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On Sat, Jul 07, 2001 at 06:06:25PM +0000, Collins Richey wrote: |
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> I would like to work with you (and any other volunteers) to arrive at some post-install instructions for users to help them get a minimally usable system going. No one should need to reinvent the wheel. Something like the following: |
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> How to setup a new user (boring for most, but most of |
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> the distros do this automagically) |
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> How to set make and use variables (and what their |
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> significance is) |
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> Very brief instructions for portage |
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> Maybe something about the init structure and other topics |
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> (the Gentoo way of doing things) |
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> XFree |
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> XFCE (or another simple window manager) |
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> sylpheed (the best choice for mail, since it's so simple) |
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> Netscape (a browser would be nice) |
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> Sound card (at least a few common types) |
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> Printer support (cups and related items probably) |
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> For many users, dialup support (I use cable, so I will be of |
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> limited help here). |
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> Perhaps some suggestions for upgrading to keep current |
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> |
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> As soon as I get up to speed with _rc5, I could prepare the XML documents, or I could drop back to _rc4 where I have that merged). |
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I'm very interested in having you help with setup documentation. We already |
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have a Desktop Guide that covers a lot of things (see the Web site) created by |
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Grant Goodyear, but he's going to be relocating and becoming an Assistant |
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Professor, so I'm sure he's going to be quite busy and could probably use some |
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assistance. Grant? |
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Best Regards, |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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President/CEO http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |
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