I agree about number 3, Most Distribs have a /etc/doc/HOWTO directory. For number three, I suggest we simply give them the paths to those howto docs on their hard drive and or the CD.
--- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 12:25 PM 8/25/2002 -0700, you wrote: > >This short proposal would of course be read by the > >libraries and then signed off, or something. > > > >Dustin, what would satisfy you as to documentation > >that the public libraries give it a thumbs up? I agree > >that something like this is needed, but can you > >provide more details? > > We will probably want to decide on this as a group, but in my mind > we > should basically have the following: > > 1. installation instructions > 2. CD verification instructions if the distro supports that > 3. initial use instructions > 4. where to go if you have problems > > I think #3 is a bit iffy as it takes a decent amount of > documentation to > get a newbie going. Maybe we should just say, "Go to this page, > print out > the document, and then follow that to learn how to use Linux." That > would > only leave 1, 2, and 4. > > Agreed? > > Regards, Dustin > > > > --- > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Puryear Information Technology > Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting > http://www.puryear-it.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net ===== Warmest Regards, Doug Riddle http://www.dougriddle.com ## Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington ## __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
