On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 08:19:08PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 02:09:11 +0900 > Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 05:21:40PM -0500, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > > > There's been a lot of discussion recently on the issue of newbies > > > trying to install and run Debian. List: debian-user, threads: > > > Re: Booting Debian/testing fails > > > -> Attracting newbies > > > > > > We've been discussing how more and more first-time linux users (and > > > first-time computer users) are trying to install Debian. When they > > > run into problems they seem to be having a hard time getting > > > answers. When they finally find the debian-user list (haven't seen > > > them on debian-boot), they are very frustrated and angry. > > > > > > There doesn't seem to be any documentation on the debian web site > > > for real newbies, not even to tell them the things that the > > > invariably get told to do once they hit the list: man > > > pages, /usr/share/doc, google site:lists.debian.org. > > > > > > Then there's http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki > > > > Although there seemed to be some addition to the contents, I do not > > think its contents are updated by the Debian Developers (although > > server space may be). The folks who did initial newbiedoc thing > > seems to have DDP CVS access but they never published their contents > > in DDP. > > The idea would be to have a place where even users can easily add/update > content as needed. > > > Besides, I can not connect now. > > > > > At a minimum, would it be possible to add a link to newbie doc under > > > http://www.debian.org/support#web
I now know that page to look was: http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Main_Page (Very slow from Japan) > > Maybe, if it is reachable. > > Idealy there would be a dedicated section on wiki.debian.org Just create it. It is quite open for many people, I think. Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
