[DC LoCo] Ultimate Linux Beginners Q & A
Michael Haney
thezorch at gmail.com
Fri Nov 5 13:39:02 GMT 2010
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Chuck Glenn <chuck.kv3g at gmail.com> wrote:
> Good stuff Michael. I did find the white text on black background
> too difficult to read comfortably at length.
>
Thank my poor vision for that. It actually makes it easier for me
ready that way.
> Here are some things that lept out at me just within the first couple
> of paragraphs:
>
> - couple of missing/wrong words there, such as:
> so you can stir the car
> "steer" maybe?
>
> sometimes its done
> "it's" (contraction for it is)
>
> the average user posses
> "poses" I think
>
> In essence its what makes an operating go
> 1. "it's" (contraction of "it is")
> 2. missing the word "system" after "operating"
>
> - subject/verb mismatch: All the other parts that come with Linux is
> called GNU Software
> "are called" maybe?
>
> - sneaky typo: Desktop Composting.
>
DOH!
> Good luck with it.
>
Thanks. Overall, despite the mistakes what did you think?
I'll over it later today to correct the issues you saw and also to see
if I can spot anything else that needs to be fixed.
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