Welcome to the Linux - Screencasts Forum

I can see some benefit for Linux newcomers (I hate the term newbies), but for those of us with a few miles on the block, probably less useful. Personally, I'm an Arch user, but the same would apply for, for example, Gentoo, or even a barebones Debian install, where there is no default. You make your system what you want it to be.

Nevertheless, as a showcase for Windows or Mac refugees, there is a definite benefit.

Originally Posted by DarkLogix Could you do some screen casts of installing the following CentOS7 on UEFI on ESXi as a guest OS. Including applying open vmtools and installing and setup of MythTV backend?

As mentioned previously, we don't have any specific plans for UEFI installs at this time. While it's possible we'll do video tutorials in the future, these are just short general overviews of each distribution.

--jeremy

what software, setup and commands is being used to record ?

Originally Posted by schneidz what software, setup and commands is being used to record ?

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...4/#post5333656

--jeremy

USB 3 appears to become the new standard. Perhaps an in-depth review of this new feature be considered ?

Originally Posted by jeremy We don't have any plans to add voice-over, but we can look into some Creative Commons music based on feedback.

I've added audio to http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...st-4175537035/ as a test. Feedback is welcome.

--jeremy

I have just watched the Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon Screencast ... it is in fact an older YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEDUgSnzhhY#t=26.
I have seen it before, a long time before the alleged YouTube publish date of yesterday. Probably in the last 12 months and latter part of 2014.

If it is meant to inspire Windows refugees, it gets about a 3 out of 10. Visual production is very sharp and clear, no fuzzy illegible text, but the long blank screens (while booting) left me wondering ... has this died?
And the lack of explanations was quite obvious when the author was showing the TaskBar features. Just tiny yellow callouts.
- even a mouse pointer high-light would have made a difference.

The screencast could do with the input of somebody with a advertising/marketing flare.

I believe narrations/voice-overs are are not planned for screencasts.

There are some crappy YouTubers out there, we have all seen them

Fair enough but the current presentation needs on screen explanation text. With time (with each text frame) for the watcher (MS Refugee) to pause the video and look around each frame to "interpret" what is happening.

If "we" are trying to get new customers, they need to be tantalised first, then introduced step by step to downloading Mint. Then installing Mint. One screencast is not going to be the panacea for fed-up-windows-users.

I think this concept is an excellent start, because for years there has been nothing to tempt me (as a newbie) to even try Linux.
The Mint forum is excellent, and was a major player in getting me to try Mint.

I do appreciate getting this concept up and running is not easy (I have watched the teething problems for Palemoon when they broke away from FireFox)

On the Mint forum I am "bawldiggle" -- a newbie but with a lot of marketing experience behind me.

Hope I haven't trodden on any toes

Originally Posted by grayghost2 I have just watched the Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon Screencast ... it is in fact an older YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEDUgSnzhhY#t=26. I have seen it before, a long time before the alleged YouTube publish date of yesterday. Probably in the last 12 months and latter part of 2014.

The direct YouTube link you posted is the same video that's embedded at LQ. I'm certain you haven't seen it previously, however, as I just created it today.

Originally Posted by grayghost2 The screencast could do with the input of somebody with a advertising/marketing flare. If "we" are trying to get new customers, they need to be tantalised first, then introduced step by step to downloading Mint. Then installing Mint. One screencast is not going to be the panacea for fed-up-windows-users.

Perhaps that's where the disconnect is. We aren't trying to "get new customers". We don't sell anything. While we do advocate the use of Linux at LQ, we are cognizant not to officially recommend any particular Linux distribution. They are all welcome and equal here.

Originally Posted by grayghost2 Hope I haven't trodden on any toes

Feedback is always welcome.

--jeremy

Originally Posted by nycace36 How about a series of good screenshots showing the installation, configuration, installed desktops, and secure upgrading of Slackware and its packages?? Sure, there are already the LQ Slack forum, the LQ Slack Install forum, the Slack-links site on the LQ wiki, the Slack Docs Project, and a few others. Yet most of these seem to lack the most helpful graphics for things like effectively converting LILO to GRUB, so how about it? (nobody can delete my text-editor edited ASCII text thru reformatting tricks!)

Right on, now this is the right direction to proceed.

It will be wonderful if you post installation process of Enlightenment DE + Entrance Display Manager in ArchLinux.

I'm looking at your list and i dont see Arch Linux. Any plans for that?

Thanks

Originally Posted by davama I'm looking at your list and i dont see Arch Linux. Any plans for that?

We're slowly working through a back log of recent Linux releases. After that we plan to cover as many new releases as possible.

--jeremy

Jeremy,

I first want to thank you for inviting me to comment. I have been stumbling the through
the install of Slacko 5.7 and certain apps with the help of folk over at Murga-Linux and
so far so good. Still got a Looooong ways to go but I am okay with that.

In the community there seems the be the developers and then there are the end users and then everyone inbetween, .ie, system administrators, etc. I am definitely an 'end user'

However, in downloading and installing the Linux the following things crossed my mind
the most. Here are a few of these things...

1. Help with deciding on a distribution...there are so many out there and so many versions
of each. It would be good if there were something to distinguish each distobution like we distinguish automobiles as compact, sport, luxury, sedan, pickup, SUV etc. And how the verions tailors to the gamer, the office/business person, the artwork/CAD person, etc. My uses are fairly basic office and client/terminal connections.

2. Boot Management ... I have two notebooks, one that will boot from SD card, but then one that has SD slot but will not boot from it. And I have come to like booting from SD. So I would like to see some good discussions on boot management and options...

3. Connectivity ... It took me quite a bit of time to get wireless connectivity working. RJ45 connectivity was fairly instant. My first connection with wireless was through a 3rd party dongle and since then I am finally figured how to use the intenal wifi of one of the notebooks. Anyhow wireless connectivity has been hit or miss for me.

4. I would really like to see Linux on the very old, the old, the not so old, and the currently available hardware. I have a couple i486 and early Pentium class boxes in the basement....

5. Would like to see discussion on apps, downloading and installing, As well as finding the apps. Seems different distributions have different ways of doing this. And then I wonder why can't I install this ???.tar.gz program on my distribution??

I hope to see some discussion/screen casting on these subjects in the not to distant future..

The very first suggestion is that we topic out or rather sub topic out each Distro, to give it structure. Currently I am delving deep into Knoppix Linux, which needs a lot of screencasting, but truthfully I have made some discoveries that overall make it easiest ever.

Thanks for the feedback. We have no plans to create a sub-forum for each distro, but the "Search this Forum" functionality should suit your needs quite well for this use case.

--jeremy