On Tuesday, 10 January 2006 at 4:35:22 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote:
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>
> It seems pretty clear that subscribers of this list don't
> want/need/... a debian-newcomer list.
>
> Ok, then let's get back to the original topic of this thread: the
> "help help" messages won't stop (and we don't want them to stop) so
> what can we do? I'll try to summarize the suggestions we have already:
>
> 1. Rewriting the welcome message coupled with some scripts to quickly
> install a GUI (for the ones who missed the option) or get rid of the
> newbie welcome
and/or, as I suggested on the near-parallel thread "Linux Distribution
Chooser", another little tweak:
1b. Altering tasksel section of installer to split the tasks into two
pages, one for desktop and one for everything else, each preceded
by a page of explanation (to make it more difficult for a neophyte
to slip up).
> 2. Officially label Debian "For advanced users only" (maybe also point
> at alternatives?)
> 3. Have the 'Desktop' task selected by default (and
> maybe add some warnings to unselecting it). A reboot or "start gdm"
> (at least as a default option which can be changed) at that point
> might also be a good idea as base-config exits to a shell.
> 4. incorporate the hardware detection of derivative distros (like
> Knoppix). This would probably be possible only for the i386 branch
> (maybe also ia64/amd64?), but this branch is also the one that will
> receive the most newbies.
> I hope i didn't miss something
Thanks for the summary, Andrei.
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richard
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