I need a little productive criticism

[wdscharff]

First of all sorry, it's a german text, but it's also a german blog.

I haven't written anything for a long time and have now started with my first entry for MXFB.
What is good, what is bad and what should I do better in the future.
My plan, also to have quick access to it myself (when I'm not sitting at my own computer), is to explain step by step how I did what and why.

It's all about the content, please don't discuss about the visual appearance of the blog ;-)

https://web57.ws/site/linux/?post=2020-09-03

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

[JayM]

The only criticism I can offer is to say bravo, well done. I love your blog's name too.

Die einzige Kritik, die ich vorbringen kann, ist, dass ich sagen kann: Bravo, gut gemacht. Ich liebe auch den Namen Ihres Blogs.

[wdscharff]

Thank you.

The next article is already about my first adjustments, why and how.

[PPC]

@wdscharff

It's a personal blog that casually mentions MX Linux as part of your life. Maybe it can pull some German users to Mx Linux... since you mention here MX excels!
But your title is "Fluxbox", asñd you only mention Fluxbox on the very end... My only productive criticisms?
-Speaking an (unpublished) writer- your Title should connect with the main theme of your text- and, for now your text is mostly about your dealing with Linux, then MX, then, at the end, MXFB in particular...
-Regular users are lazy and don't like clicking links- so it's probably better to include images, instead of links to images...

It's quite an entertaining read, it was the first time I used Deepl and the first time I read a blog post in a language I don't speak myself (I tried to learn German several times, but it's grammar is complex, even for people that are used to complex rules, like we have in Portuguese). I'm eager to read the next post, please post a warning here, so I can dig around for it, when it comes out!

P.

[wdscharff]

Thanks for the productive review!
The image linking is still a problem, I don't like it yet.
Technically the blog is based on a 4kb php file (incl css) and a rudimentary markdownparser .
All things I have no idea about.
I try to solve this over the weekend somehow satisfying.

The first article about configuration has just been finished :-)

my first steps

https://web57.ws/site/linux/?post=2020-09-04

and now the dog has to get out and I need fresh air too :-)

[PPC]

@wdscharff - wow - that escalated fast! :-) From casual mention to your Linux experiences to editing config files and scripts! If you attrack newbies to MXFB with your initial post, they will be thinking you are a tech guru when they read this stuff!

Very, very nice pointers to the average Linux user that knows how to edit config files and deal with bash scripts. My own personal style of writing tech stuff on forums is usually very step by step, hold the newbie's hand as much as possible...

only real productive criticisms:
- Optional: warn that although everying you mention does not require any great knowlege about Linux, it's not for the complete newbie- that you can use and configure MXFB to a great extent, using only menu entries...
- Even for non newbie users, it would be nice to warn where to find the "theme.cfg" file, like you told users where to save the "exit actions" script.

Off topic: I liked that you, like me, seem to consider MXFB with Tint2, Rofi (both will be available by default on the next MXFB version) coupled with Skippy-xd and Drill does make a formidable desktop, offering all the functionality that modern computer users expect and then some more... You can, off course, install Drill's deb file, but it's not officially advised, because it's not yet included on MX's repository (ence I recomend the appimage).

P.

[Jerry3904]

Das ist aber sehr gut geschrieben und interessant! "Maus Schubser" habe ich bisher nie gesehen, hat mich zum Lachen gebracht.

[wdscharff]

@PPC, I'm not a tech guru, I haven't done much more than read here on the forum.
Everything I use is initiated by posts here in the forum! No matter if scripts or interesting programs.
I just read thoroughly, look at the configuration files and if something is not clear to me I use google to get ahead.
And if I don't understand something I try around, lots of copy&paste and try&error :-)

I'm really thankful for the good hints and will adapt the texts accordingly.

@Jerry3904, "Maus Schubser" is a popular term in german Linux groups for windows users and all those who avoid the console like the devil avoids holy water ;-}

[wdscharff]

I revised the two articles, changed a little bit of the text and above all solved the problem with the pictures.
A little more typing, but it's worth it :-)

[mxrd]

Well written, nice, good to read, one little thing i missed when reading
when you wrote:
"By chance I came across posts from a member in the MX Forum (Jerry3904)"
("Durch Zufall stieß ich im MX Forum auf Postings eines Mitgliedes (Jerry3904)")

it would have been perfect ot have a link for a quick look