Help page design, and the future of the Ubuntu Desktop Guide

Matthew East mdke at ubuntu.com
Mon Jul 31 13:09:05 UTC 2006


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Hiya,

* Matthew East:
> For the next release, what I propose we do is this:
> 
>  * Generally speaking, work with the existing guides but bear in mind
> Matthew's comments about how to write good help, and improve the guides
> accordingly.
>  * Eliminate any overlap between the guides, and identify ways to
> present a coherent front page. So, for example, it might include:
> 
> Adding, Removing and Updating Software in Ubuntu [1]
> Working with your Desktop [2]
> Working with a Server [3]
> Getting more help [4]
> Contributing to Ubuntu [5]
> 
> [1] An article, based on what is currently in the desktop guide
> [2] A book, what is now the desktop guide
> [3] A book, what is now the server guide
> [4] An article, based on what is currently in the desktop guide
> [5] An article, potentially new, which includes a link to the packaging
> guide.

I should have added [0] Introduction to Ubuntu (what is now "About Ubuntu").

Does anyone have any more comments about this for Ubuntu? If not, can we
go ahead and start making it happen?

Matt
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