[ubuntu-uk] Leaflets

[Alan Pope]

Hi Alan/Matthew,

On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 04:02:02PM +0100, alan c wrote:
> Matthew Larsen wrote:
> > Hi all
> > 
> > Further update on the leaflets
> > 
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/Leaflets
> > 
> > I think the leaflet is pretty much complete now, so with the
> > communities blessing I would like to declare it as: Ubuntu-UK "Had
> > Enough" Leaflet BETA
> > 

Haha. How very web two point oh. Make sure you put a "beta" tag on it 
somewhere then, we have the curves and the big icons, that's all that is 
needed.

</sarcasm!>

<serious>

Personally I don't like the screenshot of the boot menu. It doesn't serve a 
purpose. That space would be better used having a screenshot of something 
cool or a picture of the booted live environment with a browser open and a 
movie playing whilst the ubiquity installer is installing to the hard disk! 
:)

Unlikely that someone would do that of course, but the fact is you _can_ 
with ubuntu :)

> 'Install' comments:
> I am becoming aware from the forum that some newbies and some 
> established users too are not exactly clear about what the default 
> initial menu options are for install partitioning for dual boot with 
> windows. IIRC the option (a?) is 'Take over whole disk'  this *looks* 
> like a complete erase of windows..... Although I think it then leads 
> to a windows re-size (7.04). I think either 6.06 or 6.10 or both *did* 
> actually have a complete windows erase as default (!) because a 
> cautious newbie I helped mentioned it. I say these things because to a 
> real newcomer with a windows to keep and worry about such details are 
> very important.
> 

Is that really something you'd want to go into on a leaflet..

"Ubuntu is easy to install.. make sure you backup.. if you're using a 6.06 
CD this happens.. if 7.04 something else etc etc". I'd keep that to the 
documentation on the wiki/help sites.

> I expect the leaflet refers to 7.04 (?) and I am not sure as I sit 
> here exactly what 7.04 says for default and or for guided 
> partitioning. Maybe someone can help clarify. 

I would stick to generalisations. "You can install ubuntu and windows side 
by side", "you can resize your existing partition", "you can install over 
the top of windows" - all of which are true without going into the minute 
detail of how you do it.

Cheers,
Al.