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How do I install Arc to get a Hacker News clone website?
- phamilton 16y agoNot to sound like an elitist snobb, but "How do I open a terminal?" was probably the last question I was expecting from someone trying to install Arc/HN.
- trickjarrett 16y agoMy thoughts exactly. But then again, there was a time when I didn't know what IRC was and thought mIRC was a telnet client.
- starpilot 16y agoBrave admission.
- trickjarrett 16y agoI figured after reading the OP's link, my kidiocy (c) can easily be overlooked.
- burgerbrain 16y agoHis question wasn't even really "how do I open a terminal" but "where do I type commands?". It seems he wasn't even aware of the concept of a terminal. Scary to think that people like this actually run websites...
- qeorge 16y agoJeez, give him a break. Everyone has to start somewhere.
- bravura 16y agoIt's surprising nonetheless that this fellow knows about Hacker News. I am considering posting an HN poll: "I know what a terminal is." What percent of HN users don't?
- patrickk 16y agoWell if you're a windows user who is not familiar with other operating systems I would regard that as a legitimate question. For the first few years as a computer user the only computers I had access to were windows PCs in school, so it was only later that I became aware of other operating systems and their utilities.
- listic 16y agoThey actually can. E.g. to start a WordPress site, one can do with a shared hosting with an ftp access. With FireFTP for Firefox, you don't have to leave the browser. You can install WordPress by just copying it over, as well all the plugins and themes you need. This level of simplicity of deployment is a good thing to have for any project. Even David Heinemeier Hansson have commented positively on the immediacy of PHP: http://www.loudthinking.com/posts/23-the-immediacy-of-php http://www.loudthinking.com/posts/23-the-immediacy-of-php I see that Arc is a research project that may have other priority at the time, but this landmark of usability is a good thing to keep in mind.
- dangrossman 16y agoIt's not even that complicated. All the large shared hosting companies have cPanel and Fantastico installed on their servers. You can sign up for hosting, log into the control panel, and install dozens of web apps including WordPress with the click of a link.
- burgerbrain 16y agoI don't doubt that they can, I doubt that they should.