Do you consult the wiki? Ever?

[kevdog]

I often look for information on new topics -- call me the constant tinkerer. Rarely however do I consult the Ubuntu community wiki. It seems my search strategy is usually the forums, and then google. If google references a page in the wiki I'll take a look, but more often its a personal blog, another forum, another website.

Does anyone consult the wiki on a regular basis? What information have you found helpful in the wiki? I often find the info out of date.

[Lord Xeb]

The wiki comes in handy every-now-and-then. I have used it to install WoW, fix my ATI drivers, get HDAPS to run.... somewhat, and use it to figure out how to install a YUM in Ubuntu >

[loell]

of course!

but had the question been, Do you contribute to the wiki ever?

i haven't yet , or maybe once that it didn't warrant to anything

[YaroMan86]

I use the wiki myself occasional.

Though, my first step is to google the problem, seeking first to check links here on the Ubuntu Forums.

[hellion0]

I usually check the wiki when I'm looking for hardware. I consulted it when I bought a TV card recently. I'm not the type of user who's looking to write a driver from scratch just for basic functions. If it works "out of the box", great. If it requires a couple of config tweaks, fine. I can find these things out on the wiki.

[tamoneya]

I more or less agree. I typically google: "ubuntu <topic>". Typically the first two results are Ubuntu Forums since they are some awesome. Everyone and a while I get the wiki site in which case I use it. I do however go to the intrepid release schedule fairly often but that is my only exception.

[ChameleonDave]

I often look for information on new topics -- call me the constant tinkerer. Rarely however do I consult the Ubuntu community wiki. It seems my search strategy is usually the forums, and then google. If google references a page in the wiki I'll take a look, but more often its a personal blog, another forum, another website.

Does anyone consult the wiki on a regular basis? What information have you found helpful in the wiki? I often find the info out of date.

I don't search the wiki directly. I search Google, and sometimes a wiki article comes up and I use it.

But mainly I provide support rather than seek it.

[powerpleb]

The wiki is good if you know exactly what your problem is and there is a clear cut solution to it. But often everything seems fine then I get a weird error message, so I usually drop that message into Google and see what I find there.

The Arch Linux wiki is amazing though. Nearly every issue I have had installing Arch has been resolved from information on thier wiki.

[aysiu]

There are certain Wiki pages I refer people to, but most of the Wiki is pretty weak.

I will link to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo and sometimes https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxNewVersion or https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport

That's about it.

[madjr]

There are certain Wiki pages I refer people to, but most of the Wiki is pretty weak.

I will link to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo and sometimes https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxNewVersion or https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport

That's about it.

i also think the wiki software feels really old.

it lacks in many aspects.

finding stuff is almost impossible, unless you have a direct link.

for some stuff like development is pretty good

but for guides it sucks and most of them are outdated. Many prefer posting the guides on the forums.

really need some upgrades and a way to search.