Last Saturday 14 August 2004 22:54, Pete Bessman was like: > > Done this and made a start on docs http://wiki.agnula.org > > Dave Phillips has already made a damn good start on this one too. > > http://www.agnula.org/documentation/dp_tutorials/ I'm trying to > > figure out where the gaps are. No sense in duplicating effort. ?The > > fact that you're on-list now saying YES! to documentation help makes > > me think that Specimen deserves some attention. > > Yeah, I didn't know this info was even out there. ?If these pieces > were synthesized into a cohesive whole and their existence advertised > in a public place that would make great inroads into acceptance. > Heck, the "synthesis" could just be one page with links to the > relevant docs in the recommended order of reading. > > Another thing to consider is whether we can obviate the need for the > general installation and configuration docs. ?There is no technical > reason, IMHO, why we can't have a pro-audio oriented distro that > requires the same low level of involvement as Knoppix. ?This isn't > about pandering to drooling morons, but simply respecting other > people's time. ?If a given task is so programmatic that we can write a > HOWTO for it in recipe format, I think that's an indication that the > computer should be doing this for the user automatically. Absolutely, This is the intention of the AGNULA project. Many of the points in my DeMuDi-config-HOWTO are only there for if the autoconfig doesn't work out. I'm looking forward to the entire piece becoming obsoleted. Thanks for your reactions. More grist to the mill. :-) tim hall
