kbp wrote: > I put a simple Web page up about my installation of gNewSense. > > http://sohcahtoa.org.uk/pages/gNewSense.html
Wow, this is great! Very informative, even for a long-time gNewSense user like me. I plan on doing the same for my Yeeloong and my desktop as soon as I get home. Some suggestions for improving the page: - You should note that users should not make LiveUSBs with anything but `cat', as per bugs #39912 and #39986. This is, as far as I know, not yet fixed in gNS 3.1, and it seems to be one of the most common problems users have when trying to install gNewSense. Unfortunately this seems to leave Windows users unable to install gNewSense via USB, but there is a `cat' for Windows: <http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/coreutils.htm> Someone should try to make a gNewSense LiveUSB on Windows using that method and see if it works. - The kernel that comes with gNewSense is quite old and as a result some users, especially on laptops, find that their hardware doesn't work well; you should probably tell users that they can upgrade their kernel using jxself's repository at <http://jxself.org/linux-libre/> if they are having problems like a low screen resolution or an unsupported device. - You could also note that users can upgrade their web browser to Iceweasel 17 easily via <http://mozilla.debian.net/> (choosing oldstable, iceweasel, esr). As far as I'm aware, there are no freedom issues with these packages; I'd like a confirmation on that before recommending them to new users though. - gNS 3.1 is currently "semi-released" in that the netboot images are available via <http://gnewsense.org/Main/Download>, but the live images are still not released. It fixes the default sources.list and installs network-manager-gnome by default. You should probably note this in the guide so some users don't get confused when they find that some of your issues are already fixed. > I suggest as many that can put a page up somewhere so we can get more > visibility. > > Perhaps use 'usesthis.com' as a template? Hm. Interesting that the software that powers usesthis.com is free software: <https://github.com/waferbaby/usesthis/> I'll try to run it on my gNewSense webserver when I get home. Could be a good idea. P.S. Nice to see gNewSense get a mention at <http://richard.stallman.usesthis.com/>; does anyone know if all that information is still accurate (published in 2010)? > Cheers all, looking forward to testing the 3.1 live ISO As am I! Good things ahead! -- Harry Prevor _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list gNewSense-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
