[FM Discuss] Rebooting FLOSS Manuals - 2026 - 20 years on.

[Rich Bowen]

I’m definitely interested, although I’m not sure how much time I could devote to it. (That’s why there’s lots of us!) 

> On Dec 2, 2025, at 2:10 AM, mick <mick at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone, 
> 
> I hope you are all well. I have had a little more time on my hands recently and have been reaching out to a few people to help hatch a plan to reboot FLOSS Manuals. So I wanted to share a little here in advance to invite participation. 
> 
> At this stage I just want to keep it really short but I'll try to write some more expansive blog posts later. So here's a really quick to do list. 
> 
> 1) Audit existing online FM content, and make their status clear, archive, current, updates needed. 
> 
> 2) Create a minimal network structure and set of protocols to invite participation. Draft of protocols here (please do comment or add elements)- https://pad.riseup.net/p/floss_manuals_protocols-keep
> 
> 3) Document a small menu of way of rebooting or creating new FM manuals: e.g. hugo, MKdocs, wordpress. Either hosted by FLOSS Manuals but allowing other groups to adopt 
> 
> 4) Create a minimal community presence detailing a way to get involved, how to get help, inviting blog posts, and the dates of on-line FLOSS Manuals community calls (every 6 months?).  
> 
> In terms of a timeline we are looking at a reboot date of 1st of June 2026. That's 20 years since the first archive of flossmanuals.net - https://web.archive.org/web/20060701000000*/flossmanuals.net 
> 
> I am imagining this process to be quite a minimal one not involving a lot of changes, and therefore time and effort and in particular administration. However if you would like to be involved, especially in the audit of existing manuals, input on network / community protocols or documenting a process of reviving or creating new manuals please do get in touch with me and I'll add you to a FM-reboot working email list. 
> Or you can follow our progress here - https://gitlab.com/flossmanuals/fm_en_splash/
> 
> 
> Many Thanks
> Mick Fuzz
> Caretaker of flossmanuals.net
> 
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Rich Bowen
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