[ltt-dev] Feedback on the lttng.org website

[Gregory Haskins]

Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> * Gregory Haskins (gregory.haskins at gmail.com) wrote:
>   
>> Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I just noticed the following website:
>>>
>>> http://www.thhp.org.uk/
>>>
>>> where LTTng is cited as a "LTTng, for example, is certainly a finer
>>> engineering effort than its documentation would have you believe".
>>>
>>> So, not being such a skilled documentation writer nor web designer, I'd
>>> like to ask:
>>>
>>> Do you guys have recommendations to improve the LTTng website ? (layout,
>>> design, ...)
>>>
>>> Are there some missing pieces of documentation that would be relevant to
>>> put on the website ? Anyone willing to help on this ?
>>>
>>> Hoping this might help newcomers to have a better experience with the
>>> LTTng website,
>>>
>>> Thanks !
>>>
>>> Mathieu
>>>
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> FWIW: Providing a link to the pre-built version of the tools may help a
>> newcomer ease into using the system.  Here is a repost of the link to
>> the wiki I have put together:
>>
>> http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/LTTng-Package-Repositories
>>
>> I plan on adding a section on how to install for opensuse (since that is
>> what I have readily available).  I will try to fire up a fedora VM and
>> try an install there as well to see if I can generate some documentation.
>>
>>     
>
> Hrm, it makes me think:
>
> providing a qemu image with LTTng pre-installed could be very useful for
> newcomers. This should come along with step-by-step documentation. Do
> you think this idea makes sense ?
>   

Yes, I think it does.  FWIW: you can build these kinds of "appliance"
things in SuSE studio (http://susestudio.com/)

I can try to put one together, if you like.

-Greg


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