Re: Cryptic website (scares away potential users)

Hi all,

On Samstag, 28. Oktober 2017 15:32:23 CEST SZÉPE Viktor wrote:
> I think if you are installing an operating system,
> you may now what "CPU architecture" is.

not neccessarily. When installing a non-Linux OS, there's no need to know what 
a CPU architecture is, because they only support one or two of them. The 
others even use other labels like "32-bit" and "64-bit" instead of "i386" and 
"amd64" and it usually boils down to how old your computer is (whether it 
supports AMD64) and how much RAM you want to use (4 GB or more).

> Idézem/Quoting Henrik Rosenø <[email protected]>:
> > How on Earth am I to know which to choose??

Study computer science? ;-) Jokes aside, the page is missing a statement like 
"if in doubt, use i386" or an overview what of these is to be installed on 
which machine type (32-bit PC → i386, 64-bit PC → amd64, pre-Intel Mac → 
PowerPC, Nintendo64 → mips and so on).

> > This puts the Debian website in the 100% nerd/geek category where the
> > rest of us just walk away.

It certanly is, that paragraph "what is an operating system" on the home page 
looks like a joke against the rest of the website. So, thank you for your 
input!

Best Regards,
Erik

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