Something about JACK might be nice. Even just a very basic "Most Linux sound apps run through JACK so before you start anything up, run JACK Control and start it up"... perhaps some info on its settings and how to connect things.
I have a friend who I started on pure:dyne and he had no idea about that, even when I mentioned to him "You have to use JACK". It just isn't clear. Its not like sound apps on any other system (as far as I know), and it can be quite confusing to new users. Perhaps just a quick "Follow these steps to get your first sound out of pure:dyne..." sort of tutorial. It could be very basic. Maybe I could even talk to my friend and find out what he thinks would have been useful. grant On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 8:25 AM, pakazite sudchai <[email protected]>wrote: > I think both basic help like *"Connecting to the internet"* and specific > help like *"Making music in SuperCollider"* are things people who is not > familiar with linux/puredyne/XFCE would like to know in Help Menu. However, > there should be more answers about puredyne-specific that make those people > first-aid their system as soon as possible besides the Wiki, IRC, etc. > > Pakazite > > > On 23 March 2010 15:56, Dan S > <[email protected]<danstowell%[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> No problem, both are good suggestions. "Connecting to the internet" is >> pretty important if you're going to expect people to go to the web for >> the other information, I reckon... >> >> Dan >> >> >> 2010/3/22 alejo d <[email protected]>: >> > ohh, i was thinking on the uber normal stuff that gets people stuck. >> like: >> > changing keyboard layouts >> > connecting to internet >> > getting into IRC >> > controlling sound levels and sound card >> > getting to connect via WAP >> > what is new in pure:dyne >> > yes, i know many of those are dead simple via xfce4 but sometimes the >> help >> > menu should be there for such "dumb" things... >> > hope this is not to much off the mark dan. >> > /a >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:34 PM, Josh Lawrence <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Dan S >> >> <[email protected]<danstowell%[email protected]> >> > >> >> wrote: >> >> > It'll be a single short HTML page, and can link to "deeper" help such >> >> > as the Xfce stuff. Imagine a single panel on the screen in front of >> >> > you. What sort of information should be there to help a beginner? >> >> >> >> I can't speak to art/aesthetics, but I would link to the puredyne wiki >> >> page, the mailing list signup page, and the irc page. that way the >> >> doc can be maintained in one place (the wiki), without having to >> >> update an installed package every time the doc is updated. >> >> >> >> basically, this: http://puredyne.goto10.org/support.html >> >> >> >> simple is better IMHO. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Josh Lawrence >> >> http://www.hardbop200.com >> >> >> >> --- >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://identi.ca/group/puredyne >> >> irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne >> > >> > >> > --- >> > [email protected] >> > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne >> > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> http://www.mcld.co.uk >> >> --- >> [email protected] >> http://identi.ca/group/puredyne >> irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne >> > > > --- > [email protected] > http://identi.ca/group/puredyne > irc://irc.goto10.org/puredyne >
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