[Wine] RFD: create new list and forum 'wine-newbies'

[Mark Knecht]

On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Dan Kegel <dank at kegel.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  Specifically for newbies, and maybe as part of regression testing
>  >  overall, I think it would be VERY useful to have a list of links to
>  >  demo downloads for apps we, as a group, agree work well
>
>  That's exactly what better appdb searching/browsing would
>  provide; check 'downloadable' and 'platinum' and browse away.
>  Ideally this would let you browse the apps in the category
>  tree, so you could find downloadable platinum games easily.
>

That certainly works but it leaves the newbie picking what his
homework assignment will be and it leaves us answering similar
questions for different apps. I was thinking even more basically to
suggest to the newbie on a very simple Getting Started page that he
download a *specific* demo install file and run *specific* commands.
We would then expect newbies to finish this little install boot camp,
maybe taking 15 minutes or less, before they start showing up asking
'What's winecfg?', etc.
>
>  >  So RFC: Let consider creating a Wine Install School with some known
>  >  apps and simple instructions for newbies to build their understanding.
>
>  A screencast or two might be good.
>  (apt-get install istanbul seems to install a pretty good session
>  video recorder, fwiw)

Nice idea. I'll check that out. It's in portage also.

>  - Dan
>