[Slackdocs] New article: Slackware on AWS EC2

[Deny Dias]

Chris, thank you very much for your rewriting! It's indeed much better and less personal.

There already.

Best,

Deny Dias.

Em seg 19 jan 2015, às 14:01:29, Chris Abela escreveu:
> Warning: I know nothing on AWS EC2, but I propose the following:
> 
> Despite that Slackware Linux predates virtualisation and Cloud Computer by
> many years it is not normally considered for Amazon Web Services Elastic
> Compute Cloud (AWS EC2). A possible reason could be the lack of updated and
> comprehensive documentation on how this can be implemented. After some
> research, the author managed to identify the following sources:
> 
>    - Slackware custom amazon AMI from scratch 16-06-2014
>    <http://kahverengi.com/EN/article/amazon-ec22/slackware-custom-amazon-ami-from-scratch.html>,
>    by Soydaner Ulker.
>    - Prepare Amazon AMI from Oracle VirtualBox vdi, Slackware 14 16-06-2014
>    <http://kahverengi.com/EN/article/amazon-ec22/prepare-amazon-ami-from-oracle-virtualbox-vdi-slackware-14.html>,
>    by Soydaner Ulker.
>    - Running Slackware64-current on AWS cloud
>    <http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/running-slackware64-current-on-aws-cloud-4175423435/>,
>    a post in LinuxQuestions.org by Skaperen.
> 
> It is hoped that this wiki will provide a comprehensive tutorial on how
> Slackware may be deployed on AWS EC2.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Deny Dias <deny at macpress.com.br> wrote:
> 
> > Thank you, Chris!
> >
> > 100% agreed. Those derogatory comments sucks. I just removed them.
> >
> > As for the first three paragraphs, I think they contextualize why
> > Slackware is so underrated in the cloud front. Sure that this is my opinion
> > (lack of documentation), but I tend to believe that it's quite correct
> > (maybe because it's my opinion in the first place).
> >
> > If there's the need to remove that three paragraphs, then I think to
> > remove the whole first section is fine, as the mention to the other
> > articles have no reason to exists then. Just imagine an article beginning
> > with:
> >
> > "But let's be fair here..."
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Deny Dias.
> >
> > Em seg 19 jan 2015, às 11:26:01, Chris Abela escreveu:
> > > This looks like a premium quality wiki article. I wish I had the time
> > > follow it.
> > >
> > > However I do have some issues on the introduction. I frequently follow
> > > documentation from other distributions and I would be really pissed off
> > if
> > > I were to find derogatory references to Slackware. Perhaps you may wish
> > to
> > > modify the following:
> > >
> > > "Even so Slackware is nowadays - with some rare exceptions - not a
> > subject
> > > when people talk about cloud computing. In this department, Ubuntu
> > (ouch!),
> > > Red Hat (yugh!), SuSE (blargh!), even Amazon Linux - the official Linux
> > > distribution from AWS - rules the block. Why is that?, one can ask."
> > >
> > > Even if I agree with the contents, I think that the first three
> > paragraphs
> > > should be deleted as they are rather subjective and reduce the wiki to a
> > > blog.
> > >
> > > Chris
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, Jan 18, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Deny Dias <deny at macpress.com.br>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear SlackDocs editor,
> > > >
> > > > I've just published a new article to The Slackware Documentation
> > Project.
> > > > It's my first one, so I apologize in advance if I made anything wrong.
> > > >
> > > > http://docs.slackware.com/howtos:cloud:aws_ec2
> > > >
> > > > The article is quite long as the matter requires. Before I get into
> > > > writing it, Eric Hameleers gave me some valuable advices about writing
> > to
> > > > SDP. I tried to follow them as much as I could.
> > > >
> > > > Now it's readu ofr your scrutiny. I kindly ask your help for:
> > > >
> > > > - proof reading (I'm not a native English speaker);
> > > > - to decide how is going to be the final look of the published piece;
> > > > - to verify the content for correctness;
> > > > - any other editorial related task.
> > > >
> > > > I do not have any concerns about your work and I do authorize you in
> > > > advance to change anything that was written by me.
> > > >
> > > > I also put myself available to talk to any of you regarding this
> > matter.
> > > >
> > > > Best,
> > > >
> > > > Deny Dias.
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