From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Subject: Re: Guix website Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2016 23:32:05 +0100 Message-ID: <87lh86qopm.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20151230111841.GA12100@thebird.nl> <20151231174244.GA13890@jasmine> <87d1tll4aj.fsf@gnu.org> <20160101212330.GB11284@jasmine> <87bn92vjc2.fsf@gnu.org> <20160103184943.GC29254@jasmine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56895) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aFrC9-0005O3-04 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2016 17:32:13 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aFrC4-0005Ow-7e for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Jan 2016 17:32:12 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20160103184943.GC29254@jasmine> (Leo Famulari's message of "Sun, 3 Jan 2016 13:49:43 -0500") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Leo Famulari Cc: "guix-devel@gnu.org" Leo Famulari skribis: > On Sun, Jan 03, 2016 at 03:17:01PM +0100, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: >> Leo Famulari skribis: >>=20 >> > Yes, I personally hate watching videos and listening to podcasts. I on= ly >> > do it when there is no transcript and I am on a long bus or train ride >> > and can't concentrate on working. I personally found that video to be a >> > very good explanation of the problems addressed by Guix and the >> > solutions offered. As well as the newer video you mentioned. >> > >> > A transcript next to slides [0] can be read in less time than 45 >> > minutes. It can also be skimmed, searched, and anchor-linked. >>=20 >> I agree. If someone volunteers to write transcripts of the available >> videos, we could put them online (but obviously that=E2=80=99s quite a b= it of >> work!). >>=20 >> > A number of the ...unusual questions people have asked about Guix >> > demonstrate a near total lack of knowledge about the project's goals a= nd >> > design. We need an overview like that provided by the videos. The manu= al >> > is more of a "how-to". >>=20 >> The liberating, dependable, and hackable items on the front page link to >> overviews in the manual, notably the =E2=80=9CFeatures=E2=80=9D node. M= aybe a good >> start would be to improve them? >>=20 >> > I also liked some blog posts by Andy Wingo and Christopher Allan Webbe= r, >> > although those posts don't explain "the whole picture". >>=20 >> Agreed, blog posts like these and those of David and Ricardo are very >> nice, because they show concrete use cases. >>=20 >> They=E2=80=99re also useful for someone knowledgeable about the project = because >> they clearly show parts that are confused, badly documented, or that >> somehow fail to address the problems people are having. >>=20 >> I would invite the bloggers among us to do more of these. :-) > > How about linking these blog posts from the site? That could be a good > way to catch the attention of new visitors. I guess that would amount to some sort of a =E2=80=9CPlanet Guix=E2=80=9D a= ggregator. In the meantime, it=E2=80=99s probably easier for regular Guix bloggers to = have their thing registered on planet.gnu.org. Ludo=E2=80=99.