# mayfrost/guides

Looking for a guide? You came to the right place. Here you can find documentation for a variety of topics I research to make complex computing easier. For comments go to the IRC channel #nfo at the Rizon network.

Repository: https://github.com/mayfrost/guides
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mayfrost-guides
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-02-10T16:33:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3196, "days_push": 935, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2007, forks 101 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:04.797735+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of community-maintained guides and documentation covering a variety of computing topics, written to make complex computing easier to understand. Content is licensed under the FDL and discussion happens on the #nfo IRC channel at Rizon.

## Use cases
- find guides on complex computing topics
- learn linux and command-line tools from curated docs
- look up documentation for self-hosting and system administration
- use as a reference while researching computing topics
- find beginner-friendly explanations of technical subjects

## When to choose
- you want free, community-written documentation on diverse computing topics
- you prefer reading curated guides over scattered blog posts
- you want FDL-licensed material you can redistribute

## When to avoid
- you need official, up-to-date product documentation
- you require structured tutorials with exercises or interactive content
- you need a software tool rather than reading material

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials, documentation, operating-systems
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: guides, tutorials, fdl-license, computing-reference, self-study, command-line

## Member repositories
- mayfrost/guides (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:04.797735+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:01:25.309596+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mayfrost/guides (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:04.797735+00:00, sha 572561ab6689)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.
