On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 02:16:59PM +0200, Kenneth Aar wrote: > Matt Downs wrote: > >I think it would be very helpful if SuSE had something as > >straightforward as the ubuntuguide...a SuSEguide. The first part would > >help users set up YaST with extra repos (like Guru and Packman and > >anything else that might be needed or useful), and also do the same with > >apt4rpm or yum or the other popular package managers used by SuSE. The > >next part would, like the ubuntuguide, go through and help setup things > >like codec support, java, and various programs and apps that users might > >want but not know how to get. The idea would be to have something that > >is super repetitive, so that the processes will become second nature to > >the user. > > > >I think such a SuSEguide would be really helpful to new users and > >Windows-converts and for the older newbs (like me) who might have > >forgotten how things work in SuSE after trying out other distros. > > I would be interested in writing something like this together with you > on the wiki. What should we call it? "SUSEguide"?
There already is SUSE help when you start up the first time. Also there are several pages that explain several things. Look at http://www.opensuse.org/User_Documentation and try not to write things twice. What could be worked on are the release notes that you see during the instalation. They disapear when you log in never to be sen again. A lot of things are explained on that page, like where to get Java, but between that page and actually logging in, this page is lost out of sight and should perhaps be easier to access. > I am a approximately the same level as you in regards to linux > proficiency, so anyone a wee bit more experienced would be a welcome > addition to the "team". Putting pages online at openSUSE is great and the more information there is, the better it is. However, if I have a problem with a connection or a wireless modem, I do not want to read: look at http://openSUSE.org, because that increases frustration for the user. So what perhaps is needed is a better way to explain to a first time user what to do. That is what `susehelp` already does. So perhaps a clearer way to get the message across that that is the first place to look for help. In there are the user guide and admin guide and a lot more things. Perhaps even `books-2005` can be included in that. I have written something on susehelp a while ago and could add this to openSUSE: http://houghi.org/pivot/entry.php?id=53 houghi -- Quote correct (NL) http://www.briachons.org/art/quote/ Zitiere richtig (DE) http://www.afaik.de/usenet/faq/zitieren Quote correctly (EN) http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
