On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 03:15:41PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > retitle 128852 Ultra-newbie introductory documentation needed somewhere > reassign 128852 general > thanks > > I honestly have no idea where this documentation ought to go. doc-linux > is not appropriate, as those packages contain documentation from the > LDP. The doc-debian maintainer isn't convinced that it ought to go there > either. install-doc is, as pointed out, rather large, and furthermore > Priority: extra; the primary requirement is that whatever package > contains this introductory documentation ought to be installed as > standard. > > It sounds like a valid bug about the system in general that there should > be a short bootstrapping document somewhere obvious; thus, at a loss for > anything else to do with it, I'm going to reassign this bug to 'general' > and ask for further discussion.
How about a README-new-to-linux in the root home folder? Because that's where the new user ends up at first. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

