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Just a couple of thoughts I had, nothing I'm enthusiastic about. Maybe they'll spark other, better ideas.
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"...distro-hopper stopper" - Love that.

Are there particular examples of BS that you were thinking of mirroring?
There's this page, but I've never been particularly fond of it nor been able to improve it.
Planning a separate docs for all these points, or one long(ish) article that covers them all?
Maybe this could be done in one big PDF? And maybe we can enlist one of our artists to really give it some pizazz. I could do a serviceable job but that's about it.


So, you're thinking of have 2 different packages of materials? And this one is a "light" version? That seems unnecessary to me, unless the full version becomes overly long/complicated.

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Once we get a good idea of the overall form, I guess the next step is to determine what tasks there are to be done, who is willing and able to contribute, and then assign those tasks.

That's about all I was thinking when I first started this post, but another thought came to mind: what about producing some physical CDs then actually mailing them to people who might be inclined to do a review? It could be a "Special Edition" LiveCD that also includes a nice set of docs/PDFs/slide shows (aka ppt's)/videos/etc. with some nice graphics on the CD. One the beauties of Bodhi is that you can include the full installation media and a bunch of nice multimedia materials on a single CD. Hell, that could be an attention getting selling point: "You get the full installation image PLUS all this press material on a humble CD!" They would be dirt cheap to produce, too.

I'm not entirely sure how well that would go over, though. When I bought my last (and only) computer I specifically shopped for one without an optical drive of any kind just because I think they're kind of pointless these days, so I can't help that think that some people might receive it and think, "A CD?!?! This is a joke, right?" I'm just thinking that it would be nice if people could have something to actually hold in their hand. One of those nifty Bodhi branded USB sticks but the costs (to us) would be significantly higher.

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mark

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Thanks to everyone who's shown respect to me by referring to this as "my domain" and whatnot. But I don't see it that way at all, that stuff has to go through me. People can do whatever kind of docs they want. I just consider myself as more of a facilitator to getting some things done and trying to give them some consistency, that's all.

Anyway, I saw this thread when it first got posted and thought it was an excellent idea. But it was right at the time I started a pseudo-vacation and never responded. I see it's gained quite a bit of momentum from a bunch of people I consider to be "heavy hitters" in this community and I think that's great.

I still haven't looked over anything or even given it much thought, but I figured I'd better at least say something It seems to be off to a great start. Keep on keepin' on and I'll get back in a few days with thoughts/input or whatever I can do to help.

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