, and in the meantime, I'll be busy replying to all the love letters that Stu is leaving me on my talk page. Ham Pastrami (talk) 04:43, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

State of affairs

The X Window System core protocol article is listed as a featured article on this page in the section "State of affairs", yet in reality it is no longer featured.--DustWolf (talk) 17:25, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia 0.7 articles have been selected for Linux

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"Canvassing" for input on Wikipedia:Deletion_review#NimbleX

Not a star distribution, but definitely notable I'd say. See the AN/I thread for some arguments as well. VasileGaburici (talk) 09:22, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Puppy Linux needs update re v4.00

Puppy Linux says "The latest release is 4.00, released on 2008-05-04." Section "History" discusses Puppy Linux 3, 2, and 1, but not 4. Can anyone update? Thanks. -- 201.53.7.16 (talk) 03:28, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

GA Sweeps review of KDE

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GA Sweeps Review of GNOME

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Linux Mint

Hi guys, not sure if this is the right place to ask, since I'm not officially a member or anything, but I'm working on the Linux Mint page to try and update it and clean it up a bit. If anyone feels like lending a hand, feel free. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Old Marcus (talk • contribs) 23:45, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Nova Linux / Nova (Linux)

Added a request to [Wikipedia:Requested articles/Applied arts and sciences/Computer science, computing, and Internet]:
Nova Linux / Nova (Linux) (Not sure preferred format). - Distro being developed by Cuba to assist independence from Microsoft and other U.S. companies. http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Cuba-Launches-Own-Linux-Variant-to-Counter-US/?kc=rss
- 201.37.230.43 (talk) 13:00, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

FYI: List of Linux distributions has a redlink for this at Nova Operating System, which I'm not sure is the best article title.

A couple of articles cited in http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba -- http://www.ecualug.org/2009/02/13/blog/jonas/una_nueva_distro_nova_linux_cubana (Español)

-- http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ge32NldFm5UB9gLB-QqQY-N6gFnQ (Español, Google cache)

-- Official page of the project -- http://www.nova.uci.cu/website/ (Español).

-- 201.37.230.43 (talk) 15:55, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Edit war on Fedora page

There seems to be an edit war going on as to whether Fedora (operating system) should be classified as the Linux family or Unix-like family. I don't know which is correct. Can one of you guys go over and try to calm this down? Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 11:06, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

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Importance in Assessment

Recently, I introduced the Importance scale in WPLinux template in order to further categorize the articles related to Linux. All members of WPLinux are invited to assess the articles for importance. 414 articles remain to be assessed as I write this and I think that we should aim to reduce this to at least 100 if not less. Pmlinediter  ^Talk 15:04, 13 April 2009 (UTC)

Ubuntu discussion

Ubuntu was recently moved to Ubuntu (operating system). There's an RFC underway on Talk:Ubuntu about which article the redirect from the old location should point to: the distro, Ubuntu (philosophy), or Ubuntu (disambiguation). Since one of the participants has been WP:CANVASSing over at African WikiProjects, I figured I'd better let you folks know as well. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 18:29, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

Popular pages

I have requested a list for this project on [1]. --Ysangkok (talk) 01:08, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Pageview stats

After a recent request, I added WikiProject Linux to the list of projects to compile monthly pageview stats for. The data is the same used by http://stats.grok.se/en/ but the program is different, and includes the aggregate views from all redirects to each page. The stats are at Wikipedia:WikiProject Linux/Popular pages.

The page will be updated monthly with new data. The edits aren't marked as bot edits, so they will show up in watchlists. You can view more results, request a new project be added to the list, or request a configuration change for this project using the toolserver tool. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know. Thanks! Mr.Z-man 04:10, 1 November 2009 (UTC)

AfD: makeself

Project members might be interested in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Makeself. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 08:56, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

WRG45G connecting to a power saver

Can the WRT 54G be connected to a power saver without it altering any of the settings when it goes in stand-by mode. regards.

Glenn  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.61.172.234 (talk) 12:07, 11 November 2009 (UTC) 

WikiProject Java and Portal

Hi guys! We just opened the Wikipedia:WikiProject Java for business and would appreciate if you could put a link to it in your 'Related projects' section. Thanks in advance!
--  Alain  R 3 4 5 
^{Techno-Wiki-Geek} 19:39, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

Hi guys! We just opened the Java portal for business and would appreciate if you could put a link to it in the 'Related portals' section of your portal. Thanks in advance!
--  Alain  R 3 4 5 
^{Techno-Wiki-Geek} 19:39, 12 December 2009 (UTC)

To get this cool Duke, you can paste something like:

Java

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