Thanks Rich. The download question is key; and for me a second key would be a sanity check: How do I know I have the right notebooks / materials to proceed down the tutorial garden path.
On the issue of channels and so on: I would love to see an inset box that de-msytifies the install for the pro Noob. As an example my terminology blockers are environment, activate, deactivate, package manager, executable, path, library, package, channel, dependency, and install. Some of this, like path, I have understood since 1982; but it still represents an obstacle today because of how path relates to the other terms. (By the way I will be writing all of this up in notes in the repo I’m building on this; so if it already exists: Great! And if it would be a useful addition let me know.) The flip side of the coin is whether there is a real need for me to understand that conda is an executable that is a package manager. I am fretting about it at the moment because I got stuck and could not debug the issue… but if the install is fool-proof [sic] then I can just get on to the fun bit, right?