On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 12:35:43AM -0900, John Andersen wrote: > On Wednesday 06 December 2006 00:20, Dominique Leuenberger wrote: > > Sorry, but that is true for the advanced tech geek that will anyhow > > find it's infos in the web. Just about 3 month ago, my sister converted > > from Win to Linux (ok: I persuaded her). She did the installation by HER > > SELF, following the manual. Of course, afterwards there were some > > questions coming.. but the manual that she had in front of her did a > > great job and there was nothing to wonder about. > > But, again, Dominique, she probably only needed a Getting Started manual, > how to install, how to connect to the net, etc. Thirty pages max, with the > first 10 just covering getting installed. > > The effort of Suse is wasted if it is plowed into chopping down trees to > mail them around the world in the form of cellulose bricks, which are read > once (if at all) and tossed. > > Put that same material on the web (ok use a wiki if you must), and it > can be kept up to date by the community. Maybe have a copy of all of this > on the DVD or a separate CDrom for people who don't want to (or can not) get > at the web pages. For the rest of us, a big fat icon on the desktop is all > we need. > > Then all you need to do is give people enough of a paper manual to get > the thing installed.
Yes. I suspect 80%-90% of the SUSE box manuals never were opened and just discard or burned, which is pretty much a waste. Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
