Talk:Main Page

Hi Tom, some ideas for the site.

I have a longer version of this document with some of the detail (considerably longer, lol).

The focus is to: Provide sufficient basic info to a target audience of potential first-time users.

If we make a good enough job of it, we may be able to get permission from the IRC ops/clem to provide links to people in -help? It would be a way of contributing to the community.

I think that short paragraphs would work best with some screenshots; enough info to get the idea but without making our text TL:DR :)  I personally like how How-to-geek do their pages; random page for an example (https://www.howtogeek.com/242428/whats-the-best-way-to-back-up-my-computer/).  If something catches someone's interest, we can provide some relevant links and there are always search engines, of course.

I think it might be best if we spend some time on getting the layout, content, etc. sorted in document form for easy editing, then put it on the site once we're happy with it. I assume we want one webpage per main link?

Let me know if there are any sections you'd like to add/remove/re-order.

Cheers, Stylus

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1 - What exactly is Linux?

2 - Terminology

3 – Downloading and checking your ISO

4 - Making install media

5 - Installation options

6 – LVM, RAID, Disk encryption

7 - Firewalls

8 - Antivirus

9 - Updating the system

10 - Installing software

11 – WINE, Playonlinux, Steam

12 - Printers/scanners

13 - Hexchat use & etiquette

14 - Recommended reading

15 – Useful links