Re: www.debian.org and users information
On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 01:25:48AM -0500, Adam M. wrote: Kevin Mark wrote: Hi DD folks, Sarge is now approaching zero kelvin and folks are scrambing to get the last few bugs squashed. I was recently thinking about why the non-clued folks bash Debian with incomplete or inaccurate facts and a way to address that. I think there should be a section on the main page that contains links to cluefull faq to clear the FUD and to shed light on That would imply we actually care about the FUD. Having an in-your-face FAQ about all these points would be OK, but people spreading the FUD would not care regardless. There is a group of people that will not read any manual, but think they still know everything regardless. They will look at stable/testing/unstable and proclaim from the bottom of their orifices that they know what these stand for. They will ignore the Debian Reference at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/reference.en.html even though it is two clicks away from the main page (click on Docs then the Debian Reference). So the bottom line is people that listen/spreading FUD will probably not be addressed by this FAQ because they are not interested in reading documentation in the first place. However, a single URL to refer to in anti-FUD responses is better than telling people (perhaps open-minded management) to click all over the Debian website. regards Andrew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: www.debian.org and users information
Kevin Mark wrote: Hi DD folks, Sarge is now approaching zero kelvin and folks are scrambing to get the last few bugs squashed. I was recently thinking about why the non-clued folks bash Debian with incomplete or inaccurate facts and a way to address that. I think there should be a section on the main page that contains links to cluefull faq to clear the FUD and to shed light on That would imply we actually care about the FUD. Having an in-your-face FAQ about all these points would be OK, but people spreading the FUD would not care regardless. There is a group of people that will not read any manual, but think they still know everything regardless. They will look at stable/testing/unstable and proclaim from the bottom of their orifices that they know what these stand for. They will ignore the Debian Reference at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/reference.en.html even though it is two clicks away from the main page (click on Docs then the Debian Reference). So the bottom line is people that listen/spreading FUD will probably not be addressed by this FAQ because they are not interested in reading documentation in the first place. - Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.debian.org and users information
Hi DD folks, Sarge is now approaching zero kelvin and folks are scrambing to get the last few bugs squashed. I was recently thinking about why the non-clued folks bash Debian with incomplete or inaccurate facts and a way to address that. I think there should be a section on the main page that contains links to cluefull faq to clear the FUD and to shed light on these issues. Here is a short list of some things that I would include on the front page: * what's the difference between stable, testing and unstable and who should use them * Why was past releases took so long and how these issues are being addressed * the plan for the next Debian release: etch * What are the FAQs about Xorg in debian * a guide to the new debian installer * the faqs about CDD (custom debian distributions) * Important Debian news: Sarge is frozen -- what it means to new and current users Upgrade notes for woody users * a guide to sidegrading rpm based distro to Debian * What is Ubuntu and how does it relate to Debian * What is Knoppix and how does it relate to Debian * What is Mephis and how does it relate to Debian * SATA FAQs * the future of documentation that is under the GFDL in Debian * the future of binary firmware in Debian * Ways to install Debian My reasoning is that while some of there are addressed somewhere on the website, people tend to be lazy. We should put this info front and center so a quick look will immediately lead them to good informed facts. -- counter.li.org #238656 -- goto counter.li.org and be counted! `$' $' $ $ _ ,d$$$g$ ,d$$$b. $,d$$$b`$' g$b $,d$$b ,$P' `$ ,$P' `Y$ $$' `$ $ ' `$ $$' `$ $$ $ $$g$ $ $ $ ,$P $ $$ `$g. ,$$ `$$._ _. $ _,g$P $ `$b. ,$$ $$ `Y$$P'$. `YP $$$P' ,$. `Y$$P'$ $. ,$. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
