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Mick <michaelkintzios <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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> The OP has inadvertently given us some valuable feedback, which stands on its |
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> own and is irrelevant with the fact that he (like many other non-gentoo |
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> users) had mistaken Gentoo for yet-another-binary-distro. Having a user |
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> friendly website that also caters to the needs of newcomers to the Gentoo |
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> scene, requires that the key features and benefits of Gentoo are easily |
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> visible/accessible. Not many people will navigate to hidden Statistics pages |
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> to draw their own conclusions. These could be users that one day prove |
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> valuable contributors. I suggest that we spring clean the website and |
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> consider our new visitors needs at the same time (plus things like the much |
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> asked for Documentation search field?). |
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Some months ago, when we all argued about the necessity of having a "polished" |
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installation CD, many of the more technical folks alluded to the fact that |
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it's really not necessary, as there are a myriad of ways to install Gentoo. |
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We, who use it regularly, know that at any given point you do not need an |
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official installation CD to install Gentoo. Very true. |
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However, as a major Linux distro, I used the analogy of "Green teeth" as |
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our first impression. This (potentially) new user, and the corporation |
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where he works, was about to base their entire opinion of Gentoo, based on the |
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status of the installation CD. For all of those that blasted me, with technical |
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truths, I have now *A BIG FAT GRIN*! |
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The question we should all ask is, how often does this happen, and |
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we never know about it? Like it or not, the installation CD(s) are like |
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a first kiss, from a woman. We should make a good impression, as that |
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may be the only chance we get, to grow our membership, into the best |
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(meta) distro on the planet. |
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Vindication is very sweet. |
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Seeya, |
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James |
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