community.linuxmint.com

I think most of us have already spent a whole afternoon or night in front of the computer - sometimes even more than one whole day! - because of a damn unexpected BIG problem with the computer. I don't mean xorg problems, but the kind of thing that makes you open the CPU, reset the BIOS, mess with HD jumpers, run filesystem checks from comand line or liveusb... (I have recently done all of these at once, hence the idea...).

I think Community.linuxmint.com could have a section where the readers could publish "computer chronicles", in a more or less literary sense, telling the people about the journey of solving his specific problem, including enough technical detail to allow some other people to learn a thing or two (perhaps show an innovative way to figure a solution), but also to share a somewhat "nerd/do-it-yourself" computer experience.

Specifically for the intended audience of Mint users (not mainstream enough to keep using windows or calling paid support all the time, not die-hard-technicians enough to solve these problems as easily as it takes to change a password).

All in all, a place like a bike-shop (I'm a cyclist) where one would seek some help, chat a little with friends, and tell/hear some anecdotal stories like "oh, no, you did that thing too! Unlucky you! (lol)."

P.S.: If it eventually comes to being, please choose a better name than "MyLastBigComputerProblem"...