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Chris wrote: |
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> See, here's the funny thing about the Handbook. We can never please |
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> everybody. The Handbook used to be a single document. There were many |
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> problems with new users being confused by all of the choices presented |
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> to them in the Handbook, so the arch-specific items were moved into |
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> arch-specific files and the networkless Handbook was split from the |
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> networked Handbook. Now people are talking about merging them again, |
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> which seems like a serious step backwards. |
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> Why not just rename the "2007.0 Handbook" into the "2007.0 Networkless |
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> Installation Guide" or something similar? After all, the versioned |
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> Handbooks are only good for the release they correspond to and it won't |
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> mean going back to having a single and confusing Handbook. All that is |
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> really needed is a link to the networkless guide for people to follow if |
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> they're planning on a networkless install, assuming it isn't there |
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> already. |
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My position on why newbies have never been pleased with the Handbook in any of |
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its forms is that the Handbook was never designed specifically for Linux |
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newbies. Since the content in the Handbook is not designed for Linux newbies, |
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it doesn't matter whether this content is placed into one large document or |
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split into separate documents, it is not going to meet their needs :-) |
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This is why I created a completely separate set of Gentoo Linux installation |
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instructions that are specifically designed for Linux newbies. These materials |
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patiently explain what each step of the installation process is doing and why. |
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The materials have already been tested with 25 high school students and they |
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represent a solid, proven solution to the Gentoo newbie problem that is ready |
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to use right now. |
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Anyway, here is a link to these materials again in case anyone is interested in |
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taking a closer them: |
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http://206.21.94.60/tkosan/distancelearning/etec150/lectures |
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Thanks :-) |
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Ted |
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