Website request: include an easy-to-get-to link to downloads
Erick Brunzell
lbsolost at yahoo.com
Mon Nov 16 22:00:04 UTC 2015
On 11/16/2015 03:17 PM, Steve Lorimer wrote:
> Hi Ali.
>
> The way I explained how to download Ubuntu Gnome wasn't an attempt to
> help people find the download link. It was a step-by-step run down of
> the process I had to go through in order to find the link as a
> newcomer to the distro and the website.
>
> In doing do, I was attempting to illustrate just how difficult and
> convoluted the hoops are one has to go through in order to download it.
>
> IMHO I don't think making the download link difficult to find will
> make people any more or less likely to read the release notes. If
> people are too lazy to read the release notes then they're not going
> to read them, regardless of how hard it is to find the download link.
>
> The pages you linked to
> (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GetUbuntuGNOME/LTS and
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GetUbuntuGNOME/Non-LTS) both
> prominently implore people to read the release notes.
>
> Would it not be reasonable to have a Download page with nothing other
> than the above 2 links on them?
>
>
Seems reasonable to me.
Lance
>
>
>
>
>
> On 16 November 2015 at 01:31, Ali/amjjawad <amjjawad at gnome.org
> <mailto:amjjawad at gnome.org>> wrote:
>
> Hello Steve and everyone else,
>
> My apology for the delay but I don't login here when it's the
> weekends. I take 2 days off from everything hoping to recharge and
> think clearly to solve my problems during the week and working at
> home, etc etc. So Sat and Sun are my off days :)
>
> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 1:43 AM, Steve Lorimer
> <steve.lorimer at gmail.com <mailto:steve.lorimer at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> IMHO, I think it is frustratingly difficult to download Ubuntu
> Gnome.
>
>
> Appreciate your feedback :)
>
>
> Here is how you currently download:
>
> Google Ubuntu Gnome
>
> This leads to https://ubuntugnome.org/
>
>
> Read the page until you see: *The latest stable release is
> Ubuntu GNOME 15.10.*
>
> This leads to a blog post:
> https://ubuntugnome.org/ubuntu-gnome-15-10-is-released/
>
>
> Read until you see: *Get Ubuntu GNOME 15.10. *Click on
> *Download Ubuntu GNOME 15.10*
>
> This takes you to:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GetUbuntuGNOME
>
>
> Read until you find *Please use the torrent link to download.
> *Click on that link.
>
> This takes you to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BitTorrent
>
>
> Read until you find *Ubuntu bittorrent files can be found at
> http://releases.ubuntu.com/. *Click on that link.
>
> This takes you to http://releases.ubuntu.com/
>
>
> Find and click on the appropriate link: *Ubuntu GNOME*. Click
> on that link.
>
> This takes you to
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/releases/
>
>
> Click *15.10*
>
> This takes you to
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/releases/15.10/
>
>
> Click *release*
>
> This takes you to
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/releases/15.10/release/
>
>
> Find the appropriate file:
> *ubuntu-gnome-15.10-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent*
>
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/releases/15.10/release/ubuntu-gnome-15.10-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent
>
>
> Would it not be reasonable to have a link to the torrent
> directly on the homepage?
>
> Something like:
>
> *Download latest version 15.10 via BitTorrent*
>
> For reasons why bittorrent is best, and other ways to
> download if required, *click here*.
>
>
> HTH
> Steve
>
>
> IMHO, the way you explained and described it is really hard for
> anyone. Allow me to make life much easier for you and the rest :)
>
> Let's start from zero:
>
> 1. Open your browser.
> 2. Type: ubuntugnome.org <http://ubuntugnome.org> and then press
> Enter.
> 3. Go to "Download" tab on the top of the page directly if you're
> willing to download any version without reading anything else
> and find the last link that says "Download Ubuntu GNOME" and
> by the way, the page is short so no need to scroll down a lot
> to reach there anyway *- OR -* simply go directly to:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GetUbuntuGNOME and I'd
> suggest here to bookmark that very important page.
> 4. On the https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GetUbuntuGNOME
> page, you will find a tree-view links on the right side of the
> page. Click on the version you wish to download and get.
> 5. Once you choose which version you need, you will go to the
> desired page. There are 2 pages, one for the Non-LTS and the
> other for LTS releases:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GetUbuntuGNOME/LTS and
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/GetUbuntuGNOME/Non-LTS and
> that's all.
>
> So, which scenario is easier now? ;)
>
>
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>
> Of course, there is a reason and a very valid one why I haven't
> made it a one-click download. Because people are too lazy to read
> the release notes and then, they rain our mailing list with tons
> of emails complaining ;)
>
> If you want me to make it one-button download links then please,
> do find some extra hands to help us here!
>
> Otherwise, it is usually one 3-5 people are active and the rest
> are? no idea ...
>
> Hope that helps?
>
>
> --
> Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
>
> Best Regards,
> Ali/amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
>
> *http://kibo.computer* - http://torios.net - Ubuntu GNOME
> <http://ubuntugnome.org/>
>
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