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<tt>Hello Zoltan<br>
<br>
I've been thinking. I think it would be wrong to describe my
concept as a Fedora Handbook. Sankarshan's draft seems more
appropriate for that because it is broad. I think we should be
discussing a 'Fedora Quick-start' *pamphlet*. It should focus on
basic usage and shouldn't be more than 10-leaves (A5, 20 pages).
Should it be called 'Quick Start' or 'Quick Guide'? .... I don't
know, but I hope you get where this is going.<br>
<br>
INSTALLATION<br>
1.It should do a snappy walk-through the installation (anaconda)
and guide the user through post-installation. About 2-3 pages
should be sufficient for this. We can have graphics overlapping
pages.<br>
<br>
FIRST EXPERIENCE<br>
2. It should introduce the user to the panels (mostly graphics,
drawings with numbered leaders and descriptive text).<br>
<br>
DOING THE USUAL THINGS<br>
3. It should briefly guide the user through basic applications
that they may not be used to like, Network-Manager, Nautilus,
Empathy, Gnote, Rhythmbox, Totem, Brasero, and Evolution</tt><tt>.<br>
<br>
DOING MORE<br>
4. Here the user is introduced to the concept of Repositories and
PackageKit for new installations. It should demystify the Terminal
and introduce basic BASH commands like yum. For brevity,
references should be made to dedicated materials online and the
Gnome Help. The guide can use the installation of LibreOffice as
an example and talk a bit about LibreOffice (all snappy and very
brief). Introduce other packages like GIMP, Paint and Inkscape --
a listing might do.<br>
<br>
YAY! YOU'RE A FEDORA USER!<br>
A quick guide to Shutting down follows. </tt><tt>Encourage the
User to explore more through the '*Fedora Handbook*' (this is
where the handbook come in).</tt>
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