Re: Guix website

[Leo Famulari]

On Sun, Jan 03, 2016 at 03:17:01PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Leo Famulari <address@hidden> skribis:
> 
> > Yes, I personally hate watching videos and listening to podcasts. I only
> > do it when there is no transcript and I am on a long bus or train ride
> > and can't concentrate on working. I personally found that video to be a
> > very good explanation of the problems addressed by Guix and the
> > solutions offered. As well as the newer video you mentioned.
> >
> > A transcript next to slides [0] can be read in less time than 45
> > minutes. It can also be skimmed, searched, and anchor-linked.
> 
> I agree.  If someone volunteers to write transcripts of the available
> videos, we could put them online (but obviously that’s quite a bit of
> work!).
> 
> > A number of the ...unusual questions people have asked about Guix
> > demonstrate a near total lack of knowledge about the project's goals and
> > design. We need an overview like that provided by the videos. The manual
> > is more of a "how-to".
> 
> The liberating, dependable, and hackable items on the front page link to
> overviews in the manual, notably the “Features” node.  Maybe a good
> start would be to improve them?
> 
> > I also liked some blog posts by Andy Wingo and Christopher Allan Webber,
> > although those posts don't explain "the whole picture".
> 
> Agreed, blog posts like these and those of David and Ricardo are very
> nice, because they show concrete use cases.
> 
> They’re also useful for someone knowledgeable about the project because
> they clearly show parts that are confused, badly documented, or that
> somehow fail to address the problems people are having.
> 
> I would invite the bloggers among us to do more of these.  :-)

How about linking these blog posts from the site? That could be a good
way to catch the attention of new visitors.

> 
> Thanks,
> Ludo’.