Hi!
On Tue, Oct 26, 2021 at 10:45:55PM +0200, Peter Boy wrote:
[…] e.g. "for experienced Fedorians" and "new to
Fedora?"
In that case I've probably never been "new to Fedora" - at the point I
first landed on that page was probably when searching for something like
"fedora download" and I've been in the
"looking-for-download-link"-mode
even then.
I also used debian for a bit longer than fedora (debian since approx. 15
years, fedora since approx. 8 years), so I opened the debian start page
today and I don't remember seeing that ever.
Searching for "debian download" also directly brings me to
https://www.debian.org/distrib/ , so I already always landed on the page
I was looking for.
What I want to say with this: If someone reaches the fedora page they
either already know what they want or they probably won't have much use
for install images anyway.
Everyone I know who uses fedora has gotten a recommendation from a
colleague and a short verbal explanation already on how to replace an
operating system and where to get the necessary files, usually then also
assistance for the first steps in the installed system.
If someone attempts to do it by themselves completely for the first
time, there is a howto with screenshots probably necessary.
For all three "first install"-options I don't think that a "product
presentation" page could be useful, maybe for tech journalists reporting
on "new version released" or so.
A quick search for howtos returns:
1. a step-by-step manual on
livewire.com,
2.
getfedora.org without any easily findable instructions,
3.
docs.fedoraproject.org with the install guide on rawhide
The first howto is quite nice, but the "Installation Guide" on
docs.fedoraproject.org starts with a big legal blob and nothing else.
If users find the "Installing Fedora" in the menu only the arrow can be
clicked, not the text itself (this probably can be improved easily)
I'd say that the "Installation Guide" should directly show the content
of "Preparing for Installation" and hide the rest in something like
"Detailed Instructions".
"Preparing for Installation" has all necessary information to get to a
bootable USB-Drive and from that point on the user is in Anaconda
anyway, and most steps in there are quite well explained or don't need
much explanation.
This escalated a bit more than planned, and most of it doesn't concern
getfedora.org anyway, but maybe this is useful nonetheless.
All the best,
Astra