A few days ago I got email from a user who was attempting to install CentOS. I've included their full message below, but, to summarize, when one clicks on the "CentOS Linux" link on the front page of centos.org one is given a matrix of choices, and no guidance. On choosing one option - say, x84_64 ISO, one is then given another list of options and no guidance. Pick one of *those* options and you are yet again given a list of options and no guidance. Now, it could be argued that someone who doesn't know what to choose is not our target audience, and I suppose that would be an ok position to hold. But wouldn't it be great to lower the bar just a little, and offer some guidance as to which links one should click? I'd like to see several things: 1) On the front page, where it says "We offer two Linux distros:", there would be at least some hint of what this choice entails 2) On the download page - https://www.centos.org/centos-linux/ - a little explanation of what the various options there are. So far, this is all just edits to centos.org. The next two steps involve pushing changes to the mirror network, and I honestly have no idea what is involved there. 3) Adding phrasing to http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/8/isos/x86_64/ that indicates what that inscrutable list of links means. and finally, possibly not even possible: 4) Add words to http://centos4.zswap.net/8.2.2004/isos/x86_64/ (as a random example) that say what the various options mean. This is probably not possible, since these are just autoindex generated pages. We could, however, offer Apache httpd and nginx configuration recommendations which will provide that additional information for sites that chose to follow the instructions. And, really, #1 and #2 are the most important here. The full message follows: >> I stumbled on your address on a Centos Faq page. I hope you can give me some sort of answer. I have been searching for a way to ask a question, but have not located a forum. As I am fairly new to Linux generally, I am exploring varieties, and Centos surfaced as an interesting option. But, again, I have a problem no one else considers worthy of asking or answering: how do I choose? Apparently the user in the download directory is supposed to know what they are looking for. When I followed the link to "download CentOs", I chose a link with ".iso" on it. This opened another page, so I picked another likely candidate. I went four or five branches deep before I gave up. I have no idea why I would want one branch or the other. Should I just leave CentOs to the experts? I really wish that on the home page there was a specification for "user level". Do developers assume that the user is expert, and that someone who is not qualified will get exhausted and go away? It seems very unkind to make that assumption and not say so. If I am not the intended user, please tell me! Otherwise, could someone please explain how to choose which version of CentOs to use? If you could forward this letter to someone who can take the time to answer my question, I will be grateful. <<