Expanding the documentation

Charles Davis oldsoldier at gmail.com
Sat Jun 7 19:08:55 UTC 2008


Hi Connor ,
Actually since IRC assumes an working Internet connection, those
resources could be linked into the appropriate ares of the system docs.
I have faith that they'll be updated and cleaned up in no time with all
the recent wiki activity!

regards,
Chuck
On Sat, 2008-06-07 at 12:02 -0700, Connor Imes wrote:
> There is already some documentation available for IRC, including
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XChatHowto
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Irssi
> 
> Perhaps we could expand on these if you have any specific information or
> topics that you want added.
> 
> -Connor Imes
> 
> Rohan Kapoor wrote:
> >  
> > Sounds good. I think we should also add irc information.
> >  
> >  
> > l8R
> >  
> > Vaderdarth211 
> > 
> > *From:* Nick Ellery <mailto:ellery.nick at gmail.com>
> > *Sent:* Saturday, June 07, 2008 2:46 PM
> > *To:* ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com>
> > *Subject:* Re: Expanding the documentation
> > 
> > Some more to add:
> > 
> > -- Perhaps a troubleshooting guide, similar to the one in the Official
> > Ubuntu Book would be good.  Issues with X, dpkg, and the like could be
> > added here
> > 
> > -- There is no official guide for editing GRUB, as well.  There are many
> > good tutorials on the web, and cleaning up GRUB is something that many
> > new users will want to do. 
> > 
> > On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Nick Ellery <ellery.nick at gmail.com
> > <mailto:ellery.nick at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > 
> >     Hi all,
> > 
> >     I've looked through the current documentation, and have come up with
> >     several ideas to expanding it:
> > 
> >     -- Reporting Problems.  A section like this would assist in bug
> >     triaging and fixing, as links to debugging specific packages could
> >     be provided.  Pages like Reporting Bugs [1] could be imported so
> >     people are able to find them with ease.
> > 
> >     -- Installing New Themes.  Many users are stumped when it comes to
> >     installing community provided themes from sites such as
> >     gnome-look.org <http://gnome-look.org>.  A detailed description on
> >     how this works could help many.
> > 
> >     -- Installation Guide [2].  The installation guide exists, but
> >     should be moved from the bottom of the page, where it is incorrectly
> >     labeled, to the Desktop Documentation category.  Currently, you can
> >     find this at the bottom of help.ubuntu.com <http://help.ubuntu.com>,
> >     where it labels it as 'Installing Ubuntu via the alternate CD'.
> > 
> >     -- Multimedia.  A section providing information on pre-installed
> >     graphical applications such as GIMP, especially links to the
> >     official documentation would be good.  This could be expanded from
> >     musicvideophotos, and also include brief information on applications
> >     such as Sound Recorder, video editors, audio editors, and desktop
> >     recorders.
> > 
> >     So what are your thoughts on these?  Anything that I have missed, or
> >     should be added?
> > 
> >     Thanks,
> >     Nick
> > 
> >     [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs
> >     [2] https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/installation-guide/
> > 
> > 
> >     -- 
> >     Nick Ellery 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Nick Ellery
> > 
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