Re: Illustrated Guide to Installing Debian GNU/Linux
ccing debian-doc.
2009/2/18 Eric Doviak <eric@doviak.net>:
> 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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