[SPAM] Re: Adieu, Fedora

[Joe Klemmer]

On Tue, 14 Jun 2011, Michael Ekstrand wrote:

>> that's a very good idea... and maybe put a shortcut on the desktop to
>> it...labeled "documentation" or something similar.
>
> I can see "Documentation" being intimidating for new users.  A "Tour"
> could potentially be much friendlier.  It also has the potential to be
> scripted in concert with the shell, so it can e.g. highlight the
> Activities hotspot when discussing it rather than just showing
> screenshots.  Possibly have two versions: one for new users (fresh
> install, clean home directory) and one for upgraders (first run of new
> version in existing home dir).

 	FWIW, as someone who's been upgrading Fedora since FC1, one of the 
things that does get lost in the noise is just exactly what is 
functionally different between versions.  Yes, there's plenty of "Change 
Logs" and "New Features" and "Gee, this is really cool" readme's, but they 
don't give any practical "type this, click that," info on the functional 
changes.  Having a simple doc or web page for the changes would be a 
helpful thing, IMO.

Joe

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