wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareEquivalents

[Jon Pruett]

I'm pretty sure I'll be able to find those similar type pages for most of the current branches (the Multimedia one was very easy to locate). 

Once I create this new page and any necessary sub-branches, should I assign them to CategoryCleanup? As this is my first foray into the content creation side of the wiki I want to make sure I've got the style of it right before inflicting more of it on the rest of the world. (grin)

Thanks,

- Jon
 
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----- Original Message ----
From: Matthew East <matt at mdke.org>
To: ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com
Sent: Friday, December 1, 2006 2:34:17 PM
Subject: Re: wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareEquivalents

> I'm new to the group

Welcome aboard!!

> My concern is for duplication of information and confusing of end users.
> I'm leaning towards "yes, we should port the pages not in their current
> format". I think the main Software Equivalents page could remain as it
> does have value for new to Linux users understanding what new applications
> they can use to solve current needs. But I think the page should be made
> more of a jumping point to existing wiki pages such as
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MultimediaApplications and create new
> pages for things like the CAD software.  I think this could be more
> productive than listing of one for one "old application vs new application
> and fit better into the community wiki style and format.

That sounds like a very sensible idea to me. There are bare lists of
equivalents elsewhere on the internet that can be linked to if users are
interested in that sort of list.

I'm surprised we don't have pages of this type somewhere on the help wiki
already - have a quick rummage around.

Matt


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