Bug#819664: Re-organise the CD / download pages to make them more useful
Package: www.debian.org
Severity: important
As pointed out in
https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/201603301121.25333.lisi.reisz@gmail.com
, we may be giving links to download ISO images but we're not giving
*any* useful information about the checksums and signatures for those
images in pages like
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/
As we're trying to educate users to verify their downloads more, we
really need to do better here. For many (most?) people that page is
already a wall of text, so just adding more stuff there won't help.
>From other discussions with users in debian-user and elsewhere, I
think we actually have *too many* pages describing how to download
ISOs etc., and it's becoming a pain to keep up with them all and keep
them all updated in sync. It's very easy for people to find
outdated/misleading/confusing pages that put them off.
So, I'd like to suggest a new, much simplified strategy:
* *Remove* the direct link on the front page to the multi-arch
netinst I'd argue that we *don't* need a direct link on the front
page, and it's a dis-service to users who may download it and then
not know what to do to verify etc.
* Replace that link with a link to a simple "Download" page which
gives *simple* instructions and links. This would be similar to
what we have at https://www.debian.org/distrib/ , but we also need
to re-org that page and make it prettier and clearer, add some
graphics etc.:
Download Debian
===============
Debian is [ ... ]
GRAPHIC 1 GRAPHIC 2
(picture of installer) (picture of desktop)
* Download installer * Download live image
================== ===================
+ (link to m-a netinst?) + link to favoured 64-bit image
+ link to 64-bit netinst + link to favoured 32-bit image
+ link to 32-bit netinst
+ more... (link to page with + more... (link to page with
more architecture options, more architecture options,
download options, etc.) download options, etc.)
(CENTERED, in a box?)
GRAPHIC 3
(picture of checksums / padlock etc.)
* Verify your download
====================
(simple rationale and instructions,
link to page with more details)
GRAPHIC 4 GRAPHIC 5
(picture of USB stick) (picture of CD/DVD media)
* How to write to USB * How to write to optical media
=================== =============================
(simple instructions, (simple instructions,
link to pages with more link to pages with more
details) details)
* Re-organise all the other pages to act as the subsidiary pages
mentioned here, removing the redundancy that's biting us and
hurting users.
Thoughts?
--
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
"... the premise [is] that privacy is about hiding a wrong. It's not.
Privacy is an inherent human right, and a requirement for maintaining
the human condition with dignity and respect."
-- Bruce Schneier
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