Re: [libreoffice-website] Linux installation guide on the site

On 12/30/2013 12:51 PM, Charles-H. Schulz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Not a widely seen page of our site:
> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/installation/linux/
>
> I am redoing it for the new website but I think some of the info there
> needs update. Any guidance appreciated, otherwise I'll rewrite it
> entirely, but it will be shorter.
>
> Thanks!

I would think it would be better to keep each type of Linux install 
separate.  Debian-based vs. RPM.  Also, I know that some versions of 
Linux use different commands to do the same things, so those versions 
need to be separated as well.

The problem is the fact that there are so many versions of Linux and the 
desktop environments out there.  Will all of the install information be 
via a "terminal" or "command line" option?  Even this terminology for 
the same box/window could be confusing.

Personally, I would make is as simple as possible for the Debian-based 
installs, like Ubuntu, and the same with the popular RPM-based 
installs.  Each type separate.  Then if there are some Linux installs 
that are different than the basic DEB or RPM installs, then note that 
and add the needed information at the end of the page[s].

note: I may not be thinking straight after a month of illness and 
hospital[s] visits, but what I remember as a beginner user of Linux, 
there was some needed information that was left out. Things like how to 
remove the previous version[s] installed by the OS installation or 
manual installation that could interfere with the new installation.  I 
cannot find the document I created for this, but how do you use "remove" 
to do this, or should I use "purge".



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