Re: Need for "Getting Started" Tutorial

Chris,

I did a sidebar on "how to configure PostgreSQL" in an article I did for
Linux Journal a while back.

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8085

This should be of some value, because I end up following those exact steps
whenever I install a fresh copy somewhere.  Based on your conversation,
what additional information do you think is needed?

Cheers,
-Josh

On Tue, 1 May 2007, Chris Browne wrote:

> FYI, I left ~250 copies of a 2 page PostgreSQL brochure at local LUG's
> booth at the IT360 show today.  <http://www.it360.ca/> (This used to
> be the show known as RealWorldLinux.)
>
> I'll find out tomorrow how many copies survived, or if they went
> fast...
>
> I had several useful PostgreSQL conversations, including one which
> suggested that there may be another would-be "Pervasive" out there,
> that is, a company that would rather deploy PostgreSQL as their next
> product version rather than have to substantially rewrite their
> product to satisfy modern requirements.  Don't know if that'll go
> anywhere; it will need some later followup.
>
> The *other* thing needing followup was that someone observed that they
> had some problems getting PostgreSQL to work properly, based on some
> of the "default" documentation.  This probably represents the fact
> that different flavours of Linux behave a little bit differently, and
> when people are new to Unix, in general, they may not have
> sufficiently fine-tuned problem-solving skills to get past this "speed
> bump."
>
> Seems to me that there is a need for a "getting started with
> PostgreSQL on {flavours of Linux}" sort of tutorial.
>
> Those of us that build our own installs from scratch are probably
> incompetent to prepare this; we are *way* too knowledgeable to even
> notice the little speed-bumps that others are getting stuck on.
>
> This may well be a "recognize your Linux flavour" talk that applies to
> various services; that's fine...
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