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Duncan wrote: |
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> In trying to reply to the issues as I did, well, let's just say I'd have |
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> been confused trying to read the present install documentation as a |
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> Gentoo newbie (it was confusing enough as it was, knowing what was in the |
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> old handbook and trying to see if it was in the current one, then finding |
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> there was a 2007.0 one as well). <snip> |
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A few months ago I posted an alternative solution to the Gentoo newbie |
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confusion problem. I have put together the following Gentoo installation |
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materials which are specifically designed to guide newbies through the Gentoo |
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installation process in a thorough and unambiguous way: |
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http://206.21.94.60/tkosan/distancelearning/etec150/lectures/ |
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I recently tested these materials with a group of 25 high school students in a |
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distance learning course and all but one was able to successfully install |
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Gentoo. I have also had a 13 year old use the materials to install Gentoo with |
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very few problems. |
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I think that the current documentation that Nightmorph has put together is well |
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suited to more experienced users. For example, I like the different paths that |
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the documentation present at various points because it allows me to see |
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alternatives that I often did not know existed. |
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Instead of replacing the handbook, or radically altering it, my intent with the |
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newbie materials is to have a newbie use them to successfully install Gentoo |
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and then they should blow their installation away and do a reinstall from |
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scratch using the normal Handbook. |
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Ted |
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