On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 07:44 -0800, Karsten Wade wrote: > On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 19:17 +0900, Marc Wiriadisastra wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-12-11 at 19:03 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote: > > > > equivalent KDE doc). The GNOME DUG is exceptional and rewriting it > > > seems redundant. > > > > Maybe in the KDE, XFCE and Gnome section the basic settings such as > > keyboard, screen resolution, mouse, sound and keyboard shortcuts should > > be added to each to show users where to go? > > Once upon a time we decided that was too low level for Fedora, that we > had to presume our users had *some* computer experience and that Fedora > wasn't the first time they had booted an OS. > > Myself, I'd steer clear from working at that level of content. But > maybe the time has come for it? Let's discuss. > > As for the existing GNOME and KDE DUGs, that is a good point Paul makes. > I don't think we ever intended to duplicate that guide. Obviously, > there is much more to a Fedora desktop user experience than the > GNOME/KDE DUG can cover. Maybe we should focus on what the GNOME/KDE > DUG does not provide, and use them together, with our DUG referring > liberally to the GNOME and KDE DUGs. Absolutely, Fedora is more than just GNOME/KDE/XFCE/et al.! I think this strategy is the best one -- to build on what already exists -- the FOSS way, eh? Then the DUG can concentrate on getting the user familiar with the default environment. > Unfortunately, these GNOME and KDE docs are under the current GNU Free > Documentation License (GFDL) and cannot be modified by Fedora. This is > because we cannot use the GFDL, so would not be able to adhere to the > terms of the license. Yes, it's too bad about this, really. But we can look on the bright side, which is that if we run into a situation where the GNOME/KDE/etc. DUG doesn't suffice as a reference, we can always submit patches upstream, much as Fedora does for code, thus improving the docs ecosphere for everyone. (Why yes, the world *does* look rosy today!) -- Paul W. Frields, RHCE http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 Fedora Project: http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug
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