how about moving a little out of the box by including some BSD flavours or other *nix flavors too? like PCBSD, Solaris ?
On 8/30/07, dips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear all, > > to align with the theme of "Linux for Desktop", i think beside > introducing general public of the different distros and the > applications, we need to teach them "How to install". I had gone > through one of the pages in FOSS wiki where there was mentioned > students having problem in installation and people from the team had > to reach there. > > I and most of us i think have heard from the Linux beginners that they > find difficulties in installing Linux in their PCs. They aren't sure > how to format their disks, which partition is to be created, what are > the requirements for installing, how can they dual boot their very own > XP and this new Linux. They are very apprehensive and don't often > install due to fear of loosing their data and XP environment. > > My point is that if we could show them some video tutorials (are they > available in net?) or the like they will be really motivated to > installing Linux else they'll think they'll be better off running some > Live CDs only. If video tutorials aren't possible at least we could > give them manuals of Dos and Don'ts during installation covering as > many cases that can arise during installation. > > May be with these they'll feel more comfortable and go home with > confidence that they can install on their own. Else i think how ever > we show them, unless they on their own are confident in installing, > our theme can't be achieved. > > it's just my opinion, how do u guys feel? please comment. > > -dips > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list foss-nepal@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
