Possible New LQ Section - Linux Screencasts
We're considering adding a new section to LQ and we'd like your feedback. The section would contain video screencasts of Linux distributions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3s69akHIVs is a potential example. With that in mind:
* Is this something you'd be interested in seeing at LQ? * If so, what would you like to see in the screencast? * Would you also like a separate video of the install process? Any and all feedback is welcome. --jeremy |
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Additionally, if we moved forward with this, the videos would be embedded here at LQ.
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I think if someone is looking for a howto video there are plenty on the internet/youtube already. |
Howtos are something we're considering as well, but those would be in a different channel and at a later date. The intention of these would be more to give members an idea about the look and feel of specific distributions (and possibly other Open Source software).
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https://www.screenr.com/Mzj https://www.screenr.com/tqI I sucked at it though. My gear struggled at making those. I guess it would be cool but on other forums the video page threads load up real slow for me. I hope LQ handles it better. Heck. I avoided http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...619/page6.html Until that page was fixed. I have a short attention span and slow page load speeds. |
I would not find that material interesting, but that's just me. That doesn't mean that others would not find it useful.
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It would be very good. But I think it would be heavy on bandwidth unless one uses low quality video.
It would give new users a model of what they would have. If possible it should give detailed abilities of the program. So people can avoid what they don't like. |
I am kind of like frankbell, it wouldn't catch my interest much - but that is also just me, not a general discouraging remark.
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I've uploaded an installation video, just to give an indication of what they'd potentially look like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3s69akHIVs --jeremy |
And to verify, bandwidth will not be an issue in this case.
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If this is representative of what you have in mind then I might actually watch some of them. It is not a how-to format, which I find usually fails for computer topics. It is more a preview that doesn't look like an advert. Bandwidth is not bad (this one came in at 18+ MB), but might still be objectionable if a page of them tried to preload. And youtube now tries to auto-start the "next" video which has reduced my already minimal visits there - I absolutely hate that - so if the video owner has any control over those "features" I would repeat the old addage, less is more. Still, I got a glimpse of openSuse which I actually watched instead of closing the page quickly - that must count for something! |
openSUSE 13.2 - Boot and Desktop
[screencast]k3s69akHIVs[/screencast] |
openSUSE 13.2 - Installation
[screencast]ewYpuxdpKB8[/screencast] |
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