USB installation instructions for beginners

[Phil Bull]

Hi Mat,

On Wed, 2010-02-24 at 09:47 +0000, Mat Tomaszewski wrote:
> The way we're approaching things at the moment is along the lines of 
> "progressive disclosure" - the most basic instructions for least 
> experienced users will be placed directly on the download page. Then 
> (ideally), the users looking for more detailed walkthrough, covering 
> more corner cases (but still written using non-technical language) would 
> find that information on help.ubuntu.com/beginnersguide (this url is 
> just an example). Finally, the detailed technical documentation would be 
> available for most experienced users.

The plan would be to produce two guides for now. The first would be a
very brief, one-page "Quick Start" guide, intended for more confident
users. This would outline the bare essentials for a successful
installation, and would link to more complete information elsewhere.

Second, a less restricted guide with more hand-holding would be
produced. This would include screenshots and a troubleshooting section
alongside the main installation sequence. This will cater for novice
users.

I think that corner cases should be dealt with using topics on the Help
wiki. I don't see much need to compile them all together into one guide,
as long as we provide a decent way of getting to them from the other
guides.

For clarity, are we interested in installing Ubuntu Desktop here, or is
there still an UNR?

Thanks,

Phil

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