New to Ubuntu (was Ubuntu-docs Requirements?)

[Kyle Nitzsche]

Matthew East wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Matthew East <mdke at ubuntu.com> wrote:
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>> I'm interested in working on newtoubuntu in the coming weeks. I agree
>> that it requires some planning and will aim to kick off a wiki page
>> for discussion over the next few days.
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>
> An initial first draft plan for the document is here:
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> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/Ideas/NewToUbuntu
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> Please feel free to reply to this thread with any feedback.
>
>   
I like it. I've added my name as wiling to help.

I think the following should be considered:
* it should make heavy uses of images and they should be localized.
* it should include inline (default theme) icons for applications
* It should be a separate package to ease customization of ubuntu docs 
and enable a different build (for images). This can be a trial for 
possible further modularization into packages.
* it should be built with launchpad.net/doctemplate, since it works and 
supports localized images
* it should launch on first boot after install.

Today I quickly ported an ubuntu-docs article to support localized 
images. See previous email. It is quite doable, and this is particularly 
beneficial for this type of "first use" content.

Cheers,
Kyle