I mentioned this on IRC last night after a message was posted to the forum (and I thought something was being done, but the situation persists)
If you are a new user and you want to install LinuxCNC you would probably click the "Download" link on the web page. This takes you here: http://www.linuxcnc.org/index.php/english/download Then you would probably click on the link that says: "Instructions to get the 2.6 LiveCD are here: http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Hybrid_Iso"; Because that says that it takes you to instructions on how to get the LiveCD. But it doesn't. It takes you to a page that tells you how to deal with the .iso once you have got it, with no link to actually get it. What you have to do is follow one of the _update_ links, ( http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?UpdatingTo2.6 ) read past a lot of irrelevant (to you) information on updating existing installations, then follow a link to an email posting on a separate website ( http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.distributions.emc.user/52401 ) and then follow a link to somewhere which specifically states that it is a temporary location which takes you back to Linuxcnc.org. This seems like a good way to annoy prospective new users. I know that anyone can edit the Wiki, but what to edit it _to_ if the current location is temporary? If the current suggestion is actually to download the 2.5 LiveCD then upgrade, perhaps the web page should say so? -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
