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[PATCH] doc: Use existing URLs and file names in installation instructions.

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From: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>
To: 41565 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#41565] [PATCH] doc: Use existing URLs and file names in installation instructions.
Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 17:30:13 +0200

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Some users seem to be confused by the fact that our URLs in the manual
don't work for them.  This is most likely because they copy them
without reading the rest of the text which clearly says they should
replace @var{system} with one of the supported values.  One example of
this confusion is this conversation:
https://mastodon.social/@Nixfreak/104224784493287104

Since our current approach doesn't seem to be very effective, I propose
to change the URLs and file names with actual ones, using x86_64-linux
as the system because this is the most popular platform that we support
nowadays.  I keep mentioning the other architectures as alternatives,
hoping that users will notice the x86_64 in the URL and keep reading to
learn how to install Guix for another architecture if they want to.

Wdyt?

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