Concise is perfect, if comprehensive, within reason. And, perhaps gilded
by a (growing?) collection of links to "user stories"?
Ralph.
chillfan--- via Dng wrote on 02/01/19 16:53:
> Historically the community has always responded to things that are minimal
> and simple, and not so much to
On 2019-01-01 23:46, Edward Bartolo via Dng wrote:
On 02/01/2019, goli...@dyne.org wrote:
On 2019-01-01 21:37, Steve Litt wrote:
The degree of attentiveness we now
demand in our workplaces has been a positive trait for only a
couple centuries, and genetics hasn't caught up. So
Quoting Steve Litt (sl...@troubleshooters.com):
> Rick Moen wrote:
>
> > http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/lexicon.html#moenslaw-documentation
> >
> > Moen's Law of Documentation
> >
> > "The more you write, the less they read."
>
> Not true, if you structure the writing correctly. Especially
Historically the community has always responded to things that are minimal and
simple, and not so much to things that are bloated or windowsy, or similar.
Imho, a reason why a new user might look to Devuan could be because it's less
like windows than some of the others, and the community
On 02/01/2019, goli...@dyne.org wrote:
> On 2019-01-01 21:37, Steve Litt wrote:
>> The degree of attentiveness we now
>> demand in our workplaces has been a positive trait for only a
>> couple centuries, and genetics hasn't caught up. So blame is
>> counterproductive.
>>
>
> I beg
On Tue, 01 Jan 2019 22:03:29 -0600
goli...@dyne.org wrote:
> On 2019-01-01 21:37, Steve Litt wrote:
> > The degree of attentiveness we now
> > demand in our workplaces has been a positive trait for only a
> > couple centuries, and genetics hasn't caught up. So blame is
> >
On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 19:04:32 -0800
Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting goli...@dyne.org (goli...@dyne.org):
>
> [much concentrated wisdom]
>
> > The best documemntation will be useless if no one reads it.
> [...]
> > Even though information is already available on the site and
> > elsewhere, quite
On 2019-01-01 21:37, Steve Litt wrote:
The degree of attentiveness we now
demand in our workplaces has been a positive trait for only a
couple centuries, and genetics hasn't caught up. So blame is
counterproductive.
I beg to differ. It's not in the genetics. It's in how we
On Tue, 01 Jan 2019 19:08:17 -0600
goli...@dyne.org wrote:
> On 2019-01-01 15:40, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > On Tue, 01 Jan 2019 13:51:58 -0600, goli...@dyne.org wrote in
> > message <80c73e7cb3edf956e191a56acaeb4...@dyne.org>:
> >
> >> This useful information is beyond the scope of these INSTALL
On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 17:34:57 -0600
Michael wrote:
> = For an Install Guide I’m against ‘Minimalism.’ My feeling is that
> not giving total, and literally an over abundance of information, not
> only directly inhibits and stops people from doing the Install, but
> also creates vast negative word
Quoting goli...@dyne.org (goli...@dyne.org):
[much concentrated wisdom]
> The best documemntation will be useless if no one reads it.
[...]
> Even though information is already available on the site and
> elsewhere, quite often there will be questions that could be readily
> answered with a
Sorry. Forgot to send to the list.
Original Message
Subject: Re: [DNG] What should an Install Guide accomplish?
Date: 2019-01-01 18:50
From: goli...@dyne.org
To: Michael
On 2019-01-01 17:34, Michael wrote:
Hi golinux and everyone else,
Okay, I’m breaking this topic off
On 2019-01-01 15:25, info at smallinnovations dot nl wrote:
We do not have to write specific Windows guides to mention Unetbootin
which will work for Linux, Windows and Mac.
Of course we will have to tell the authors of Unetbootin to add Devuan
to the pre-selected distros to make it complete.
On 2019-01-01 15:04, chillfan--- via Dng wrote:
Validating the images is optional but I think it's useful to tell
people how this is done for those that want it. That part could easily
be rewritten to be optional and a recommendation only. That's my
suggestion for this anyway. So something like:
Hi golinux and everyone else,
Okay, I’m breaking this topic off from the ‘Added desktop-live to the install
guides’ as it seems we have a much higher, philosophical level decision to
make before we can continue with editing the Devuan Install Guide. Which is:
== What should an Install Guide
On 2019-01-01 05:52, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 11:01:44 +0100, aitor_czr wrote in message
<93007179-fc33-c2ea-5fb4-00cd732f5...@gnuinos.org>:
Happy 2019 :)
On 1/1/19 10:46, goli...@dyne.org wrote:
> Happy new year everyone!
>
> I've kicked off the new year with a late night
On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 10:23:14PM -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> I have a 32GiB microSD card an am reying to read it on my Devuan system.
> I munted it with a simpel mount /dev/sdb1 /nedia/hendrik/
>
> It reads almost everything fine, except for a few files whose names
> contain '/' characters.
I was thinking about wether this would be useful too. If I remember I didn't do
this with the original guide because unetbootin has more than one way of doing
things, which may just confuse users. But if they did include Devuan as a
target that might solve the issue, depending what people think
On Tue, 01 Jan 2019 13:51:58 -0600, goli...@dyne.org wrote in message
<80c73e7cb3edf956e191a56acaeb4...@dyne.org>:
> Hi Michael,
>
> Thanks for your thoughtful and detailed comments. Response inline
> below.
>
> On 2019-01-01 09:46, Michael wrote:
> > On Tuesday 01 January 2019 03:46:52 am
On 01-01-19 22:04, chillfan--- via Dng wrote:
> Validating the images is optional but I think it's useful to tell people how
> this is done for those that want it. That part could easily be rewritten to
> be optional and a recommendation only. That's my suggestion for this anyway.
> So
Validating the images is optional but I think it's useful to tell people how
this is done for those that want it. That part could easily be rewritten to be
optional and a recommendation only. That's my suggestion for this anyway. So
something like:
Installation images distributed by Devuan are
On 2019-01-01 12:48, Steve Litt wrote:
On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 09:46:55 -0600
Michael wrote:
= {Pathing walk through of how to find the right .iso}
I suggest flowchart.
SteveT
One of our devs has expressed an interest in putting together an
interactive walkthrough to choosing the right
Hi Michael,
Thanks for your thoughtful and detailed comments. Response inline
below.
On 2019-01-01 09:46, Michael wrote:
On Tuesday 01 January 2019 03:46:52 am goli...@dyne.org wrote:
tweaking the install guides and adding one for the desktop-live gui
install. You can start here:
On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 09:46:55 -0600
Michael wrote:
> = {Pathing walk through of how to find the right .iso}
I suggest flowchart.
SteveT
Steve Litt
December 2018 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century
http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21
On Tuesday 01 January 2019 03:46:52 am goli...@dyne.org wrote:
> tweaking the install guides and adding one for the desktop-live gui
> install. You can start here:
>
> https://beta.devuan.org/os/documentation/install-guides/start-here.html
Hi golinux,
These thoughts are from the angle of
On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 11:01:44 +0100, aitor_czr wrote in message
<93007179-fc33-c2ea-5fb4-00cd732f5...@gnuinos.org>:
> Happy 2019 :)
>
> On 1/1/19 10:46, goli...@dyne.org wrote:
> > Happy new year everyone!
> >
> > I've kicked off the new year with a late night session in gitlab
> > tweaking the
On 31/12/18 at 22:10, Daniel Abrecht via Dng wrote:
> My devuan Images can boot on the librem5 devkit now.
Great news!
> A lot of things, like the lcd display, don't work yet,
Not so great news!
> but I'm working on it.
Good news!
Well, with a 2 to 1 majority of good news, the
Happy 2019 :)
On 1/1/19 10:46, goli...@dyne.org wrote:
Happy new year everyone!
I've kicked off the new year with a late night session in gitlab
tweaking the install guides and adding one for the desktop-live gui
install. You can start here:
Happy new year everyone!
I've kicked off the new year with a late night session in gitlab
tweaking the install guides and adding one for the desktop-live gui
install. You can start here:
https://beta.devuan.org/os/documentation/install-guides/start-here.html
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