Re: Suggestions for the install process

[threethirty]

On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 00:51 +0300, Tareq Al Jurf wrote:
>  I've even made a fast mockup to help understand the idea
>  http://taljurf.fedorapeople.org/Scratch/fedora%20installation.jpg
>  
>  Regards
>  
>  On 29 April 2010 20:36, Tareq Al Jurf <taljurf(a)fedoraproject.org&gt;
>  wrote:
>          I was going to post this idea to the list today!!
>          I think because the install process won't take that long, so i
>          thought that it might be better if we explained the basics of
>          using fedora. How are programs installed , what's a repo,
>          what's a desktop environment ... etc
>          
>          
>          On 29 April 2010 18:32, Sahar Arbab <arbabs(a)allegheny.edu&gt;
>          wrote:
>          
>                  
>                  Hello. Since Matt and I worked with the install
>                  process we thought that we could suggets ways to help
>                  in areas we found problems...
>                   
>                  For those who are computer challenged…..
>                  -The first few screens should talk about Fedora (what
>                  it is and who it would benefit), because the only time
>                  we really get an idea is at the end. 
>                  
>                  - Cheat Sheet or manual on the install process or even
>                  an overall one on the operating system. We realize it
>                  may be hard to include all these ideas throughout the
>                  install process so a cheat sheet could fill in here. 
>                  
>                  -Specify between the two types of available installs
>                  
>                  -Specify the differences between i386 and x86_64 on
>                  http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-all
>                  
>                  -Throughout the install process recommend certain
>                  routes people should take with certain computers or
>                  for depending on how much they want to use fedora.
>                  
>                  Hope these ideas may be able to help out a little,
>                  
>                  Matt Bocchi and Sahar Arbab
>                  
>                  
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This is a great idea but I think that if people are going through the
install process they are already kinda sold on the idea and there are
other places we can present it (maybe a .pdf on the desktop that is a
quick start guide)  Could we use this idea to advertise areas where
people could contribute? We could take say Marketing, Ambassadors, Docs,
Design, and $somethingElseNontechnical and have section proclaiming that
you don't have to be a programmer to contribute to Fedora.