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"Added a short description beside the homepage title" #15

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Summary

  • Added a small inline text beside "Learn GRASS GIS" on the homepage.
  • Ensured it does not disturb the UI while providing useful context.

Why This Change?

  • Addresses feedback that the homepage should provide a quick intro to GRASS GIS.
  • Helps first-time visitors quickly understand what GRASS GIS is.

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Hmm, maybe more something like this:

--- a/index.qmd
+++ b/index.qmd
@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@ listing:
     categories: true
     filter-ui: [title, categories]
 page-layout: full
+description: |
+  Hands-on tutorials for learning [GRASS GIS](https://grass.osgeo.org), the open source geospatial processing engine.
 title-block-banner: false

and modeling. The tutorials cover a variety of topics and is designed to help
users at different skill levels.
## 📌 What is GRASS GIS?
[GRASS GIS](https://grass.osgeo.org) (**Geographic Resources Analysis Support System**) is a **free and open-source Geographic Information System (GIS)** used for geospatial data management, spatial modeling, visualization, and analysis. It supports **raster and vector data processing**, and is widely used in **academia, research, and professional GIS applications**.

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This sounds old style... You could use the text below GRASS banner in the website instead.

GRASS GIS is a powerful computational engine for raster, vector, and geospatial processing. It supports terrain and ecosystem modeling, hydrology, data management, and imagery processing. With a built-in temporal framework and Python API, it enables advanced time series analysis and rapid geospatial programming, optimized for large-scale analysis on various hardware configurations.

Before installing, make sure you have the following dependencies:
- **Git** → [Download Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads)
- **Quarto** → [Install Quarto](https://quarto.org/docs/get-started/)
- **Python** (optional, for Python-based tutorials) → [Download Python](https://www.python.org/downloads/)

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Following the criteria for Python, you might want to suggest R and rgrass for R-based tutorials

written for OSGeo/grass repository, so just adjust it for this repository.
### 🔹 2. Clone the Repository
To get started, open your terminal and run:
git clone https://github.com/OSGeo/grass-tutorials.git cd grass-tutorials

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git clone https://github.com/OSGeo/grass-tutorials.git cd grass-tutorials
git clone https://github.com/OSGeo/grass-tutorials.git
cd grass-tutorials

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What are these? There are some of them also below, please remove...

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### 🎯 Final Notes
- This README now includes **installation steps, usage instructions, and contribution guidelines**.
- The guide ensures **new users** can easily install and explore the tutorials.
- Contributors can now follow a **clear workflow** for making updates.

🎉 **You're all set!** 🚀 Simply replace your existing `README.md` with this co

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### 🎯 Final Notes
- This README now includes **installation steps, usage instructions, and contribution guidelines**.
- The guide ensures **new users** can easily install and explore the tutorials.
- Contributors can now follow a **clear workflow** for making updates.
🎉 **You're all set!** 🚀 Simply replace your existing `README.md` with this co

It's fine to use IA, but please be careful with blind copy-pasting

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