On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 at 11:49 AM, Age said: >> >> 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. You can see a list of packages: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/3/i386/os/Fedora /RPMS/ although that won't tell you what is on which CD. A minimal install doesn't require all the CDs but you're probably better off just biting the bullet and getting them all. >> - 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. Information on the various mailing lists is here: http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/communicate/ Pick a mailing list from that page and you'll get, among other things, a link to the list archives. This does seem like the right one for questions of this sort. >> 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? 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. There are a few sources of documentation. I'd start with the release notes: http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc3/x86/ The unofficial Fedora FAQ is also a useful site: http://www.fedorafaq.org/ and of course, a LOT of questions get answered on this list so the archives are a good source for problem resolution: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/ If you don't find answers in any of those locations (or a Google search), post specific questions here and you'll get either an answer or a pointer to an answer. I hope that helps and welcome to the world of Fedora Core. -- Henry
