From 39de45d8da5ef3c82d9c014a36ae3d80826cf1ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: arthur <51604173+arthurauffray@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2024 20:53:37 +1300 Subject: [PATCH] README: Fix grammatical & punctuation errors, markdown-ify, clickable URLs, improved reading clarity - Fixed grammatical errors: - "which ... by upgrading" -> which ... from upgrading" - Fixed punctuation (incorrectly added comma): - "building and, running" -> "building and running" - Improved reading clarity: - "In a number of formats" -> "In several formats" - "In order to build the" -> "To build the" - "several of them using" -> "several using" - Updated file to markdown, while maintaining past formatting - Links are now hyperlinks, facilitating use --- README | 18 ------------------ README.md | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 README create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index fd903645e6de..000000000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,18 +0,0 @@ -Linux kernel -============ - -There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can -be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read -Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. - -In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or -``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: - - https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ - -There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, -several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation. - -Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the -requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about -the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel. diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2c05ea13e123 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +Linux kernel +============ + +There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can +
be rendered in several formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read +
[Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst](https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst) first. + +To build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or +
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: + + https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ + + +There are various text files in the [Documentation/](https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/) subdirectory, +
several using the reStructuredText markup notation. + +Please read the [Documentation/process/changes.rst](https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/changes.rst) file, as it contains the +
requirements for building and running the kernel and information about +
the problems that may result from upgrading your kernel. + +[//]: # (me: Let me install nginx) +[//]: # (windows: noo!! it will break your PC!) +[//]: # (me: can I uninstall the bootloader?) +[//]: # (linux: sure, go ahead lol) +