On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 17:49:08 +0100, Age Bosma <agebosma@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I want to start using Linux and at this stage Fedora is the one I would > like to give a try. > > When browsing the website I found that 2 important things are missing: > > - Package info > I wasn't able to find a page which gave me some info about what each > disc actually contains. Are all 4 disc necessary to be able to install > Fedora? Since the distribution is 4 disc big in total, providing this > info might reduce the amount of downloads if not all disc are realy > necessary. No. Not all 4 discs are required to install Fedora. Depending on what applications you install will determine which discs you need. > - Support > There is no obvious location on the site with support info. I'm not even > sure this mailing list is the one I should send this stuff to. A page > with at least mailing list info would be handy to have. This mailing list as well as fedoraNEWS.org, fedoraforums.org > At this stage there aren't any docs available about how to install/use > Fedora, only docs about how to write docs, am I right? Linux will install just as easy as windows, and even better than windows. See this link for documentation http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/ even though it is RH9, the principle is the same. > This was a bit confusing to me. > It might be usefull to say this on the website to prevent people from > getting confused or to prevent unnecessary digging in the site in case > they think it's "hidden" somewhere by accident. > > Anyway, just my 2 cents ;-) > > Also, when can any new docs be expected? Not that I need any at this > stage, installing Fedora isn't difficult at all but is there already a > way to have a look at some docs in "beta" (or even "alpha") stage? fedoraNEWS.org they have a blog you can get a rss feed from -- Jim Lawrence Registered Linux User: #376813 ******************************************************** When I'm feeling down, I like to whistle. It makes the neighbor's dog run to the end of his chain and gag himself. ************************************
