Documentation help

[Tom Davies]

Hi :)
These links might be more useful to you
http://www.ubuntu.com/business
http://www.ubuntu.com/business/services/overview
http://www.ubuntu.com/support/training
http://www.ubuntu.com/business/services/free-assessment


Further to my last verbose email ... 

When you install Ubuntu it is wise to work through the Medibuntu page to get all 
multimedia working 

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

Ideally Ubuntu likes to have 1GHz cpu, 1Gb ram and 15Gb hard-drive space 
(including swap) but it often works well on much less.  A good way to test an 
individual machine is to try a "LiveCd" session (or "LiveUsb").  Basically that 
is a bootable Cd (or Usb)
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD

With Ubuntu it is the same Cd as the installer Cd.  So either buy the Cd from 
Cannonical or local supplier or else download it free and make your own first 
Cd.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto
http://shop.canonical.com/index.php?cPath=17
The Cannonical shop sells them in batches of 5 or more very cheaply.  

At work i tend to stick with the latest "LTS" because that Long Term Support 
means i don't have to keep upgrading every year or so.  I have got a few 
machines on the 10.10 release but none on a 11.04 except for testing purposes on 
a multi boot machine where i tend to go into 10.04 most of the time anyway.  I 
think the next LTS is due to be the 12.04 although it might be a 12.06 instead.  
The version number is "year.month" so 12.04 would be released in 2012, April but 
the LTS is sometimes pushed back and made the only release of that year to focus 
attention more = so it might be a 12.06 instead.  Normally Ubuntu releases 6 
monthly releases that get 18months support.  The LTS gets 3 years support :)

Regards from
Tom :)





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From: Kent Drugge <kedrugge at yahoo.com>
To: ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com
Sent: Mon, 13 June, 2011 1:51:51
Subject: Documentation help

To all,

My name is Kent, I work at a school district.  We've been looking to save costs 
like many schools these days.  Microsoft has always  been a pain in the rear.  I 
have a history of Unix in the past and we've thought of moving to Linux / Ubuntu 
as some other schools have done it.  My issue comes from reading the 
documentation about Ubuntu. It seems no matter what topic I try to learn about 
as a new user, it is very difficult because its written by people who know 
everything about Linux/Ubuntu. Page after page is filled with acronyms of 
services and apps who knows what.  Maybe I'm under the wrong impression. Maybe 
you don't want people who know nothing about Ubuntu, to become users.  Tonight 
I'm trying to read a server installation guide and its not for beginners.  When 
you go to Ubuntu.com there is no "Beginners start here"  If anyone ever intends 
to have the Linux world become a leader in Operating Systems, they're going to 
have to get out of Program mode
instructing and into 8th grade teaching level for the rest of the world to 
become users.  I think Linux is great, it seems like Ubuntu might be great, but, 
right now, instruction is only geared toward the very well educated programmer.

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