[arch-general] What happened to the Beginner's Guide?

[Jason Ryan]

On 22/09/16 at 04:49am, mick wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 12:58:23 +1200
> Jason Ryan via arch-general <arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:
> 
> > On 21/09/16 at 08:36pm, Dave via arch-general wrote:
> > >see below
> > >
> > >On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 8:12 PM, Francis Gerund via arch-general <
> > >arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:
> > >  
> > >> I believe this change will only serve to alienate potential new users,  
> > >
> > >I strongly agree.  
> > 
> > This will only alienate new users that are unwilling to read man pages and the
> > community provided documentation, ie., people for whom Arch is the wrong choice
> > anyway…
> > 
> > /J
> > 
> Unless you are already an arch install expert (the clear target of the "Installation Guide as it stood about 15 months ago) you are unlikley to get to a point where you can comfortably access the 'community provided documention' let alone find examples that clarify things.

I have no idea why you introduce a straw man: the Installation Guide as
it stands now, not 15 months ago, is the subject of the discussion. And
a quick look at the history page will show you that it has changed
significantly in that time…

/J

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