-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 02:54:09PM -0700, Michael Wheatley wrote: > I would understand a steep learning curve but this is a catch 22 overhang. > > I am a complete newbie. The install went great and I have my command > line. Then I spend hours trying to find info on loading a GUI and the > closest I get is GNOME support telling me to "Click on the session > icon" but all I have is a command line. I decide that this could be > a documentation bug or feature request and I try to submit a bug > report but your system bounces it for poor info or structure. It > looks like it will take me hours to figure out how to properly format > a bug report so I will not try further. > > The fundamental problem is that a newbie lacks the understanding of > the system or the patience that is needed to submit a bug > report. Any bugs that stop newbies from using and learning the > system go unreported and the system retains any flaws that exclude new > users. > > My system is going back into storage for now. > > (I also had trouble with the GNOME bug system. I could not find a > classification for my request/bug report and the "Unclassified" > option just told me all reports are classified. I could of course > not find a classification for that bug either. Just so you know that > either you are not alone or it is just my imagination.) > Hi Michael Wheatley, As someone who reads both debian-user (the debian user mailing list) and this one, I have come accross many users who as 'why was X and/or gnome/kde not installed?' or 'where's X' Those users have had the luck to find the debian-user forum becuase of google and a net connection. Obviously, not all users have these. The only thing of which I would think would be some README/FAQ file or maybe a few files that might be in the /root or / that would get folks going in the right direction. I also thought of having these in a debian doc package and/or adding a tasksel task for something like 'debian beginner FAQ'. But then this assumes those folks can find/use this.You may want to take this to debian-user or debian-project (where there are discussions of interest to the project as a whole). just my 2 euro-centimes Kev - -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux)
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