On Tue, 6 Feb 2007 20:21:49 +1300 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Bannister) wrote:
> For example, I prefer to set up my system the way I want to, I don't > want a GUI whereas a newbie doesn't understand a computer without one. > Already you have a conflict. But an advanced user/DD would know how to install expert-mode. I think the main idea is that the default install should be as simple as possible, while with a simple 'expert' at boot you could still have full customizing power. > > So does this mean that the Debian community, while helpful to > > newbies that know enough how to ask a question, would be happier if > > newbies who don't just went to one of those projects instead? > > We *are* the Debian community. Some would, some wouldn't, some don't > care, IOW there is no specific community viewpoint and probably never > will be. > > If someone doesn't know how to ask a question then *any* project will > have difficulty helping them. This is probably the Catch-22. This is mostly true, but 90% of the questions are quite repetitive. We should use that to improve our docs, d-i, ... > > If this is the case, we should still have the big button but say > > so. Or have links to those projects as suggestions among others. > > I think that such a simple thing would go a long way to making the > > debian website more newbie friendly. Similar to notice at the head > > of a difficult trail warning that inexperienced hikers are more > > likely to fall off a cliff. Help is available to get you out but > > it could take a week. > > If you suggest it, and someone who has the authority to action it, > likes the idea then it may happen, but I'm guessing it has probably > been suggested before and either good reasons were issued about why > it wasn't a good idea or there was no one interested in implementing > it. I could be completely wrong though. > > There are sites geared to helping newbies: linuxquestions.org, > tldp.org. Not Debian specific. It might even be worse to steer them that way, as they would only get frustrated about the differences and inconsistencies. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
