Re: Installation of Debian by disk
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On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 10:13:47AM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 03:06:07PM +0000, Colin Perkins wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > I have installed Debian and logged -in ; all I see is a prompt which I do
> > not
> > have not have a clue as to how to use it !
> >
> > I had expected a graphical interface to appear i.e. KDE or gnome - I
> > was informed that
> > KDE is supplied with Debian.
> >
> > Have I installed Debian incorrectly ? I am very much a beginner with Linux.
> >
> Yes. Debian is installed correctly. Out of curiousity, what
> documentation have you looked at so far?
>
> Regards,
>
Hi Roberto,
I have seen various 3rd party bits of documentation about "You just
installed Debian. Here's what to do next and answers to questions like
'where's my X?". And it seems people still miss this info on the Debian
site. Asking what they read prior to asking such questions would be one
way to figure out how Debian is not getting this info to new users. Thus
far, Debian and the WWW group are very hesitant to change any aspect of
the 'front page' until a very good reason is provided, which is expected
for any Debian effort. But it seems if this person and others went to
the 'front page' and just could not (for what ever reason) find this
info, then there should be something added to the 'front page' to have
somekind of big 'over here' sign for Debian new users to find these
common questions addressed. Hopefully one day I can get something
written up. But in the meanwhile, I think asking what the read prior to
comming here is one way to collect data to address this issue.
Cheers,
Kev
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