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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