Sorry, that was a rather hasty attempt at updating that page before I left on a motorcycle trip through the mountains of NW Arkansas for a few days... I've polished it up a bit this morning through some tired but happy eyes.
JT On 8/14/2014 3:00 AM, andy pugh wrote: > I mentioned this on IRC last night after a message was posted to the > forum (and I thought something was being done, but the situation > persists) > > If you are a new user and you want to install LinuxCNC you would > probably click the "Download" link on the web page. This takes you > here: > http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/download > > Then you would probably click on the link that says: > "Instructions to get the 2.6 LiveCD are here: > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Hybrid_Iso"; > Because that says that it takes you to instructions on how to get the > LiveCD. But it doesn't. It takes you to a page that tells you how to > deal with the .iso once you have got it, with no link to actually get > it. > > What you have to do is follow one of the _update_ links, ( > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UpdatingTo2.6 ) read past a > lot of irrelevant (to you) information on updating existing > installations, then follow a link to an email posting on a separate > website ( http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.emc.user/52401 > ) and then follow a link to somewhere which specifically states that > it is a temporary location which takes you back to Linuxcnc.org. > > This seems like a good way to annoy prospective new users. > > I know that anyone can edit the Wiki, but what to edit it _to_ if the > current location is temporary? > > If the current suggestion is actually to download the 2.5 LiveCD then > upgrade, perhaps the web page should say so? > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
