Attached Link: http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-10877-5982893.html

While I have never been an extremely active person here, in the writing forum, I figured it's a good place to post this. I recently signed a contract with a c-net site for an open ended series of articles. paying me 200 to 300 USD per article. the first one was published on monday. the only complaint about the required agreements for the articles, is that the Author has to assign copyright to c-net. full credit is given to the Author, it is published under thier name. the link is the first article. and yes, the .com.com in the url is correct.

Wow, congratulations! That's incredible news, and I'm glad you took the time to share it with us! :) Hopefully, it'll be a long-running contract then. And even more so, I hope it leads to more open doors for you! Again, congratulations! David L. Writer's Coord.

Congratulations, Jaqui. That is very exciting news. Did you send them a proposal or letter of inquiry? I'm just curious as to the process you followed to land the gig. Best of luck with the series. jon

Congratulation from me too! I'm glad you announced it here...it's encouraging to read. :) Good article too (though I admit I don't know a Linux from a lynx).

jon, one of thier staff posted in a blog for us linux advocates to put up or shut up basically, to submit articles for publication on linux in order for the site to have more content, not just complain about a lack of content. I sent him an email detailing a list of 6 subjects that are focussed on people who have never looked at linux and he said yes, they would definately be interested in them. in the discussion attached to the article, as well as with a few other discusions, the second series I was thinking about has been requested. articles on specific applications, installing, configuring and using them. [ an example being ethereal, a network traffic monitoring tool ] the rest of the original series: 1) basic configuration for desktop use, as well as server use. 2) installing software from sources, or from a package manager package. 3) securing the system from hacking attempts. 4) managing user accounts 5) scheduling automatic tasks. the second series covers over 15000 different programs. a third series would be reviewingeach of the over 300 linux distributions, from installation to configuration, with the show stopper points detailed. [ in example, my computer will not boot the SuSe distribution, the scsi module thier kernel uses locks my computer up. with Sun's Solaris, thier usb-uhci module locks my system up, yet every other linux has no problems with the usb-uhci module. ] the show stoppers make picking a distribution more of a challenge. dialyn, Linux is an operating system, lynx is a text only web browser. :) [ no pictures, no frameset support, poor table support, no flash plugin ] the basic text only makes lynx, and it's clone text only browser very fast with most sites. the drawback is poor site design with most sites, even here, for the text only option.

Actually I was sort of making a bad joke...a lynx is a kind of wild cat to me. >^..^< Sorry.

LOL that's how you can tell someone who's been working in computers for a while.. when lynx is a web browser instead of a wild cat ;)

hey!!! I resemble that remark! ;)

I would be curious to know how many writers who have posted in the writer's gallery at Renderosity have ever had anything published? Any helpful 'tips' or suggestions? (I know of pscott who wrote a marvelous book on 'bullying'). Thanks, much. T.P.

well, the article was paid for.. 200 us, cheque issued 3 days after publication, arriving exactly one week later. can't get much more confirmation than money in the bank. :)

T.P., good point, maybe starting a thread to see how many people who currently post here have been paid for their work.

okay, this amazes me, over 4000 downloads of the pdf version of the article. Download Linux 101: How to set up Linux on a personal computer from TechRepublic now Download Now Rating: 4.5 / 5 Downloads: 4195 Release Date: 12/5/05 Version: 1.0 File Size: 59 KB License: copyright System Requirements: Acobat Reader 5.0 or later