[plug] moving to linux

[Brenden Veljacich]

Maybe add a list of anchors just below the introduction and 'top' links at 
the end of each section would make the page easier to navigate.

If you do keep the links, add the actual URL so if people print the page 
they still have the URL.

Put your name on it!, you’ve done the work so accept some praise!

-Brenden

>From: sol <sol at autonomon.net>
>Reply-To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
>To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
>Subject: [plug] moving to linux
>Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 20:57:58 +0800
>
>Hi there one and all,
>
>If you've got a spare moment could you please check out a page I've been 
>working on for the PLUG website aimed as being a stepping off point for 
>finding out about desktop linux applications.
>
>www.autonomon.net/linux_move.html
>
>This page was more complicated for a few reasons and I'd like a bit of 
>feedback on the following points:
>1. I asked this question before but it's more complicated than one might 
>think. That's regarding the download links. Where possible I've linked to 
>PlanetMirror. This is easy with, say, OpenOffice which has it's own 
>section. But for something like Galeon, it literally occurs hundreds of 
>times on PlanetMirror not to mention other WAIX mirrors. The question as to 
>which link to put up becomes vexing, and I think putting up heaps of links 
>is cumbersome and fraught with the danger of having to edit the links on a 
>regular basis.
>To make things even more difficult, some things like Konqueror are tightly 
>bound into KDE and downloading it without KDE is pointless. I've seriously 
>considered removing the download links for this reason. Any suggestions?
>
>2. I've started with a very simple scroll down presentation. This was the 
>path of least resistance. I considered breaking it up into sections based 
>on separate pages based on the office suites (KDE, Gnome & OOo) or on 
>software genres. Instead I stuck to a simple breakdown on genres. But even 
>this was a little tricky as sometimes the apps a so dissimilar. I'm no web 
>design guru and I see no reason for elaborate presentation, but if anyone 
>has any practical suggestions for improving the presentation I'd appreciate 
>your comments.
>
>3. This list is by no means exhaustive. But it's a start. If your favourite 
>desktop GUI app isn't on this list you can email me with a request. But do 
>me the favour of sending a link to the home page and a link to a local 
>mirror. :-)
>
>Perhaps I'll actually post this page someday! ;-)
>
>regards,
>sol

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