Talk:Linux Computer Setup Guide
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Kevin, I didn't realize that you were online. I included your comments into the text, but if you want to do it more explicitly, go ahead, copy them ! :-)
I started the article as the opportunity of installing a linux box has come, so in some days I will document the configuration process. --Pitpat 21:01, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
- I think this is great. I will help out where I can. USB booting is worth explaining too, although it complicates things - but it is about the only way to do it on a netbook.
- Hm, yes, would be relevant. I never did it, though. --Pitpat 15:33, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
- It is the same image as for a Live CD, just from a USB stick. Getting the image on the stick can be tricky (although unetbootin makes it easy.) Getting the device to boot from a stick can be hit or miss depending on machine... --Kev-The-Hasty 16:42, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
- Hm, yes, would be relevant. I never did it, though. --Pitpat 15:33, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
- The only other thought I have is that there are really 3 classes of install!
- Desktop Linux for Me
- Desktop Linux for others (i.e. I have 20 desktops and 20+ users to support)
- Server Linux
- I think we might need to clarify or expand the article to make clear which is which. --Kev-The-Hasty 10:05, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
- I think this distinction is valid. 3) Server: I wouldn't include this in this article, as the audience is not the same: someone running a server should have much more Linux & IT knowledge. However, we could talk about generic implications of a server in Setting up a Server. (P.S. Windows Setup Guide doesn't talk about Servers, either.) Me or others: What differences in the install/setup process?
- Some people use Windows for servers? Crazy!!! --Kev-The-Hasty 16:42, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
- Yes, e.g. here on Base is all MS, Terminal Server, Email, File Server, Web, just everything, incl most Software. It's not the only Base like that. So, I think it's worth having a page about Linux Server set up. Maybe also something about LTSP. --Neo 14:08, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
- I know Windows 2000 Server, and well, it is very interesting to have a licence for only 2 remote connections. (Anyway, that's better than having running a simple XP as a server, that one allows only one Remote Connection at a time. And if you run an apache on it, it can handle only 10 Connections at a time - registry limitations.) --Pitpat 18:22, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
- Some people use Windows for servers? Crazy!!! --Kev-The-Hasty 16:42, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
- I think this distinction is valid. 3) Server: I wouldn't include this in this article, as the audience is not the same: someone running a server should have much more Linux & IT knowledge. However, we could talk about generic implications of a server in Setting up a Server. (P.S. Windows Setup Guide doesn't talk about Servers, either.) Me or others: What differences in the install/setup process?
- User management: one admin users, others can only use.--Pitpat 15:33, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
IMHO more but shorter pages are easier to read instead of trying to throw too many topics on just one page. --Neo 14:08, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
- True. I'm trying to write an Introduction to Linux, so it is rather detailed. However I could imagine, once that it is finished, splitting it up. E.g. "Why Linux" is another topic than "Installing Linux". --Pitpat 18:42, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
Another thought. Having some screen shots of the installing process makes reading this page(s) more fun and explains the process a bit better. --Neo 10:24, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
- Hm. We could include some screenshots to make the page more appealing to the visual-oriented, but a step-by-step guide would be to detailed. There I would rather link to an existing one.--Pitpat 14:25, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
- Agreed. I wouldn't do a step-by-step guide with images. More like: "Here is where it starts, this and this and that are the more tricky parts for first timers, and if it worked correct this is the end of the install process. Happy using it". If anything step-by-step I actually would prefer a video. But that really would need to be done by someone who has a computer that can handle the screen recording while installing Linux in a VM. Plus it'll need some editing work afterwards, no one really wants to see a live install process including disk formatting and writing everything to disk, etc. Although, it would be cool if someone would have the capability to do that. I guess we would have something unique to offer. --Neo 07:52, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
- I doubt that hasn't been done before. See:
- Agreed. I wouldn't do a step-by-step guide with images. More like: "Here is where it starts, this and this and that are the more tricky parts for first timers, and if it worked correct this is the end of the install process. Happy using it". If anything step-by-step I actually would prefer a video. But that really would need to be done by someone who has a computer that can handle the screen recording while installing Linux in a VM. Plus it'll need some editing work afterwards, no one really wants to see a live install process including disk formatting and writing everything to disk, etc. Although, it would be cool if someone would have the capability to do that. I guess we would have something unique to offer. --Neo 07:52, 10 December 2009 (UTC)
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJCaICGnllA
- http://www.youtube.com/?v=VY6BqBwxrc8
- http://seogadget.co.uk/the-ubuntu-installation-guide/#install-from-CD
- http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1873
- http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-Ubuntu-9-04-110794.shtml
How would you entitle the "Why (Not) Linux?"-Article? It should be at the beginning of the Category view (and thus of the alphabet), so "A plea for Linux" is already better.--Pitpat 14:42, 9 December 2009 (UTC)
