Bug#819664: Re-organise the CD / download pages to make them more useful
On Fri, Apr 01, 2016 at 12:33:49PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
>On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 1:09 AM, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>
>> Thoughts?
>
>An overhaul of the getting Debian pages is indeed long overdue.
>
>Adrian Gibanel had some great ideas about presentation of derivatives
>stuff on the website, perhaps he has some about reorganising the
>'getting Debian' section of the website. Adrian, the initial proposal
>and discussion is available here:
>
>https://bugs.debian.org/819664
>
>I would drop mention of architectures and go with either the
>multi-arch only ones 64-bit ones or an auto-detection system based on
>User-Agent, JavaScript etc.
I'd rather keep it simple. We can't necessarily assume that the
machine somebody uses to visit the site is the machine they're
downloading an image for.
>I would encourage a review of how the getting/download pages for other
>operating systems (Windows/Mac/Android variants) and Free Software
>distributions work.
>
>Some ideas around verification and safety of getting Debian:
>
>https://wiki.debian.org/Hardening/RepoAndImages
>
>A couple of other sketches of how getting Debian pages could work:
>
>http://get.debian.net/
>http://debian-cd.debian.net/
>
>There are some things that are missing from the getting Debian pages:
>
>win32-loader
>https://www.debian.org/blends/
>https://wiki.debian.org/Cloud
>https://wiki.debian.org/DebianHosting
>
>Probably the FAQ could be eliminated by addressing most of the entries
>in the text?
Yes, I think so, but in subsidiary pages. I'd like to keep the *first*
download page as simple as possible, with the "more..." links for any
more details that people might want. For the same reason, I'd like to
concentrate on the most common arch/image types on the main page and
move other options to secondary pages.
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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com
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