[opensuse-project] http://software.opensuse.org/122/en wording change proposal
reference the web page to download the distro--which contains a section heading reading "Verify your download (optional, for experts)" the wording has been this way for a LONG time, but in my opinion it should be reconsidered for change to: "Verify your download before use" after all, the 'experts' already know verification is important and only optional if one doesn't care how much time is wasted trying to install a garbage iso! there is a current forum thread http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=477953 which reminded me this really ought to be looked at again...and, a close look in the forums find numerous threads where the _only_ install problem the new user needed to solve was simply getting a good iso, and burn.. GIGO is still important!! thanks for your consideration of this small, easy (but important) wording change.. -- dd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org
On vrijdag 7 september 2012 10:41:30 DenverD wrote:
reference the web page to download the distro--which contains a section heading reading "Verify your download (optional, for experts)"
the wording has been this way for a LONG time, but in my opinion it should be reconsidered for change to:
"Verify your download before use"
after all, the 'experts' already know verification is important and only optional if one doesn't care how much time is wasted trying to install a garbage iso!
there is a current forum thread http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=477953 which reminded me this really ought to be looked at again...and, a close look in the forums find numerous threads where the _only_ install problem the new user needed to solve was simply getting a good iso, and burn..
GIGO is still important!!
thanks for your consideration of this small, easy (but important) wording change..
I completely agree. I have changed the file lcn/nl/po/software-opensuse- org.nl.po accordingly, not waiting for the change in the English text. Please use it to generate the web page http://software.opensuse.org/122/nl -- fr.gr. Freek de Kruijf -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org
On Fri, 2012-09-07 at 10:41 +0200, DenverD wrote:
reference the web page to download the distro--which contains a section heading reading "Verify your download (optional, for experts)"
the wording has been this way for a LONG time, but in my opinion it should be reconsidered for change to:
"Verify your download before use"
How about "Verify your download (link "Here's how") with an explanation of how to verify your MD5sum? Education beats all, and the more n00bs we turn into experts right from the getgo, the better. Bryen
after all, the 'experts' already know verification is important and only optional if one doesn't care how much time is wasted trying to install a garbage iso!
there is a current forum thread http://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php?t=477953 which reminded me this really ought to be looked at again...and, a close look in the forums find numerous threads where the _only_ install problem the new user needed to solve was simply getting a good iso, and burn..
GIGO is still important!!
thanks for your consideration of this small, easy (but important) wording change..
-- dd
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On vrijdag 7 september 2012 14:14:59 Bryen M Yunashko wrote:
On Fri, 2012-09-07 at 10:41 +0200, DenverD wrote:
should be reconsidered for change to: "Verify your download before use"
How about "Verify your download (link "Here's how") with an explanation of how to verify your MD5sum?
Education beats all, and the more n00bs we turn into experts right from the getgo, the better.
Bryen
Could be a wiki page. Just who is going to write that page if it does not exist already? -- fr.gr. Freek de Kruijf -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org
On 09/07/2012 02:14 PM, Bryen M Yunashko wrote:
On Fri, 2012-09-07 at 10:41 +0200, DenverD wrote:
reference the web page to download the distro--which contains a section heading reading "Verify your download (optional, for experts)"
the wording has been this way for a LONG time, but in my opinion it should be reconsidered for change to:
"Verify your download before use"
How about "Verify your download (link "Here's how") with an explanation of how to verify your MD5sum?
good! and, behind the "Here's how" link could be http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Download_help#Checksums which gets them on a page that FAR too many new folks miss completely.. -- dd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org
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