steven mestdagh wrote:
On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 02:41:05PM -0500, Roy Morris wrote:
Thanks to all those that replied. I have made the changes suggestedand
placed the document as {ps,pdf,txt} at
www.openalternatives.com/OpenBSD/OpenBSD-Desktop.txt
www.openalternatives.com/OpenBSD/OpenBSD-Desktop.ps
www.openalternatives.com/OpenBSD/OpenBSD-Desktop.pdf
This document is no good. A lot of relevant info is missing, and a lot of
useless info is given. And it's also written in a "do this, then that,
but don't think" style.
Thanks for the constructive remarks Steven, the first document
I wrote was too long so a paint by numbers system
was better I thought, obviously you don't :)
For example, your part about system tweaks and linux emulation, do you
really think some newbie user will understand this? Besides it works only
on i386. You also got PKG_PATH wrong. And you can just answer yes during
installation to have ntpd started. Using cdrecord with a .tgz? Have you
tried that?
The newbie user is not supposed to understand it all, or they
wouldn't need a document to get a desktop up and running.
What do you mean PKG_PATH is wrong? this was copied verbatim
from my system, and it works. .. As for trying
to decide if someone may or may not have done something
during installation (ntpd), I think it's best to assume they didn't and ask
them to change it. compat_linux is i386 that's true. I guess I should
mention that .. thanks!
Your section about X11 is very incomplete. For instance, you mention
.xinitrc, later (even in a totally different section) xdm_flags, total
chaos. You suggest people to set DefaultDepth 24, but you don't even say
what this is.
My section on X11 is incomplete as I am not trying to write a
book on X11, just get them moving. I will fix a valid point you
make about .xinitrc .. it should be .xsession. I use both depending
on if I am using xdm that day :)
_I_ know that DefaultDepth 24 is (was at one time) required for xdm,
so I ask them to enable it. I have updated the document based on
other feedback warning they need to be able to support it.
Double check what you write, and ask yourself whether it is well
organized and can be understood by your target audience (that's windows
users, according to the title!) ...
Well organized and understood.. hmmm not sure either are
completely true, but I will continue to strive to meet those goals.
Thanks for you valued input.
Roy
