Direction of the Ubuntu system docs

[Jonathan Jesse]

As to the different books I was referencing the Official Ubuntu book, the book you link to and other books Ubuntu ooks there are.

So if we stick to topic based help wouldn't it just make sense to cover things like customizing the desktop, etc reference Unity instead of Gnome?   Note I'm not a Gnome dude and it has been a while since I've looked at the Ubuntu documentation.  Would it be that hard to reference Unity instead of Gnome?

Once again not being a Ubuntu/Gnome guy I don't know everything but are we making too much out of the switch to Unity and just document the default setup of Ubuntu?

On Dec 22, 2010, at 7:48 PM, Phil Bull <philbull at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jonathan,
> 
> On Mon, 2010-12-20 at 16:16 -0500, Jonathan Jesse wrote:
>> This really goes back to the point of your original email and the
>> point of ubuntu-docs.  Things are a bit more straight-forward for
>> kubuntu-docs as we don't have to deal w/ Unity.  For kubuntu-docs we
>> are trying to provide documentation on how KDE/Kubuntu does things.
>> The docs are a bit more updated and current then they have been but
>> still need  lots of love for Natty and going forward.  
>> Is there a way to bring Ubuntu Manual/Ubuntu Docs back together to get
>> a solid release of documentation?  Or are we willing to wait for the
>> different books to cover that material?
> 
> Possibly, but both the manual and the docs will require a lot of work to
> prepare for Unity. The styles are quite different too - the docs are
> supposed to be topic-based, whereas the manual is more linear. It's
> worth thinking about, though.
> 
> What do you mean by different books? (I've probably missed something...)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Phil
> 
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