Re: Illustrated Guide to Installing Debian GNU/Linux

2009-05-31 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Sonntag, 31. Mai 2009, Eric Doviak wrote: > > IMO that means the debian-edu concept is not suitable for this document > > as it is not intended to be published as a separate manual. Why? Can you explain, Frans? As Eric explains, those are two different documents... Actually I wanted to r

Re: Illustrated Guide to Installing Debian GNU/Linux

2009-05-31 Thread Frans Pop
(No need to CC me, I read the list. I CCed you because you were CCed in earlier posts and I'm not sure if you are subscribed.) On Sunday 31 May 2009, Eric Doviak wrote: > In summary, the "Illustrated Guide" serves a different audience than > the official manual does. On that basis, I hope you wil

Re: Illustrated Guide to Installing Debian GNU/Linux

2009-05-31 Thread Eric Doviak
Frans Pop wrote: IMO that means the debian-edu concept is not suitable for this document as it is not intended to be published as a separate manual. We have the Installation Guide for that. This document is intended to remain on the Wiki as an optional reference for users and as such translat

Re: Illustrated Guide to Installing Debian GNU/Linux

2009-05-31 Thread Frans Pop
On Sunday 31 May 2009, Holger Levsen wrote: > The wiki is used to create and edit the english version. > .po files are used for translation. > The other tools are used to create HTML and PDF versions from the wikis > docbook output and the .po files. They are only used when+by building > the packag

Re: Illustrated Guide to Installing Debian GNU/Linux

2009-05-31 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Stefano, On Sonntag, 31. Mai 2009, Stefano Canepa wrote: > This structure sounds good for me, but I don't understand how do you > think to manage the wiki pages working this way as it looks like you are > proposing to use po4a, XML and all other tools used in documentation > projects. The wiki

Re: Illustrated Guide to Installing Debian GNU/Linux

2009-05-31 Thread Stefano Canepa
Il giorno sab, 30/05/2009 alle 18.22 +0200, Holger Levsen ha scritto: > Hi Eric, > > On Freitag, 29. Mai 2009, Eric Doviak wrote: > [and the rest I removed] > > > I'd suggest Eric puts this document under a proper licence (/me suggests > > > GPL2+, just add another appendix add the bottom with the

Re: Illustrated Guide to Installing Debian GNU/Linux

2009-05-30 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Eric, On Freitag, 29. Mai 2009, Eric Doviak wrote: [and the rest I removed] > > I'd suggest Eric puts this document under a proper licence (/me suggests > > GPL2+, just add another appendix add the bottom with the licence text...) > > and then hopefully everybody is happy to add/edit content :-

Re: Illustrated Guide to Installing Debian GNU/Linux

2009-05-29 Thread Eric Doviak
Frank Lin PIAT wrote: Your recommendation aren't consistent with Debian. Given my preference for consistency over confusion, I will definitely edit the guide to make it consistent with Debian's recommendations. Just give me a week or two to make the changes. I'm rather busy at the moment.

Re: Illustrated Guide to Installing Debian GNU/Linux

2009-05-29 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Freitag, 29. Mai 2009, Frank Lin PIAT wrote: > Just a quick comment regarding... I'd suggest Eric puts this document under a proper licence (/me suggests GPL2+, just add another appendix add the bottom with the licence text...) and then hopefully everybody is happy to add/edit content :-

Re: Illustrated Guide to Installing Debian GNU/Linux

2009-05-29 Thread Frank Lin PIAT
Hello, On Wed, 2009-02-18 at 13:01 -0800, Praveen A wrote: > 2009/2/18 Eric Doviak : > > 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] > &g

Re: Illustrated Guide to Installing Debian GNU/Linux

2009-05-29 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Stefano, On Donnerstag, 28. Mai 2009, Stefano Canepa wrote: > I'll try to find out the time to translate it into italian. ok, you cannot (sensible) translate it yet. But I also got an offer for a spanish translation, so I plan to go ahead and provide the means for proper translations soon. I

Re: Illustrated Guide to Installing Debian GNU/Linux

2009-05-28 Thread Stefano Canepa
Il giorno lun, 25/05/2009 alle 19.36 +0200, Holger Levsen ha scritto: > Hi Eric, > > On Sonntag, 22. Februar 2009, Eric Doviak wrote: > > At Holger's suggestion, I placed the "Illustrated Guide to Installing > > Debian" on the Debian Wiki[1]. > > [1] http://wiki.debian.org/LennyIllustratedInstall

Re: Illustrated Guide to Installing Debian GNU/Linux

2009-05-25 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Eric, On Sonntag, 22. Februar 2009, Eric Doviak wrote: > At Holger's suggestion, I placed the "Illustrated Guide to Installing > Debian" on the Debian Wiki[1]. > [1] http://wiki.debian.org/LennyIllustratedInstall Cool! > I'm not sure what the next step is here, so please let me know what > el

Re: Illustrated Guide to Installing Debian GNU/Linux

2009-02-21 Thread Eric Doviak
At Holger's suggestion, I placed the "Illustrated Guide to Installing Debian" on the Debian Wiki[1]. The text is pretty much the same, but I made some changes so that it would be appropriate for Debian documentation (e.g. removing the word "I," removing my opinions, etc.). At Praveen's suggestion,

Re: Illustrated Guide to Installing Debian GNU/Linux

2009-02-19 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Eric, On Mittwoch, 18. Februar 2009, Eric Doviak wrote: > 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] Very nice! > I never intended to create an of

Re: Illustrated Guide to Installing Debian GNU/Linux

2009-02-18 Thread Praveen A
implest 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 a

Re: Illustrated Guide to Installing Debian GNU/Linux

2009-02-18 Thread Praveen A
2009/2/18 Eric Doviak : > 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] Thanks, this is nice. Some comments, Now openjdk is in debian so it is better to

Illustrated Guide to Installing Debian GNU/Linux

2009-02-18 Thread Eric Doviak
ply 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