On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 11:21 AM, John J. McDonough <wb8rcr@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Volume 3 Number 2 of Linux+ magazine included Fedora 10 DVDs and an article > on installing Fedora. What was especially interesting about that article > was that it was mostly screenshots. > > Of course, we all understand what a huge maintenance burden those > screenshots become for a product produced in umpteen languages. But for > some things, and I would argue especially the IG, they are a huge win. > > The average person sees Linux as something kind of scary. It is too > complicated for "someone like me", especially the installation. I have > spoken to many people over the past year who would like to try Linux, but > are basically afraid. > > Having all the installation steps laid out in front of you in living color > dramatically lowers that barrier. You can see every question, and you can > see that is isn't something you can't answer. > > Perhaps it is biting off more than we can chew, but it seems like it has > great potential. One approach would be to somehow encourage magazines like > Linux+ to keep doing this, but that particular magazine is in English, and I > don't see any evidence it is produced in other languages. A lot of the > market is in places that don't speak English, so it would seem to be very > valuable to have the IG in particular full of pictures in the local > language. > > Is this really nuts? Is there a lower priced way to approach this? > > --McD > > -- > fedora-docs-list mailing list > fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list > I'd largely agree that pictures are a bad idea, for the maintenance issues. However Rudi has been putting in tons of work to make that happen with this release. I don't envy the work, but provided we retain Rudi or someone else willing to do the work I am ok with keeping it. -- fedora-docs-list mailing list fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list
