Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Linux/Archive 2

Archive 1

Archive 2

File:Linus-pronounces-linux.ogg

File:Linus-pronounces-linux.ogg (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) has been proposed to be deleted. 76.65.128.132 (talk) 09:13, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Subdivision

Should this project not be a subproject of wikiproject software? IRWolfie- (talk) 12:06, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

List of Participants

Wikipedia:WikiProject Linux#Participants is a bit of a mess. The list includes a user who only made two edits five years ago[1] and one who retired from Wikipedia and deleted his username.[2][3][4]. Some entries are dated, some are not. The list is neither alphabetical nor chronological - some names were added at the bottom, some at the top.

I propose the following cleanup:

• Any user name that redirects to a new user name will be changed to the new user name.

• Registered users who have not made an edit in five years will be deleted, with a note placed on their user talk page saying that the name will be re-inserted on request.

• Usernames that have been deleted, retired, stuck out from the list or indefinitely banned from Wikipedia will be deleted after two years.

• All dates will be removed from the list and the list will be alphabetized. An instruction will be added to insert your name alphabetically and sign with three tildes instead of four.

• Alternative to above: Dates will be added to names that are currently without them and the list will be sorted chronologically. An instruction will be added to insert your name at the bottom of the list.

Suggestions for better ways to clean up the list are welcome. --Guy Macon (talk) 20:14, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Cleanup and Redesign of wikiprojct: Linux

I have spent the last week or so organizing and redesigning this wikiproject. you can see my proposed redesign here in my sandbox. I encourage you to leave any suggestions you have for improvement in this section. If you'd like to contact me personally, please leave a message on my talk page. I will continue to modify my template based on suggestions I receive. I will update all of wikiproject:Linux with my reorganization once there seems to be a general consensus of approval among project members. 16bitz 21:39, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Ad snuck into SystemRescueCD page?

Hello all - love the project, keep it up!

FYI: Just looked over the SystemRescueCD page, and the last "External Link" looks to me like an ad was snuck into the page. It links to a rescue product from "Lazesoft" software, which doesn't seem to be related to the SystemRescueCD project. Am I right about this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.128.192.207 (talk) 14:17, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

You're right, it doesn't really seem appropriate there so I went ahead and removed it. Thanks. - SudoGhost 14:46, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

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)

I'll be helping out too. BTW you can join by adding the userbox to your user page. Wei2912 (talk) 09:43, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

I will also be trying to help. I LOOOVE Linux Mint! And I am rather new to Wikipedia and this is my first WikiProject--is there anything I do as a member aside from work on the to-do list? Thanks. AFisch99 (talk) 20:29, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Wikipoject:Linux Barnstar

I noticed that this Wikiproject doesn't have it's own barnstar yet, so I went ahead an designed one. Any suggestions are welcome. I'll add this to the iwkipoject barnstars page once I receive a few comments of approval. 16bitz 18:24, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

I love it! AFisch99 (talk) 20:30, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Ubuntu (operating system)#Ubuntu as "Adware"

I have started an RFC at Talk:Ubuntu (operating system)#Ubuntu as "Adware". Please join the discussion there. Elizium23 (talk) 05:08, 22 October 2012 (UTC)

Request for comments: Establish standards for version history tables in software articles

I'd like to introduce the Template:Version template to Wikipedia with the goal to establish one standard for version history tables (or lists). It simplifies creation of release histories, standardizes release stages and makes the content more accessible. Please comment on the template talk page (there already is some discussion). Thanks for your contribution. Jesus Presley (talk) 07:09, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

elementary OS

Hi everyone, I'm a former Wikipedian who came back to create an article about elementary OS. As you can see, there were previous attempts at this, all of which resulted in deletion. I've created what I believe to be a notable, neutral, verifiable base article at User:Kennethsime/sandbox, and copied it to Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/elementary OS. Unfortunately, I believe that an administrator must actually create the page at elementary OS, as I seem to be unable to myself. If anyone can offer help, please let me know. Kennethsime (talk) 06:07, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

I am not sure if the current beta version justifies notabiliy. An interesting project nonetheless - however, has it received substantially more media coverage? Check the reasons for deletion, and decide yourself if you want to re-open discussion for this article. I recommend writing the article in your userspace as a starting point for discussion. Moving it to the article namespace is done within seconds. Sorry, realized you already did that. Jesus Presley (talk) 11:36, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

I actually think there has been quite a bit of media coverage. Webupd8, OMG Ubuntu, and Tech Drive-In are all listed in sources in my "beta" article, and it's not hard to find others. How would I go about pursuing this? Kennethsime (talk) 04:42, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

"The page title you have tried to create has been protected from creation. The reason given is: AfD - see also Elementary (software project). [...] If you feel this page should be created, please raise the matter at deletion review, being careful to quote the exact page name or address and the reasons you feel the page should now be created. Pages are usually only blocked from creation after significant discussion or disruption, so good reasons for seeking review are usually required. You will also need to show that the previous concerns are no longer a problem.". Also, give the users that deleted the article a note on their talk page, that's always good to get things rolling. I will weigh in with my support. Jesus Presley (talk) 04:54, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

I hadn't found that, I did create an article for creation page although that process is apparently backlogged. The last admin to delete the page advised something along the lines of "if it makes it through AfC then the recreate will not be controversial." I will pursue the matter on deletion review as well. Thanks! Kennethsime (talk) 08:18, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Any news here? I found out that there is an article on german and on french WP. Jesus Presley (talk) 18:05, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

PS: Partial Support. Last deletion was March 2009. Distro is available now and under active development, with some more secondary sources. I think it's worth at least a stub. Jesus Presley (talk) 11:47, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Seeking community feedback regarding the Chakra_(operating_system) article...

Hello,

As Chakra_(operating_system) is noted on its talk page as being within the scope of WikiProject Linux, I would like to offer folks an opportunity to voice their opinions on an ongoing thread atTalk:Chakra_(operating_system)#Regarding_notability_tag....

Thanks in advance for your time and attention,

--Kevjonesin (talk) 00:14, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Announcement -- WikiProject Open!

Hi WikiProject Linux people,

I'd like to invite you to check out what we are doing with WikiProject Open. Current participants come primarily from a background in open educational resources and open access publishing, but we do share an interest in free and open source software, have many Linux users etc. We would like this WikiProject to complement and support existing efforts to collaborate around these kinds of content on Wikipedia, and would welcome any input from WikiProject Linux or others in the open space. (If any of you know of active WikiProjects that would be relevant, please let us know on our project talk page.)

If any of you would like to join an planning webinar, we have two scheduled for this week; see our WikiProject Open planning page for details. -Pete (talk) 01:19, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Linux From Scratch

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Linux From Scratch could use some help. --Guy Macon (talk) 20:47, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

Discussion about reliable sources for LInux

If you are an experience Wikipedian and known the policy about reliable sources, please join the discussion:Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#http://desktoplinuxreviews.com_and_http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk -- Jorge (talk) 02:12, 2 November 2013 (UTC)

OS family in Linux distros

There is an open dispute about OS family in Linux distros (OS family infobox field) on Template_talk:Infobox_OS#OS_family_in_Linux_distros. It may require RfC. --Rezonansowy (talk • contribs) 21:10, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

Invitation to help craft a proposal

Surveillance awareness day is a proposal for the English Wikipedia to take special steps to promote awareness of global surveillance on February 11, 2014. That date is chosen to coincide with similar actions being taken by organizations such as Mozilla, Reddit, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Feedback from members of this Wikiproject would be greatly appreciated. Please come join us as we brainstorm, polish, and present this proposal to the Wikipedia Community. --HectorMoffet (talk) 12:18, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

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Comment on the WikiProject X proposal

Hello there! As you may already know, most WikiProjects here on Wikipedia struggle to stay active after they've been founded. I believe there is a lot of potential for WikiProjects to facilitate collaboration across subject areas, so I have submitted a grant proposal with the Wikimedia Foundation for the "WikiProject X" project. WikiProject X will study what makes WikiProjects succeed in retaining editors and then design a prototype WikiProject system that will recruit contributors to WikiProjects and help them run effectively. Please review the proposal here and leave feedback. If you have any questions, you can ask on the proposal page or leave a message on my talk page. Thank you for your time! (Also, sorry about the posting mistake earlier. If someone already moved my message to the talk page, feel free to remove this posting.) Harej (talk) 22:47, 1 October 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject progress

One interesting QA tool in Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games is their progress meters. This could be turned into a template and be useful for all WikiProjects.

Here it is the progress for WikiProject Linux:

1% of articles and lists FA-Class or FL-Class: 0% complete

(0/12.55)

5% of articles and lists GA-Class or better: 9.6% complete

(6/62.75)

10% of articles B-Class or better: 43.8% complete

(55/125.5)

20% of articles C-Class or better: 149.4% complete

(375/251)

75% of articles Start-Class or better: 102.4% complete

(964/941.25)

84.127.80.114 (talk) 13:11, 5 October 2014 (UTC)

Standard date format for references in all Linux articles

I propose to use the date format used by

• https://www.kernel.org
• http://distrowatch.com

namely the ISO 8601 date format, in references for all articles that belong more than to any other WikiProject to the WikiProject Linux or one of its sub-projects.

A common standard will make editing, reading and in- and outgoing sharing for all Linux-related articles easier.

This proposal does not cover the article texts itself. They can stay the way they are. But currently one can see inconsistencies in reference sections, e.g. the article Linux uses at least three [sic!] date formats in the reference section. 80.134.94.228 (talk) 00:34, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

This edit harmonized three formats into one, saving 857 characters in the reference section. 80.134.94.228 (talk) 01:40, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

• Oppose. Per WP:MOSDATE, I believe there is a preference for dates to be spelled out as Month dd, yyyy. Further, in the diff you've given (which I have reverted), most of the dates were already in that apparently preferred format and the few that were not should be changed to that preferred format, not all of them into purely numeric format. Msnicki (talk) 05:58, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
• Oppose. Per WP:MOSDATE. Also, Wikipedia doesn't follow what other sites do. There are too many different sites with their own way. Bgwhite (talk)
• Comment. The long debate started at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Software. This should be considered forum shopping. Bgwhite (talk) 07:07, 15 November 2014 (UTC)

WikiProject X is live!

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Unusual typography at SCHED DEADLINE

I cam upon the article SCHED DEADLINE by chance and was immediately was struck by the unconventional typography. Firstly the title is in all caps and secondly every occurrence of the term and similar other terms are "encapsulated" in a grey box produced by using "<code></code>" markup. I'm not at all familiar with the topic of software so I'm not sure if this deviation from the usual WP typography conventions is normal for articles about software. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:56, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

If one looks at the Linux kernel literature, the common, agreed upon name for this scheduler is SCHED_DEADLINE, all caps with an underscore, so the above is a misspelling. Hence I think, with the underscore, this is the correct title. You're correct that the name is not programming code, so shouldn't be encased in code tags--this was probably just a well-intentioned highlighting of the term that isn't quite appropriate. While unusual, this sort of naming isn't unique in the programming world, e.g., HAKMEM, SLUB (software). --Mark viking (talk) 17:49, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Slackware and Distrowatch

There is a discussion that may be of interest at Talk:Slackware#Distrowatch? Why is this even a thing? concerning how to best show the popularity of various distributions. --Guy Macon (talk) 21:42, 19 March 2015 (UTC)

uprobes

what are uprobes? why is there no section on them? --Ysangkok (talk) 13:16, 6 April 2015 (UTC)

Notification of nomination for deletion of AUCS Linux

This is to inform the members of this Wikiproject, within the scope of which this article falls, that this article has been nominated for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AUCS Linux. - Ahunt (talk) 20:07, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

Added auto archive of this page

Changed headers to enable auto archive. Please wait 24 hours for auto archive to complete. Gpeja (talk) 16:32, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

BusyBox and Toybox, BSD and Gnu, oh my!

Any help at Talk:BusyBox#Claims by Toybox developer Rob Landley would by most appreciated. --Guy Macon (talk) 20:42, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

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Which topics belong here?

What kind of topics belong to this project? I see that some articles that are not specifically related to Linux are mentioned (CUPS, Firefox, etc.) and even some articles that have nothing to do with Linux (OpenBSD). I just want to know what this project is about. Martinkunev (talk) 09:14, 18 November 2015 (UTC)

Third oppinion on Jolla tablet

Hi everybody, I tried to help on Jolla related articles, but get in struggle at Jolla Tablet. Large edits had been made by user:Ocexyz and even trying to discuss his oppinion and goals doesn't seem to reflect WP best practises in his contributions.

So I would love to get some external opinions in this dispute: Talk:Jolla_Tablet#Article_style, thanks --MyRobotron (talk) 10:52, 10 February 2016 (UTC)

creating a page on deepin

Guys,

I'm trying to write an article on Deepin OS. draft link is here --> Draft:Linux_Deepin please help me to develop the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prajwalmr62 (talk • contribs) 03:56, 11 May 2016 (UTC)

Portal

Check out the Linux portal. :)

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.

WikiProject:Software

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creating a language link on ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV_Linux

Hi! I had translated AV_Linux (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV_Linux) on russian language (https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV_Linux) but can't save a correction in a language-list (in list of language there no russian).
Bot says:
"An error occurred while saving. Your changes could not be completed.
Details
The link ruwiki:AV Linux is already used by item Q24175999. You may remove it from Q24175999 if it does not belong there or merge the items if they are about the exact same topic."
Take attention: "AV_Linux_on_russian" is a wrong page and now is under deleting; only "AV Linux" is right. Help, please. Thank you. Che-buran (talk) 10:00, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

It should be okay now. - Champion (talk) (contribs) (Formerly TheChampionMan1234) 06:49, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

Input on proposed project requested

Hi everyone, I have proposed a project called "Wikidistros" over at Meta to provide an open alternative to DistroWatch hosted as a wiki as well as a place for distros that may not fit the WP:GNG. Any comment would be appreciated. See more at m:Wikidistros. - Champion (talk) (contribs) (Formerly TheChampionMan1234) 06:53, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

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Reliable sources

Is there a working list of vetted/reliable sources for Linux-related articles? I keep a custom Google search of relevant sites and want to improve my Linux coverage. (Please {{ping}} me)  czar 15:26, 25 September 2016 (UTC)

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Systemd

Is it unfit to note how systemd integrates with legacy Unix concepts like fstab? My edit was reverted. --Ysangkok (talk) 10:04, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

2016 Community Wishlist Survey Proposal to Revive Popular Pages

Greetings WikiProject Linux/Archive 2 Members!

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--LINUX-.--- listed at Redirects for discussion

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Schily removing Linux specific notes on system calls

schily (talk · contribs) (Jörg Schilling, of cdrecord fame) has removed Linux specific details I added to open (system call).[5] I do not understand why these Linux-specific details can not be added, as they are absolutely necessary for making UNIX-like systems concurrent. I do not want to start a revert war, so I am hoping to start a discussion here. The majority of UNIX like systems are Linux systems. I maintain that covering Linux behavior is more important than documenting POSIX, if we had to choose. But we don't, we just have to qualify sentences with "this only works on Linux", like I did. Removal is unnecessary. Note that I am User:Ysangkok and also complained about Schily removing my Systemd edit (see above). --146.140.210.15 (talk) 13:59, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

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Tput dead links

Hello. There are dead references on Tput. Please, check Talk:Tput. Thanks.--MisterSanderson (talk) 00:51, 29 January 2017 (UTC)

In fact, all the SGI links are dead: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:LinkSearch&target=techpubs.sgi.com --Ysangkok (talk) 09:50, 20 March 2017 (UTC)

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Windows Subsystem for Linux targets GNU software?

Hello.

I was wondering if someone familiar with subject could please join this discussion: Talk:Windows Subsystem for Linux § Windows Subsystem for Linux targets GNU software. Is there any encyclopedic value in it?

The editor who started the thread seems to intend for the thread to justify this contribution:

Windows Subsystem for Linux is mostly limited to run the GNU runtime system and libraries, which most of the software targets when dealing with operating systems with Linux.

My concern is that this contribution is intricate details that makes sense to only a very small minority and is redundant to this sentence, which is already in the article:

This subsystem cannot run all Linux software, such as [...]

Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 14:36, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

Firefox

Does Firefox really belong in this WikiProject? I ask because it's a cross-platform web browser, perhaps the most cross-platform one of all, except the command-line browsers. So it's certainly not Linux-exclusive. The only argument for it being in this WikiProject that I can come up with is that many distributions (e.g. Debian, Fedora and Ubuntu) ship with it as their default browser. Fuse809 (contribs · email · talk · uploads) 12:45, 22 July 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Fuse

This WikiProject was never supposed to mutually exclusive to others. Any app that runs on Linux and has a Wikipedia article falls within its purview.

Also, please do not let metonymy distract you. The app that you run on Linux and call "Firefox" is not the same app that you run on Windows and call "Firefox", no matter how similar in look and functionality they are.

Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 07:10, 23 July 2017 (UTC)

BackSlash Linux

The article BackSlash Linux was recently created. Since it was previously deleted per the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BackSlash Linux, I thought it might qualify for WP:CSD#G4, but the reviewing admin said the text is substantially different from the deleted version. Also, there appears to be a conflict of interest issue with one of the article's authors. So I'm just bringing this to the attention of this WikiProject so that it can be reviewed by editors experienced in this area and they can determined what (if anything) needs to be done with this article. Thank you. Deli nk (talk) 16:05, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

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Note: this topic was mentioned again at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting#How_to_listing_categories_and_templates.3F, in case alerts would be considered useful to the project. —PaleoNeonate – 20:46, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

• I subscribed the project to the bot and have transcluded and linked the alerts page on the main WikiProject page. —PaleoNeonate – 08:25, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

• A link to the assessment log was also added at the bottom of the assessment page, which allows to track changes. A future possibility would be to create a sidebar with those tools. —PaleoNeonate – 08:36, 7 October 2017 (UTC)

WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject

The reason I am contacting you is because there are one or more portals that fall under this subject, and the Portals WikiProject is currently undertaking a major drive to automate portals that may affect them.

Portals are being redesigned.

The new design features are being applied to existing portals.

At present, we are gearing up for a maintenance pass of portals in which the introduction section will be upgraded to no longer need a subpage. In place of static copied and pasted excerpts will be self-updating excerpts displayed through selective transclusion, using the template {{Transclude lead excerpt}}.

The discussion about this can be found here.

Maintainers of specific portals are encouraged to sign up as project members here, noting the portals they maintain, so that those portals are skipped by the maintenance pass. Currently, we are interested in upgrading neglected and abandoned portals. There will be opportunity for maintained portals to opt-in later, or the portal maintainers can handle upgrading (the portals they maintain) personally at any time.

Background

On April 8th, 2018, an RfC ("Request for comment") proposal was made to eliminate all portals and the portal namespace. On April 17th, the Portals WikiProject was rebooted to handle the revitalization of the portal system. On May 12th, the RfC was closed with the result to keep portals, by a margin of about 2 to 1 in favor of keeping portals.

There's an article in the current edition of the Signpost interviewing project members about the RfC and the Portals WikiProject.

Since the reboot, the Portals WikiProject has been busy building tools and components to upgrade portals.

So far, 84 editors have joined.

If you would like to keep abreast of what is happening with portals, see the newsletter archive.

CfD notice: Operating systems using GNOME

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 0Editor-1 (talk • contribs) 5:20, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

If you have any questions about what is happening with portals or the Portals WikiProject, please post them on the WikiProject's talk page.

Thank you.    — The Transhumanist   07:45, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Discussion of LWN.net on the reliable sources noticeboard

There is a discussion on the reliability of LWN.net (formerly Linux Weekly News) at the reliable sources noticeboard. If you are interested, please participate at WP:RSN § LWN.net for Draft:NumWorks. Thanks! — Newslinger talk 02:46, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

AfD notice: Phoronix

I've nominated the Phoronix article for deletion. –ilmaisin (talk) 12:37, 20 May 2019 (UTC)

Add GSequencer to list of Linux audio software

Hi,

Please, add GSequencer to the list of Linux audio software.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_audio_software

Prior, I have tried to submit an article in the German wikipedia, it was shortly deleted. The article was preserved here:

https://marjorie-wiki.de/wiki/GSequencer

If you have any questions regarding the framework, you can ask me. The project website is here:

http://nongnu.org/gsequencer/

by Joël Jkraehemann (talk) 08:57, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

Request for information on WP1.0 web tool

Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Kernel Version History

at the time of this writing, on the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel_version_history page, kernel entry for 4.4.220, the impression is given that Super Long Term Support was guaranteed until 2026 by the CIP project, while following the source link reveals that CIP isn't explicitly committing to anything yet, and the numbers 2026 and 2036, must have been derived by slapping, respectively, the CIP project's lowest and highest realistic estimate onto the release year 195.135.248.94 (talk) 18:38, 30 April 2020 (UTC)

Participants list

I’ve linked to a special page showing recently active users. The link is at the top of the participants page . It should be easier to find each other if thats of interest to anyone. – Abuluntu ( talk 19:20, 29 October 2020 (UTC)08:52, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Should we join WP:FOSS?

Should we join forces with our our sister project if they are willing to take us on? – Abuluntu ( talk 12:36, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

This project is already listed in related projects. There's no problem with joining forces, but I don't know how would that work – I believe they already edit articles related to Linux. Also, either I don't really understand how wikiprojects are supposed to work or there's not much for anybody to do here. This should be much more social experience. — Preceding unsigned comment added by K4rolB (talk • contribs) 18:20, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

The intention of projects are collaboration. If we set the status of this project as inactive there is less work to maintain the project pages, and anyone stopping by this place is encouraged to join the other project instead.– Abuluntu ( talk 19:23, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

Can anyone think of a project that we can all get together and work on? --Guy Macon (talk) 08:14, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

or make WP:LINUX into a Task force

​​​Newslinger over at WP:FOSS suggested an option: we could make this place a task force? – Abuluntu ( talk 11:58, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

No need to ping me. I am watching this page.

I do like what I am seeing at WP:FOSS. Part of me says to copy what they are doing there, and part of me says to simply join them. Let me ask everyone here: how important is it that we have a separate project and/or task force working on Linux specifically as opposed to working on Linux as part of what WP:FOSS is doing? I personally spend an hour running BSD for every two hours I run Linux. --Guy Macon (talk) 12:30, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

I think that this wikiproject should join WP:FOSS. It will take time and effort to make this as well maintained and I think this effort could be put to make WP:FOSS a more lively space. I have a belief verging on certainty that 95% of Linux subjects are within FOSS scope, and the rest 5% is projects big enough to get interest from WP:SOFTWARE or WP:COMPUTING.
Interestingly, I've also found Wikipedia:WikiProject_Desktop_Linux which seems to be even more dead than this one, but maybe more diverging from FOSS, as it may naturally include gaming and other proprietary software. Point being, it will be more pragmatic, while FOSS is about software, but also movement, philosophy, civil liberties, and so on. K4rolB (talk) 13:07, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

The Linux kernel is FOSS. Let's move it there. In all seriousness, this project should move to FOSS as a task force. That makes the most sense to me. Most of the Linux ecosystem is FOSS, it's kernel is FOSS, and it's used extensively in all environments (e.g., by companies as servers, as PCs, Raspberry PI, etc.). As a taskforce under FOSS, we could use the existing governance of the FOSS project, have it guide our direction (since we don't appear to have on right now), and can garner interest from their existing contributors to help us out. -proxxz ^talk 15:18, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

​​My personal opinion is that having two projects/task forces creates more administration than necessary. – Abuluntu ( talk 12:36, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

I'm thinking that if we merge with WP:FOSS (which is really a task force of WP:SOFTWARE), it should be as another task force. This would allow us to preserve the current organization and tagging of Linux articles (the talk page banner can just wrap {{WP Software|linux=y}}), and maintains a Linux-specific venue in which to have coherent discussions. We would then be sister task forces under WP:SOFTWARE at that point, which would enable closer collaboration between the two. Status quo is fine as well — Linux is a large enough topic to warrant a WikiProject, even if it is a bit quiet in here. — AfroThundr ^{(u · t · c)} 03:15, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

To elaborate my views. It is a bit quiet in here. Of the 127 watchers of this site, about 7 has responded to my discussion of making it inactive. (Obviously it is a discussion of importance. I personally visited the user page of 117 of 202 participants on the list to inform them of the discussion.) I'm not a frequent user myself, but I think the project pages is overwhelming to any bypasser if its not more active and welcoming. People come to wikipedia to edit articles, not to take on immense administrative tasks. Does anyone have ideas how to make this project a tool of cooperation?

• A simple but maintained todolist is by far the most important task at this point.
• An updated participant list would encourage people to ask for help if they are bold. :-D

– Abuluntu ( talk 14:10, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

I think we stretch ourselves too wide. We should acknowledge that there are only a few of us, at least for some time, and maintaining many overlapping projects is too much work – as You said, no one wants to take on administrative tasks.
I think we should scale down and create a minimum viable product — double down on creating some movement here. I still believe that WP:FOSS is a better place to start, as it's already well-defined and structured so it feels easier to start it up. — K4rolB (talk) 14:50, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

An attempt to sum it up

8 users have given their opinion.

• Fabio Maria De Francesco Actively opposes marking WikiProject Linux as inactive. And suggests status quo.
• Elizium23 Passively opposes marking WikiProject Linux as inactive. But doesn't seem to stop it either.
• K4rolB and Proxxz Promotes joining The Foss task force, implying to mark this project as inactive.
• Abuluntu, AfroThundr, Dillon and Guy Macon Promotes making this project a task force under WikiProject Software

Lack of consensus implies status quo, but nobody seems to oppose making WikiProject Linux into a taskforce. Please correct me if I'm wrong. If nobody objects within a week from now I'll go ahead and do it bit by bit. – Abuluntu ( talk 12:37, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

I am fine with whatever the consensus is, but the above does not get my position right. No doubt I was unclear. I don't think another task force is needed and I don't think we have enough participants to make one work. I think we should join an existing task force (I am thinking FOSS, but am open to some other taskforce) rather than trying to form a new task force. I am OK with making the wikiproject historical or with leaving the Wikiproject as it is with a notice telling the user that they might want to help the existing taskforce -- seldom-used Wikiprojects don't harm anything, and someone may some day put in the effort to make it a lot more active. --Guy Macon (talk) 13:53, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Thank you for making it clear. My mistake. I enjoyed this discussion, but I think I leave the work here for anyone willing to take it on. I guess the discussion itself is a note to anyone stopping by to wrap up their sleeves if they wish. – Abuluntu ( talk 14:13, 30 October 2020 (UTC)

Mark As Inactive?

Am I wrong to view this project as inactive? According to the guide projects are generally considered inactive if the talk page has received nothing other than routine/automated announcements or unanswered queries for a year or more.
– Abuluntu ( talk 19:26, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Abuluntu, I would find that a crying shame; there is plenty of Linux expertise to be had e.g. on the WP:RD, but if nobody wants to do the WikiProject I guess that's the way it will go. Elizium23 (talk) 20:26, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

Elizium23, agree. Still the project is rather confusing to a newcomer (myself included). Maybe it could be saved by a cleanup of the project pages? – – Abuluntu ( talk 20:42, 24 October 2020 (UTC)

I absolutely believe that the project must be kept active, therefore, please do not mark it as inactive. The reasons why are explained in my user talk page. - Fabio Maria De Francesco (talk) 05:48, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

I believe I was wrong to view this project as inactive. But it takes an effort to make it a hub for cooperation. The discussion seems to turn to whether it should be a project or a task force, or merged with WP:FOSS. WT:LINUX. – Abuluntu ( talk 11:17, 29 October 2020 (UTC)

Nope, marking it inactive will not be the right decision. Harsh Rathod Poke me! 04:24, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

I concur, just because there is not a significant amount of activity in the talk pages themselves, does not make this project a useful place to organize around (which is how I tend to engage) Punk physicist (talk) 18:20, 2 November 2020 (UTC)

assessment

Over the past week or so I've assessed all unknown importance articles belonging to WikiProject Linux. This is to inform you all of my completion. Any of the established editors here can review and overrule any change I've made. I did this all purely because I felt like doing so. Cheers. Yousou (Complain) 03:22, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Sandbox organiser

Sandbox Organiser A place to help you organise your work

Hi all

I've been working on a tool for the past few months that you may find useful. Wikipedia:Sandbox organiser is a set of tools to help you better organise your draft articles and other pages in your userspace. It also includes areas to keep your to do lists, bookmarks, list of tools. You can customise your sandbox organiser to add new features and sections. Once created you can access it simply by clicking the sandbox link at the top of the page. You can create and then customise your own sandbox organiser just by clicking the button on the page. All ideas for improvements and other versions would be really appreciated.

Huge thanks to PrimeHunter and NavinoEvans for their work on the technical parts, without them it wouldn't have happened.

Hope its helpful

John Cummings (talk) 11:38, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Draft:Clear Linux

• 24 Aug 2021 – Draft:Clear Linux (talk · edit · hist) has been created. I am requesting help improve it. ... 0mtwb9gd5wx (talk) 07:34, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of PaX

The article PaX has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Little to no reliable third-party coverage exists. See the deletion discussion of the patchset which this is a part of.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. ilmaisin (talk) 07:16, 11 September 2021 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:Linux

There is a proposal to move the Uses section of Linux into Linux range of use. Please discuss and !vote. Thanks, Seemplez 08:56, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

User script to detect unreliable sources

Main page: User:Headbomb/unreliable

I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.)

and turns it into something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

MOS:LINUX

MOS:LINUX is part of Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Computing (failed proposal), which as the name implies, is a failed proposal. However, as Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Computing (failed proposal)#Linux vs GNU/Linux shows, there is strong support for the MOS:LINUX part of that proposed page. I think that MOS:LINUX could be made part of some other MoS page or guideline, but I wanted to get input to see what the best way to go about doing that might be? - Aoidh (talk) 18:45, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

Project-independent quality assessments

Quality assessments by Wikipedia editors rate articles in terms of completeness, organization, prose quality, sourcing, etc. Most wikiprojects follow the general guidelines at Wikipedia:Content assessment, but some have specialized assessment guidelines. A recent Village pump proposal was approved and has been implemented to add a |class= parameter to {{WikiProject banner shell}}, which can display a general quality assessment for an article, and to let project banner templates "inherit" this assessment.

No action is required if your wikiproject follows the standard assessment approach. Over time, quality assessments will be migrated up to {{WikiProject banner shell}}, and your project banner will automatically "inherit" any changes to the general assessments for the purpose of assigning categories.

However, if your project has decided to "opt out" and follow a non-standard quality assessment approach, all you have to do is modify your wikiproject banner template to pass {{WPBannerMeta}} a new |QUALITY_CRITERIA=custom parameter. If this is done, changes to the general quality assessment will be ignored, and your project-level assessment will be displayed and used to create categories, as at present. Aymatth2 (talk) 13:27, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

AfC review of Linux Caixa Mágica

Hi, I've created an article about the Linux distribution Draft:Linux Caixa Mágica some months ago, made improvements after the first review but haven't got a second review after several weeks. Could someone take a look and move on with the review please? Thanks!

GeorgeSeaks (talk) 19:37, 25 June 2023 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:PCLinuxOS § Please help with polishing this article

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:PCLinuxOS § Please help with polishing this article. SmileySnail (talk) 01:54, 28 June 2023 (UTC)