Hi,
Whenever I am installing Trisquel on the computer of a friend I have to
prepare my personal list of things that I have to do, to explain and to
configure. There is no doubt that you need to teach her the basics: We want
not she has a bad experience with free software by lack of knowledge. It's
possible that after the installation you don't see anymore that person, so
she cannot contact with you physically. I think these notes could be very
interesting for the Trisquel Documentation (where I cannot create a new
entry), with links to other manual pages where the matter is explained with
more details. It could seem to:
Migrating from a GNU/Linux distribution to Trisquel
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Remember to remember:
* Ways of migrating (with links to tutorials): clean install, quidam's
script what automatize the ubuntu's migration (I'd appreciate a good list of
successful versions which works. Also maybe it could work with some
derivatives such UltimateEdition, Mint, etc.)
* Preserving /home. I'd also like reuniting info about when config files are
compatible (depending on distribution and versions and if it could cause
conflicts of any type)
Remember to teach:
* Things related to non-free software. Description and alternatives. The
difference is that all the issues are joined here, you don't have to look up
in all the manual entries.
Migrating from Microsoft Windows to Trisquel
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Remember to teach:
* Equivalence between apps. (IE->Web Browser, WindowsMediaPlayer->Totem,
etc.)
* The simil of the cathedral and the bazaar? for understanding that you need
different programs for listening a CD, burning CDs or watching films.
* How to find the correct program that you could need in the "add and remove
app". [1] can help.
Migrating from MacOS to Triquel
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* The equivalent one.
Commons:
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Remember to configure:
* Pidgin, Evoultion, plugins for the web browser if necessary.
Remember to teach:
* Present the forum for searching help.
* Give your email to the friend so she can ask you doubts.
Please, improve the list also answering this post.
Regards,
lluvia
[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/for-windows.html
