ubuntu-doc Digest, Vol 31, Issue 11

[Jonathan Jesse]

On Monday 16 April 2007 22:52:20 Chris Fordham wrote:
> If the Desktop guide is dead, why is it there?
> The problem is that the community based system is a huge UoD.
> There are dozens of documents you could read which could be for any ubuntu
> to do something. Nobody knows the official page to do something instead
> are pointed all over the place. Its a mess on IRC particularly with
> sharing ubotu's factoids.
> There is no central knowledgebase, instead there are several which are all
> different.
>
> I want to make the equivalent of the FreeBSD handbook and saw the desktop
> guide as the document to enhance and then promote (this is called the
> official documentation on the wiki site).
>
> Should i be replying back to the digest, i'm not sure how i should be
> replying to the list.
>
> On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:00:08 +1000, <ubuntu-doc-request at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> >    1. Remote Desktop entry in Kubuntu Desktop Guide (Chris Fordham)
> >    2. Re: Remote Desktop entry in Kubuntu Desktop Guide (Rich Johnson)
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:40:17 +1000
> > From: "Chris Fordham" <chris at xhost.com.au>
> > Subject: Remote Desktop entry in Kubuntu Desktop Guide
> > To: "Ubuntu Documentation Project" <ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > Message-ID: <op.tqs8pfghcznhgw at lister.dev.xhost.com.au>
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> > Hi Team,
> >
> > Woud it be ok if I write a new sub-section for '5. Configuring your
> > system' for VNC access on display 0?
> > I am thinking x11vnc and ssh.
> >
> > I think it would be great to build on the desktop guide and use this for
> > calls with ubotu on IRC. So we reference the official guide instead of
> > forum posts?
> > My first post on the list.
> >
> > rgs,
> > flaccid
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:48:43 -0500
> > From: Rich Johnson <nixternal at ubuntu.com>
> > Subject: Re: Remote Desktop entry in Kubuntu Desktop Guide
> > To: ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Message-ID: <200704150048.46907.nixternal at ubuntu.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> >
> > On Sunday 15 April 2007, Chris Fordham wrote:
> > | Hi Team,
> > |
> > | Woud it be ok if I write a new sub-section for '5. Configuring your
> > | system' for VNC access on display 0?
> > | I am thinking x11vnc and ssh.
> > |
> > | I think it would be great to build on the desktop guide and use this
> >
> > for
> >
> > | calls with ubotu on IRC. So we reference the official guide instead of
> > | forum posts?
> > | My first post on the list.
> > |
> > | rgs,
> > | flaccid
> >
> > Hey flaccid!
> >
> > How about a wiki page? We don't have the Desktop Guide anymore for the
> > system
> > documentation as we have gone to a topic based setup. I would say go
> > with the
> > wiki first, and I am sure we might be able to work something up, if it
> > is a
> > popular question/issue, for Gutsy. Thanks, and welcome to the list!
>
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In Feisty, we made the switch to TopicBasedHelp (see the spec).  So the 
Desktop Guide went the way of the dodo bird as it is no longer used.  Would 
something like the Official Ubuntu book fit your needs?  It is released via 
the creative common license