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On Sat, 2004-01-24 at 14:14, Sven Vermeulen wrote: |
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> On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 10:53:31AM -0500, Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> > I'll look into the quickinstall a bit more and see what I can do to |
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> > help, as one of the main complaints we got at Linux World was about the |
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> > install process. It ranged from "When are we going to see a graphical |
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> > installer?" to "The installation documents are simply way too long to |
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> > bother reading." |
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> Yeah, that's a double-edged situation. Some people prefer no-nonsense, quick |
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> 'n dirty information on what to do (12 lines is sufficient for me to remember |
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> what to do to install a Gentoo system), others really need that extra |
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> paragraph explaining what that little command really does. |
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> From documentation project PoV, having an extensive document explaining every |
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> step of the installation process is the primary concern. It is a lot easier |
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> for advanced users to diagonally read the installation instructions than to |
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> have users deal with unknown situations through google :) |
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I agree with you completely, which is why I am throwing my hat in on |
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creating a "Quickstart Guide" so to speak. A very quick and simple list |
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of steps, with links to the full explanation in the handbook provided |
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someone get stuck on something in particular. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Developer, Gentoo Linux |
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Games Team |
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