18 Sep
2010
18 Sep
'10
10:14 p.m.
Great idea.
The manual I wrote basically focuses on KDE and some basic gnu linux commands.
Which may be outdated now. I could try to dig it up and see if it can be
adapted. It also included a basic install and custom install guide which
could be adapted to a given distro. Ark Linux had a full GUI installer with
QTParted for its partitioner. It was still under devel when everything came
to a halt. :(
Kate
PS regardless of how its done or where it comes from, its a big project.
On Friday 17 September 2010, Darrell Anderson wrote:
Another idea.
Might be too late for 3.5.12, but you decide.
I have been impressed with a few distro devs who provide a handy user
manual. Some provide the manual as a desktop icon, some as a menu item.
Examples are Linux Mint, sidux, and Mepis.
Trinity is not a full distro. Yet Trinity has evolved already with some
significant new features. My recent flurry of usability posts has proven
that even a long-time user of KDE can get lost for a spell with some of the
changes.
I think Trinity would shine in reviews if reviewers saw some kind of help
page on the new Trinity desktop so even veteran KDE 3.5 users can get up to
speed more quickly.
I can write. I can edit. I can create simple HTML pages. Yet I would need
help assembling the information. I still have not wrapped my head around
how to filter the svn logs because many of the svn log entries are narrowly
descriptive. That is, those descriptions make sense only when a person
knows what the patch does to a particular segment of code.
The 3.5.11 web page is a good start, but I think something on the Trinity
desktop will garnish kudos.
For those people migrating to Trinity from 3.5, like me, who will be using
an existing KDE profile, some mechanism is needed to place that "Welcome!"
icon on the desktop. Perhaps an entry in startupconfig?
Just a thought.