ccing debian-doc. 2009/2/18 Eric Doviak <[email protected]>: > Dear Debian Installer Team, > > Congratulations on the recent release of Debian Lenny. > > I would also like to tip my hat to the people who worked on the installation > guide[1] and its translations into 16 languages. They did a fantastic job. > The comprehensive nature of that 141-page guide is invaluable to anyone who > has to perform a complex and/or uncommon task (such as using TFTP to boot a > computer over a network from another machine). > > The trouble with comprehensiveness is that it frightens a new user who is > simply trying to set up a home desktop. For them, Debian's official > installation guide is not a good introduction to Debian and it is completely > at odds with the spirit of projects like Robert Millan's > Goodbye-Microsoft.com[2], where the goal is to provide the simplest possible > transition from MS Windows to Debian GNU/Linux. > > For people who are new to GNU/Linux and are simply trying to install Debian > on a home desktop, I wrote an "Illustrated Guide to Installing Debian > GNU/Linux."[3] > > The guide is 10 pages long and is filled with screenshots (to make the user > feel comfortable). To add a touch of comprehensiveness, I also included 12 > pages of appendices to help them select partition sizes, introduce them to > package management, etc. > > When I wrote the guide, I had the users of Goodbye-Microsoft.com in mind, so > I submitted it to Robert Millan, who asked me to send it to you. > > I never intended to create an official Debian document, but -- if you think > that it is of good quality -- I would be happy to help you turn it into one > ("source code"[4] and all 73 screenshots[5]). > > Let me know what you think of the documents and please let me know what I > can do to help make Debian more friendly to new users. > > Thanks, > - Eric Doviak > > > [1] http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual > [2] http://goodbye-microsoft.com/ > [3] http://www.doviak.net/debian/debian_install_guide.pdf > [4] http://www.doviak.net/debian/debian_install_guide.tar.gz > [5] http://www.doviak.net/debian/debian_install_shots.tar.gz > > >
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