KevinKid
October 23rd, 2006, 05:55 PM
I just downloaded Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTS by going to the official download page in ubuntu.com. I burned the ISO and then tried to install Ubuntu on a computer with 256 RAM and AMD Sempron processor at 1.6 Ghz but since I had to run the LIVE CD that computer couldn't handle booting and would halt, so after some minutes I decided to install Microsoft Windows XP (my sister needed to finish her a homework assignment that day.)
Later I learned that there is an ALTERNATE ISO for computers that aren't fast enough to handle a graphical install. So now I have to download another ISO file which means I have to spend more electricity, bandwidth, time, another blank CD, and most importantly I have to reconfigure my sister PC from scratch and back her files up if I want to install Ubuntu with the alternate ISO.
All the suggestions and comments I will ever make in these forums will aim at the improvement of UBUNTU LINUX and expansion of the UBUNTU COMMUNITY, especially the new users. Therefore, it would avoid lots of frustration, time and effort if a simple notice was added to the official download, just before the mirrors list. This notice can already be seen once you click on a mirror link but the new user (like me) is to eager to get things working that won't read in depth the first time he or she goes to the download page, thus downloading the first ISO he saw on the page.
That's why this notice (that already exists in the mirrors) should be added below this paragraph in this fashion:
--Begin of example layout--
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
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The following download sites are available; please choose the one closest to you. A site in the same country is usually best, if one is available. For space requirements and other information, please see the Release Notes. If you have less than about 192MB of RAM, then choose the Alternate install CD for a text based installation
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS is codenamed Dapper Drake. See this FAQ entry for more information.
(List of mirrors here)
Alternate install CD
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The alternate install CD allows you to perform certain specialist installations of Ubuntu. It provides for the following situations:
* creating pre-configured OEM systems;
* setting up automated deployments;
* upgrading from older installations without network access;
* LVM and/or RAID partitioning;
* installing GRUB to a location other than the Master Boot Record;
* installs on systems with less than about 192MB of RAM.
--End of example layout--
It doesn't have to be in the layout I suggested, the important thing is that it is clearly stated in the main download page that there is an alternate ISO so the inexperienced user can get the right ISO and doesn't have to download other.
"One little thing can solve an enormous complex problem." And this is one of those. Let's think of the new users. When I write help pages or tutorial I always aim them as if they were written for my grandmother that doesn't even know how to turn on a PC. That's humanity to others, especially those who haven't got the chance to be acquainted with computers.
Thank you for your attention.
Later I learned that there is an ALTERNATE ISO for computers that aren't fast enough to handle a graphical install. So now I have to download another ISO file which means I have to spend more electricity, bandwidth, time, another blank CD, and most importantly I have to reconfigure my sister PC from scratch and back her files up if I want to install Ubuntu with the alternate ISO.
All the suggestions and comments I will ever make in these forums will aim at the improvement of UBUNTU LINUX and expansion of the UBUNTU COMMUNITY, especially the new users. Therefore, it would avoid lots of frustration, time and effort if a simple notice was added to the official download, just before the mirrors list. This notice can already be seen once you click on a mirror link but the new user (like me) is to eager to get things working that won't read in depth the first time he or she goes to the download page, thus downloading the first ISO he saw on the page.
That's why this notice (that already exists in the mirrors) should be added below this paragraph in this fashion:
--Begin of example layout--
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The following download sites are available; please choose the one closest to you. A site in the same country is usually best, if one is available. For space requirements and other information, please see the Release Notes. If you have less than about 192MB of RAM, then choose the Alternate install CD for a text based installation
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS is codenamed Dapper Drake. See this FAQ entry for more information.
(List of mirrors here)
Alternate install CD
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The alternate install CD allows you to perform certain specialist installations of Ubuntu. It provides for the following situations:
* creating pre-configured OEM systems;
* setting up automated deployments;
* upgrading from older installations without network access;
* LVM and/or RAID partitioning;
* installing GRUB to a location other than the Master Boot Record;
* installs on systems with less than about 192MB of RAM.
--End of example layout--
It doesn't have to be in the layout I suggested, the important thing is that it is clearly stated in the main download page that there is an alternate ISO so the inexperienced user can get the right ISO and doesn't have to download other.
"One little thing can solve an enormous complex problem." And this is one of those. Let's think of the new users. When I write help pages or tutorial I always aim them as if they were written for my grandmother that doesn't even know how to turn on a PC. That's humanity to others, especially those who haven't got the chance to be acquainted with computers.
Thank you for your attention.