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Joshua D Doll wrote: |
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> Dale wrote: |
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>> Joshua D Doll wrote: |
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>>> Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>>>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Paul Hartman |
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>>>> <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: I completely agree. I |
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>>>> like the control also. |
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>>>> I only took a *very* small exception to Joshua's statement that a 'new |
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>>>> user' could read, follow it and understand what it's telling him/her |
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>>>> to do and then do it and come out with a working machine. I think it's |
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>>>> true if the new user builds exactly the 3 partition example shown in |
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>>>> the docs and does *only* the very basic install on a machine that |
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>>>> doesn't have Windows, etc. However I think that the docs (not the |
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>>>> software!) could be improved to handle things like dual-boot, either |
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>>>> another distro or windows, etc. which personally I think 'new users' |
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>>>> come up against. Issues about stuff like where to put the MBR, why and |
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>>>> why not to do that sort of thing, requires (or is vastly enhanced) if |
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>>>> that new user has some knowledge about hard drives, booting, etc. |
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>>>> - Mark |
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>>> I 100% agree that the docs can and should cover more. Maybe a |
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>>> flowchart would be useful? |
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>>> --Joshua Doll |
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>> I wish the man pages had more examples. Give me a real world example |
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>> and I can wrap my poor brain around what it should look like when I do |
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>> something. |
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>> |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-) :-) |
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> Man pages are notoriously bad. The gentoo handbook and other official |
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> docs are great OTOH. |
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> --Joshua Doll |
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Man pages notoriously bad?! Now that's a stance I can hardly understand, |
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they've always been a godsend in my experience! Just practice using a |
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command a few times, look through the options and learn it in the period |
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of ten minutes, and a man page has done its purpose. If this stance is |
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due to your own inadequate ability to read technical documents, then do |
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not apply the lacking to anything but your own capacity for comprehension. |
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