Printed manuals?

[Andrew Jorgensen]

Thanks guys,  I'm glad to see this is being considered.  Sorry for the noise.

- Andrew

On 2/1/06, Joseph Method <tristil at gmail.com> wrote:
> When it rains it pours:
>
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2006-February/005012.html
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2006-February/005018.html
>
> On 2/1/06, Andrew Jorgensen <andrew.jorgensen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Matt (mdz) said I should bring this up here:
> >
> > I think it would help if one could buy a printed manual.  Even if it's
> > just the Quick Start Guide.
> >
> > One of my friends wanted to try Linux so rather than download it or
> > borrow a CD he went out and bought a book that came with a CD of
> > MEPIS.  This reminded me that I started out with SuSE partly because
> > it came with a decent manual.  We try very hard to make Ubuntu not
> > need a manual, but there are a lot of people out there who prefer to
> > have one anyway (if for nothing more than to see all the cool stuff
> > you can do with the software).  Even MacOSX at least has a little
> > booklet and O'Reilly is making money picking up[3] where Apple left
> > off.
> >
> > The manual could come with a set of CDs.  That might be more effective
> > than a box with CDs and a manual since manuals that come in the box
> > are notorious for being an afterthought.
> >
> > Has something like this already been discussed?  What are your thoughts.
> >
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> -J. Method
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