[proposal] Newbie-FAQ or Everything You Always Wanted To Ask About Ubuntu But Were Afraid To Ask

[Chua Wen Kiat]

On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 05:50 +0100, Wander Boessenkool wrote:

> On Wed, 2004-12-22 at 19:09 -0800, Matt Zimmerman wrote: 
> > This is one of a related set of FAQs which should probably be documented.
> 
> I'd be willing to compile such a FAQ, given enough interest from the
> community. I think that such a FAQ should be aimed at the
> new-user/windows-convert who has just begun using Ubuntu and has no or
> almost no prior experience using *nix system.
> 
> Topics would range from "What is a repository?" and "How do I setup my
> E-mail?" to more broader topics of "Practicing Safe Computing" and the
> exotic "The Joys Of The Middle Mouse-Button"
> 
> But most of all it should be accessible to people who want their systems
> to "Just Work", so techno-mumbo-jumbo, which to most of us reads like
> normal English, should be avoided. Instead plain instructions should be
> given therein to help a user on his/he way. Explaining what a term means
> is encouraged, and enough information should be given to help a person
> who wants to learn the ins-and-outs of *nix, and especialy ubuntu, on
> his/her way.
> 
> I've put-up a mockup of such a site on
> http://home.casema.nl/w.boessenkool/newbie-faq/ to give an impression of
> what I mean. (please _don't_ look at the layout/stylesheet. It's
> something I hacked together in a few minutes, and layout wasn't my
> priority)
> BTW: except ofcourse for the glossary-frobnitzen in css, I had them
> lying around and thought they would be nice for a document like this.
> 
> If you think this an duplication of efforts, please point me/us to the
> site or document you think should be enough. I personally don't believe
> that ubuntuguide.org is suitable for newbies (although it is a excellent
> site), as it requires that you already have some prior knowledge of what
> it is that you want.
> 
> If you like this idea, or if you have a suggestion for a topic or
> question (I would appreciate your input), please let me know. If you
> want to help in writing such a faq, even better.
> 
> 
> Nice sigmonster...


Well, ubuntuguide.org is not really 100% for newbies, but more like for
those who had tried other distro and wanted quick answers for the
migration.

I wouldn't mind hosting such things at ubuntuguide.org but someone needs
to be a webmaster cause i'm not one

Chua Wen Kiat
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