On Sat, 2004-01-24 at 14:14, Sven Vermeulen wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 10:53:31AM -0500, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > > I'll look into the quickinstall a bit more and see what I can do to > > help, as one of the main complaints we got at Linux World was about the > > install process. It ranged from "When are we going to see a graphical > > installer?" to "The installation documents are simply way too long to > > bother reading." > > Yeah, that's a double-edged situation. Some people prefer no-nonsense, quick > 'n dirty information on what to do (12 lines is sufficient for me to remember > what to do to install a Gentoo system), others really need that extra > paragraph explaining what that little command really does. > > From documentation project PoV, having an extensive document explaining every > step of the installation process is the primary concern. It is a lot easier > for advanced users to diagonally read the installation instructions than to > have users deal with unknown situations through google :)
I agree with you completely, which is why I am throwing my hat in on creating a "Quickstart Guide" so to speak. A very quick and simple list of steps, with links to the full explanation in the handbook provided someone get stuck on something in particular. -- Chris Gianelloni Developer, Gentoo Linux Games Team Is your power animal a pengiun?
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