OK-I would like to try writing for LQ. I have already clicked the link and sent the request a couple of times over the last few weeks. I have gotten no response.
Can anyone help me with this or what is the procedure?

What exactly are you looking to write? Anyone is free to add content to the Wiki, HCL, Tutorials, or Articles. Are you looking to submit something that doesn't fit into those categories?

There is a really good reason that you haven't been answered. I have been snowed under with offline stuff. Hopefully things will settle down soon and I can get back to it and start clearing down my inbox. Apologies for keeping you and other potential contributors hanging on. Unfortunately, this is the downside of having a human being at the other end of the line.

Apologies again, please be patient and I will respond.

I understand-I was not trying to be rude or complaining. I am right now starting on writing some stuff for Writer's-World-Maker, a tool for fiction writing.
Being a Newbie, I believe my experiences with Linux over the last few months should be shared.
I am very Macgyver-ish, and so I usually figure out multiple path's to the same result-usually by the simplest means possible.
That is to say-when I first installed Linux Ubuntu, I had no idea how to operate the terminal, or anything else.
Although handicapped by my ignorance, I soon figured out how to extract iso's, remove and add files, install to usb's, boot usb's with syslinux, etc-all with no terminal used.
Of course I use the term frequently now, as Linux is an easy-to-learn system-though alot of tutorials involving the terminal are cryptic and not very explanatory to Newbie's
I think there is a need for "layman's" terms and better explanations concerning "how-to's", especially those where you might destroy your partitions via fdisk, cfdisk, etc.
Not picking on Lunar-as it is a nice distro-but below is an example of a bad tutorial for a newbie...
( http://wiki.lunar-linux.org/index.ph...allation:No_CD )
This portion is at the bottom of the page.
That is the complete instructions, no explanation is given.
I tried this several times with 0 results. If a true newbie tried this-I would fear for their HD!
This should be explained in much greater detail.
Anyway-I would enjoy writing for LQ, and no apologies needed-as I am sure you have your hands full.
thanks,
B

That's fine - I'm very big on throwing myself on my sword when I am at fault I do have a small backlog to work through and so to anyone who is waiting for me to start typing - please be patient, hopefully I can get some of this dealt with at the weekend or (more likely) next week when I have some time out of the office.

linus72,

Are you aware how much horizontal screen real estate your information panel takes? On my screen it's close to 40% -- this means your posts are squashed & hard to read. The "culprits" are your Location & Distribution entries: If you would add spaces:
or use commas & spaces:
it would fix this problem.

hmmm, arch, i think it might be an issue on your end. In my firefox window, all of the "information" portions are the same, its not like his info is pushing his post area in.can u get a screenshot if what you're referring to?

Yeah, the side panels should all be the same width. Not sure what is going on with your browser.

I have seen this issue too at times, but I don't currently see the issue with this side panel (although the line break between 'Ubuntu' and 'SE' may not be what you had in mind when you entered the information).

Have you (arch) changed your 'used distro' list recently or is this one of those 'it depends where the break falls on each system' issues?

Yet another interesting set of differences between browsers. . . .

No I haven't changed my list -- I still use use MEPIS as my main distro. Currently 7.0, 8.0 before long. My main desktop is 32-bit. KDE & Konqueror 3.5.8

I also use Opera 9.62 (need to update), & have Firefox 2.0.0.11 as my "3rd string". I have attached screen shots, note that my Firefox doesn't do any better than Konqueror w/ the wide info. panel.

BTW, linus72, is your OQ answered? -- this is turning into a serious hijack.

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Sorry to start trouble...Yes I understand now about the articles and stuff. Thanks.
Sometimes it's hard for me to see everything on the screen due to a serious head injury. Basically sometimes portions of the screen appear blank to me, text missing, etc. Sometimes even in the mirror it seems parts of my face are missing-but it has been that way for awhile and the eye doc says it will get better over time. He says it's a nerve problem, 'cause the left side of my face is kinda numb since the injury-not an eye problem-just connected somehow.
Anyway-yes my question has been answered-so thanks and if my posts sometimes appear rambling or the typing's messed up I apologize.

This problem doesn't exist in Firefox 3.0.6. This is obviously a browser bug.