On 9/27/05, houghi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >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. >
So right! This valuable information tends to be forgotten easily, as it is at the end of the installation... and before starting using the OS... "couldn't wait anymore!" ;-) And no way to print it at this stage, i guess. In older SuSE (and SUSE) versions, i had to manually copy the path. It used to be: /usr/share/docs/release-notes where there are RELEASE-NOTES in several languages and in 2 formats (rtf and html) A suggestion for working on it: Simply bookmark this file (the RELEASE-NOTES.default_language.html) in Konqueror or Firefox. The release-notes could remind at the end something like: "This page has been bookmarked for future reference. You can delete the bookmark whenever you don't need it anymore". The text is crappy, but that is just a suggestion. Patrick M. houghi wrote: >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 > >
