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On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 09:41:42 +0100, Sven Vermeulen <swift@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 11:06:57PM -0500, David Longo wrote: |
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> > I have been installing various distros in virtual machines to check |
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> > out their installers and I came across one thing. With Windows and |
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> > Suse and a few others, there is a pretty slideshow that tells all of |
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> > the benefits of their system...instead of that, what about if Gentoo |
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> > were to have a slideshow of a lesson on linux. I mean, one of the |
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> > points of the 40-page manual text-based install is for users to learn |
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> > linux...so if we're replacing it, we could at least talk them through |
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> > linux...What do you think? |
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> Definitely something we want to do (you do mean the slideshow during the |
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> installation progress) but we also have to make sure that this slideshow is |
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> available for users before/after the installation (think use on events, |
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> breaks during presentations, ...). |
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> Not every user sits behind his PC while Gentoo is installing, and not every |
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> user is interested in this screenshow, but the two aren't related. |
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> Wkr, |
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> Sven Vermeulen |
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> Documentation & PR project leader |
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Well, you could always have the slideshow during the installer and |
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then a special 'introduction program' when it's finished installing. |
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