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- Don't violate anyone's intellectual property and post anyone else's copyrighted or confidential material you don't have permission to use.
- Don't post anything vulgar, inflammatory, pornographic, etc.
- Don't post spam.
- Don't post just to sell something. Sure, talk up your project, but don't mention how to buy it every single time.Don't launch into personal attacks. You're not going to agree with everyone, but name-calling will just cause trouble and will be regarded as flaming behavior.
- Don't use too many metalinks and tags. If you just trying to boost your SEO, that's an abuse of the system.
- Use English. Eventually we may make Linux.com a multi-lingual site, but for now, please keep articles and other content in English.
- Focus on a single idea. Instead of "how to use digital cameras," perhaps write "how to use application X to organize your photos."
- Use a recipe format. After a little preliminary info, use numbered steps. Make the first sentence of the step the action and the second sentence the result.
- Use graphics. Screenshots are good. Make sure no artwork is wider then 400 px wide.
- Watch out for long, preformatted lined of text; they will break out of the main content column. Try to keep such lines short.
- Try not to be redundant. Make sure the content not reproducing a topic that is already posted on Linux.com. Duplicate topics that overlap too much will not be published, so check the site first before working on your content. Also, if you have an idea, e-mail us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it first. We'll let you know if any one else is planning on writing about that topic already, and give you some ideas on what else you could write about.
- Tone down the foul language. You can say what you need to say without relying on cursing. In fact, your writing will be regarded as that much more creative.
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