making Edubuntu a bit easier to download: request for tweak on http://www.edubuntu.org/Download page

[Philipp Schroeder]

Hi John,

Thank you for the suggestion. I changed the text on edubuntu.org
accordingly.

Best,
Philipp

john schrieb:
> Hello all,
> 
> I want to give Olie or somebody some feedback about the download
> directions for the LTSP Server install
> located at http://www.edubuntu.org/Download. Here's the part that I
> think may lead to issues for some downloaders.
> 
> Under the section heading titled:
> 
> Install Edubuntu Classroom Server (thin client)
> 
>    1. Get the Ubuntu 8.04.1 Alternate CD - Don't forget to select the
> checkbox for the alternate desktop CD on the download page!
> 
> Following the link takes you to
> http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download and the Ubuntu download
> dialog. Here you have the opportunity to choose your edition,
> 
>  Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition - Supported to 2011
>  Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Server Edition - Supported to 2013
> 
> and to tick the checkbox that reads" Check here if you need the
> alternate desktop CD."
> 
> Because I am a little bit dim, I choose the Server edition, after all
> I had just come from the page and section entitled "Install Edubuntu
> Classroom Server" AND I ticked the box that said "Check here if you
> need the alternate desktop". The download I got was indeed the server
> addition (despite the fact that I had also ticked "Alternate Desktop),
> which doesn't include (AFAIK) the LTSP installation option. I've
> realized my mistake and I am now downloading what I hope is the
> correct version.
> 
> The reason I bother to bring this up is I could imagine this process
> being even more ambiguous and lame  for someone for whom English
> wasn't the first language or for someone with a very slow internet
> connection. If I'd just taken several days to download the ISO I would
> feel really bad!
> 
> I think this issue could be solved by:
> 
> (1) not letting me near computers ever again or
> (2) by putting an extra line under the "Install Edubuntu Classroom
> Server (thin client)" heading at http://www.edubuntu.org/Download that
> says something like:
> 
> 
>  1. Get the Ubuntu 8.04.1 Alternate CD - Don't forget to select the
> "Desktop Edition" release and tick the checkbox for the alternate
> desktop CD on the download page!
> 
> Anyway,
> 
> my .02
> 
> John
> 

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Philipp Schroeder
DIN15 / Information Architecture & Interaction Design
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