newtoubuntu docs

[Dougie Richardson]

Hi Kelvin,

2009/5/6  <kelvin at mbmn.net>:
> Hi,
>
> I've had a quick chat with the Ubuntu Beginners team about the "New to
> Ubuntu" part of the systems docs. But, I need to get more feedback from
> them, which I'll do over the next couple of weeks. Also, I think I'll post
> on the Ubuntu Forums to try to get feedback from newer users.

There needs to be some care taken here because there is a risk of
duplication with the proposed installation guide, in particular not to
turn it into another switching from Windows guide.

I'm not clear why feedback from the beginners team is important here.
I can see a need to identify common issues for new users but I'm not
sure why that should come from the beginners team rather than looking
through the forums ourselves or by identifying trends from commonly
reported bugs.

> I'm starting to think about drafting some words for the new "What is
> Ubuntu" and "How to get help" sections and keeping away from the more
> "technical" content until I get more feedback. If anyone has any input let
> me know.
>
> I'd like to write the pages in docbook rather than in plain text and have
> them "wrapped" by someone else (I have experience in other mark-up
> languages). Since I'm new to the team it would be useful to have mentor
> that I can direct queries to. Would any one like to mentor me.

I'm happy to mentor you but I think its essential that any questions
you have are CC'd to the mailing list because there is a good chance
someone else is thinking the same things.

Regards,

Dougie Richardson
http://www.lynxworks.eu/
dougierichardson at ubuntu.com