<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.2.3"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 05:50 +0100, Wander Boessenkool wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> 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 <A HREF="http://home.casema.nl/w.boessenkool/newbie-faq/">http://home.casema.nl/w.boessenkool/newbie-faq/</A> 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... </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> 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 </BODY> </HTML>