I've been following this thread for about 2 years now (I'm not giving up on
RDD), but even still, feel RDD isn't (yet) a good fit for our station.
I tried installing it quite some time ago, and it felt too complex, with too
little documentation.
Our station is all volunteer, so I would be completely on the hook to keep it
running, and without good support documenation, I wasn't comfortable making the
jump yet. That being said, I'm glad to see RDD continue to evolve and improve
though! I consider it excellent.
I agree with Brandon's request.
I think some intiial configuration examples with first steps would be really
helpful for new users.
Give them a few baseline examples to succeed with.
From there, they can begin to add extras and gain confidence with setting
up/maintaining RDD.
Take a look at Untangle's documentation - different product, but an excellent
example of user-friendly documentation:
http://wiki.untangle.com
While it's true there are many possibilities, a good start might be say, 3
example configs that could helpful to new users.
Conceptually something along the lines of:
- Beginner - Basic/Simplest config
- Intermediate - Beginner plus a "most common" option
- Advanced - Intermediate plus one or two options
An example structure like the above should be quite feasible.
This would also establish a base of example configurations (with steps) that
others could build upon and contribute.
I hope this feedback is helpful,
Rick Quendun
KMUZ Engineering
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From: Brandon Sossamon <[email protected]>
To: Alessio Elmi <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [RDD] First Steps Document
Its looking like a stand alone set up. I thought about networking with my
OptiPlex and using that as music import and log creation but it would have to
send it to the primary play out machine.
Mainly music rotation with a few features sprinkled in daily.
brandon sossamon
On Jan 31, 2014 10:00 AM, "Alessio Elmi" <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Brandon,
>there's no unique way to set up things, as there may be many configurations in
>response to the needs of every radio station.
>Are you considering an independent stand-alone workstation or a networked
>configuration (with a db and storage server and many clients)?
>Do you need live/presenter interaction or just music rotation?
>
>
>Alessio
>
>
>
>2014-01-31 Brandon Sossamon <[email protected]>:
>
>Thanks. I've been on the wiki for quite some time studying up. Like most
>wiki's it's vague in some places and detailed in others. I hadn't seen the
>First Steps doc in quite some time so just wanted to make sure I wasn't
>missing anything. I've had RD installed on 2 machines to play around with and
>learn. I'm now installing it on a "pro" machine so I want to make sure all is
>done right.
>>I apologize to all for the basic questions. As mentioned before, Linux is
>>new to me but so far I'm loving it. Thanks for the help!
>>
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>>brandon sossamon
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