Ideas for a video tutorial series needed

First this I think it should be done in a "Haiku for Dummy" way. I spend some time watching and asking end users what annoys them about computers. Most of them say that I just want to set it up and use it. They do not care how it is done nor have time Googleing around (some do not even know how to narrow Google searches) for answers. So I think it would be great to create www.haiku-tutotails.org with documents and links to YouTube videos. I think FAQ is great for some people but as they say picture is worth a 1000 words

1. Detail installation (Haiku is becoming known for its simplicity)
a. simple one partition installation
b. multi partition installation
c. Installing additional packages and removing them (how to uninstall them)

2. Configuration
a. Screen, Network, etc (Get idea from FAQ what people are asking the most)
d. maintenance of any kind

3. Applications
a. Built in
b. 3rd party

If this goes ahead, a new promotional/demo video would be good. Just to show people who haven't heard of Haiku what it can do, and how much faster it is. Also, some of the nifty little tricks, like the filesystem, and searching.

Hi Guru!

The first thing to determine is the audience for the videos. Like R1 itself, I'd say it's for the more technically inclined user, maybe hobby coder, who has tried another OS before (maybe went from XP to Linux).

So, the background story could be some slightly geeky guy (-> Serenity action figure besides the monitor :) ) gets an email from his college buddy to try out this fun little open source OS.
Then you take it from there: visit the web site, download the image, burn a CD or write on a USB stick, installation, first boot-up. Then follow the guy exploring Haiku piece by piece, at the beginning noting the differences to his other OS.
There could even be some problems that he solves with the help of Haiku's nice community via IRC or the forum :)

With regard to the topics themselves and what to show: If at all possible, you should focus on the stuff and the apps that seem to be release ready. For example, it wouldn't make much sense in showing how to access a WEP encrypted wifi network via "setwep". Before R1 is out we'll (hopefully) have a nice netwok panel that takes care of all that. Also the Locale and Shortcut prefs aren't ready yet.
So your target should be R1 as well. That may mean that you'll shoot some things out of order, like configuration of the system.

Regards,
Humdinger

Did you see this post?
http://www.haiku-os.org/community/forum/developer_tutorials
A series of tutorials that helps new developers get involved would really help out Haiku.

Personally, I think most people would want good text documentation, but if you think videos would be useful, here's some suggestions:

* Quick intro on how to get Haiku up and run on the system (ready for dev work).
* Point to where the dev tools are, and how to compile and make a basic application.

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Also, a third suggestion:

How about a video highlighting all of the special/different aspects about how Haiku's UI works. I'm not thinking about a tutorial here, but something for people who can use the OS already, but maybe want to know about the little differences/features real quick.

Aldeck recently commented that using a camera to capture the screen is working quite well. Even if BeScreenCapture works (it does with the alpha, doesn't with a current nightly), the result shows major tearing if you move windows around. Capturing a virtual installation won't show Haiku's snappiness accurately...

Maybe we can pressure Stefano to fix BeScreenCapture... :)

Regards,
Humdinger

I think the most important feature to highlight in a Haiku "advertisement" is control and simplicity. Haiku doesn't waste your time doing things it thinks you want it to do. You are in control.

I think the most important topic for new users is "window management". Window management in Haiku is a little different than in other operating systems, and if other users are like me, they will quickly end up with many windows open.

Here is an example of items to explain.

Using the Desk Bar
Starting an application
The window "Close" button
The window "Resize" button
Right clicking a window border
Double clicking a window border
Using Workspaces
Double clicking a Tracker "separator" (resize column)
Right click "drill down" menu in Tracker

I think all that's necessary for that is something like a screen cast of someone using Haiku with (fun) dialog explaining it.

BeScreenCapture is working with R1A2
but too fast...

I already did some screencasts regarding Haiku, here you find the youtube playlist:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVFrZEP9w4M&feature=PlayList&p=26CCC5ED17...

I created those screencast with a small shellscript that takes a screenshot every second with the screenshot app. After the recording is over ffmpeg creates a video out of the screenshots. Then I record the audio to the screencast itself and merge it again with ffmpeg.

Guru, do you know a time frame for these? I am a newbie to Haiku and I need some relatively hands on guidance.

Thanks!