Ubuntu book

[Ben Edwards]

What debian material would you base it on?  Remember we are talking
about an easy to understand guide for non-teche desktop users - i
think?

Ben

On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 16:01:41 +0200, Sivan Green <sivang.ulists at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 07:18:54 -0500, John Hornbeck
> <hornbeck at freeshell.org> wrote:
> >         As far as the Debian Book, I am really looking to start from scratch
> > here guys.  I don't want to just copy something and call it our own, I
> > want a book that is for Ubuntu.  I would also really like something that
> > could be published and be in libraries.
> 
> I am not sure this would be the right way to go about it, but then
> again it's only me :)
> Ubuntu it too much similar to Debian, so I figure basing it on some
> debian material not only would speed up the production process as you
> might already have something to start from, but would also nurture
> back the Debian project, which we owe our life due to the huge amount
> of effort that got integrated into Ubuntu. I would like to see a
> documentation team in which care taken to maximize the possibility of
> feeding the upstream, i.e. debian in that matter. Enrico already noted
> that if we were to rewrite everything , this "would be disrespect to
> the already greats stuff out there" and I agree with him. I think that
> maybe taking debian's book, giving some touch to it, improve it and
> then base the ubuntu book on it would be far better and beneficial to
> both communities.
> 
> Sivan
> 
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> Sivan
> 
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