Switching to Windows (was Re: Mentoring Program)

[Matthew East]

Hi,

Back on list again.

* Dougie Richardson:
> On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 14:32 +0100, Matthew East wrote:
>> I'd be happy to mentor Dougie on the switching from windows guide. Aside
>> from getting some work done on the content, I'd also be interested in the
>> question of how much of the guide should be used in the regular Ubuntu
>> help system, and what other uses can be made of the whole guide for things
>> like marketing Ubuntu to Windows users, people trying Ubuntu on the live
>> cd, and so on.
> 
> And I'd be happy to have your help!

:)

> Funny you should mention the help system, I was reading through the
> Windows Switching docs and did wonder about several of the entries -
> especially things like where to download Ubuntu from (surely if the help
> system is being accessed then this stage has already been covered)?

That's right. We realised this during the last release cycle, and as a
result we cut out a number of those sections from the version of the
document which we ship in the Help System - you'll find the cut down
version at trunk/ubuntu/windows/C/

> Like you say - this information needs to be presented before
> installation, perhaps a link in the first page of the installer to the
> docs?

At the moment the installer basically uses the same system as the
installed version of Ubuntu, which makes it quite difficult to have
different documentation. The full version of Switching to Windows is
included in the part of the livecd which appears when you insert the CD
while running Windows (I hope, I've never tried it!). However, I'd like
to discuss with the developers the possibility of including such a
document in the livecd environment when people are trying Ubuntu, as a
marketing tool and to convince them that they can easily switch from
Windows.

Matt
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