(sorry to break the thread, I'm not subscribed) On Tuesday 07 June 2005, fabienne wrote: > i'm glad you brought up this documentation subject. i was poking around > the top pages when suggesting debian installs to others and found the > lack of mention for AMD glaring. It's even worse if you consider AMD64: not all AMD processors are AMD64, but from the name one would perhaps sooner try AMD64 than i386 (especially after AMD64 will be in the official archives). > i mean, you and i already know that > i386 *implies* AMD compatability, but the download page for testing > releases is so scary and accronym-ridden: [long route through wiki pages to get to Installation Guide] > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual Why take that route at all? - www.debian.org -> "Getting started", link "latest stable release of Debian" - http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/, link "Installation Manual" Much easier and logical for a newbie. There are at least four other routes to that point from the main Debian website, including through the Documentation pages. > Now, once on this page, once again, how is the "average" user supposed > to know that AMD is an i386 architecture (without consulting wikipedia > or google or something). Next the user chooses i386 in their language, > and poof! page not found. The only links that work are the ones at the > top of the page in english. You must have hit one of the rare times the manual was being rebuilt (the manual is still being updated for Sarge; help welcome). > In closing, yes I agree wholeheartedly with Erinn, the debian wiki and > the debian.org webpages in general are in need of some serious love. A reorganization of the webpages is planned, but I don't know how concrete the plans are. Probable one of the major topics for debconf5. Cheers, Frans Pop (d-i team member, coordinator for the manual)
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