EvaluateUbuntuGuide

Revision 11 as of 2005-11-03 10:10:31

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Summary

Rationale

Although the Ubuntu Guide (ubuntuguide.org) serves as a good source of information for users of how to achieve certain tasks, we need to make sure we can make it smaller - which means more tasks should be fully automated, and those that cannot, should be evaluated and refined to make them more easy and straight forward to follow. (possibly be merged into ubuntu's shipped starter's guide)

Use cases

* Autoconfigure X including enablement of the drivers. * Automtic enablement of DMA. * Integration of burning solution and image ripping solution.

Review

Getting Started

This section should be redundant with the front page of ubuntu.com. If it isn't, ubuntu.com needs redesigning.

Getting UbuntuGuide

Should be redundant with an Ubuntu CD, or with the top of the guide itself.

Repositories; Ubuntu Updates; Add-On Applications

Should become unnecessary once RepositoryDialogDesign (and SoftwareManager) are implemented.

Commercial Applications

???

Users Administration

Less necessary with gnome-about-me

Should be mostly unnecessary once there is a unified Accounts control panel

Hardware

  • Spec graphical X configuration tool.

CD/DVD burning

Networking

First sections less necessary with NetworkMagic Dialup needs to be much easier

Network folders problems?

Remote Desktop

Windows

Security

Rescue Mode

GraphicalRescueMode needed? (like Windows "Safe Mode", but more guided?) GrubConfigRecovery

Tips & Tricks

Almost all of these are already covered in System > Preferences, or are workarounds for enhancements needed in upstream applications (e.g. the Boot Manager).

Implementation

  • ubuntuguide.org should redirect to help.ubuntu.com.

Need specs

  • look into why cds sometimes don't unmount
  • palm os devices
  • integrated CD burning solution
  • easy sharing solution (samba configuration)

  • find Windows partition & mount them

  • graphical/curses rescue mode

Need guides

  • easy guide to remote desktop
  • Corey needs to report a bug about "Empty Trash" really emptying the trash.

Code

Data preservation and migration

Outstanding issues

BoF agenda and discussion

Evaluate Ubuntu Guide, the forum howto's and the wiki pages to see what can be made easier to do in Ubuntu.

  • comment - Please note that the ubuntuguide has been evaluated, hacked up and integrated into Ubuntu by the documentation team. The "official" version of the guide is found by clicking "System->Help" and selecting "Starter Guide". It will also be available online. As for the wiki, the DocumentationTeam and WikiTeam are working hard on it.

  • Reply: The point here is not to create/improve documentation, but evaluate what can be made easier so no guide will be needed. E.g. easier installation of nvidia/ati drivers (two recent howto's for ati drivers for breezy already have been viewed for more than 10,000 times together! And one already has over 100 replies. All this in 5 days!). Maybe it needs a better title.

  • comment - I feel that this is something Ubuntu strives to be best at, the more work that is done to improve the ease of which new users can switch to Ubuntu the better in my opinion. It would be really good if the people who work on the above suggestions try to keep the DocumentationTeam in the loop as much as possible. Often late in development things like the above can change making parts of our documentation redundant/incorrect, which was defiantly an issue during Breezy development. The only other thing I would like to add is that not only should the above be evaluated, but people such as regular forum users, people who help out on IRC often and docteam people like myself are also good sources of knowledge on what things could be made easier, so pick our brains too! - RobertStoffers