[proposal] Split User Guide (was: The "It's Just a Desktop Distro" Problem)

[Robert Brimhall]

I've been using Linux for a few years now. Started on Red Hat 8.0.
Move to RH 9 when it came out and stuck with that until Fedora Core 1
and 2. I then moved to Slackware 9.1 and 10.0 which is what I was
using exclusively until I saw Ubuntu Preview on OS news. I'm a big fan
of GNOME (one of the reasons I started using Linux) and Ubuntu is the
perfect fit for GNOME lovers. I wouldn't call myself a technical user
by any means. I'm a social scientist that just happens to love using
Linux. I used Linux exclusively through graduate school for my various
projects (except for GIS mapping) and I do know my way around to some
degree. I would love to contribute back to Ubuntu and will begin going
over the docs you recommended. Thanks for the warm welcome!


On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 07:45:36 +0200, Alexander Poslavsky
<alexander.poslavsky at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 19:44:48 -0600, Robert Brimhall <rbrimhall at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've been lurking on the doc lists for a little while and most of the
> > technical discussion is way over my head. I'm a writer... just
> > finished two years of graduate school where I did lots and lots of
> > writing. ;) I'd love to contribute but I guess the most I could do is
> > possibly edit for grammar, spelling, style...
> 
> In that case, welcome!
> What kind of linux-experience do you have? What are your interests?
> 
> If you are interested in proofreading etc, as a way to begin, you
> might start here:
> 
> http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/AboutTheUbuntuCoreDocumentationProject
> 
> check out the svn repository and take a look at the faqguide, this is
> the only doc that is more or less finished at the moment.
> 
> If you are interested come over to #ubuntu-doc or write to the mailing-list,
> 
> ones a again, welcome, Alexander Poslavsky
> 


-- 
Robert