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 * '''Created''': 18.05.2006 by lucasvo
 * '''Contributors''': lucasvo		  * '''Created''': 18.05.2006 by [lucasvo]
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Create a Journal for *Ubuntu users, based on articles, blog posts, news and forum posts. Create a Journal for *Ubuntu users, including articles, blog posts, news and forum posts.
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== Scope ==
Start with 6 issues a year. Articles have to be based on an up-to-date ubuntu.
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== Scope == === Sections ===
 * Maybe hardware reviews
 * Technical articles(software & hardware)
 * UbuntuBehindTheScenes
 * Announcements
 * Ubuntu community page
 * Edubuntu community page
 * Kubuntu community page
 * Calendar: for *Ubuntu meetings, Exhibits about Ubuntu on shows, other ubuntu related events.
 * Letters from Readers
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It should be published under a CC license or similar. Available in PDF/HTML or as a paperback journal. About 6 issues a year.
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=== Code ===

=== Data preservation and migration ===
 One should try to publish already existing articles, such as good blogpost, ubuntu behind the scenes or forum threads.
A team should look for good articles and encourage community members to write articles. They should manage the deadlines. When there is enough info, the team starts to put it all together and correct it and make it ready for print. A services susch as www.lulu.com could be used for printing.
=== Resources ===
 * [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=100 Ubuntu Forums Howto]
 * [http://www.lulu.com Lulu.com - Publish and Sell Worldwide] for printing
=== Financing ===
 * '''only''' complimentary writers
 * Advertisements from companies selling ubuntu related stuff
 * a non-profit buisness model

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Summary

Create a Journal for *Ubuntu users, including articles, blog posts, news and forum posts.

Rationale

Use cases

Mr. Smith is interested in Ubuntu, he uses it a lot. He subscribed to UbuntuJournal and gets it delivered once in a while. When he got it, he read the guide about the installation of XGL. With this help, he was able to set up XGL on his own machine.

Scope

Start with 6 issues a year. Articles have to be based on an up-to-date ubuntu.

Sections

  • Maybe hardware reviews

  • Technical articles(software & hardware)

  • UbuntuBehindTheScenes

  • Announcements
  • Ubuntu community page
  • Edubuntu community page
  • Kubuntu community page
  • Calendar: for *Ubuntu meetings, Exhibits about Ubuntu on shows, other ubuntu related events.
  • Letters from Readers

Design

It should be published under a CC license or similar. Available in PDF/HTML or as a paperback journal. About 6 issues a year.

Implementation

One should try to publish already existing articles, such as good blogpost, ubuntu behind the scenes or forum threads. A team should look for good articles and encourage community members to write articles. They should manage the deadlines. When there is enough info, the team starts to put it all together and correct it and make it ready for print. A services susch as www.lulu.com could be used for printing.

Resources

Financing

  • only complimentary writers

  • Advertisements from companies selling ubuntu related stuff
  • a non-profit buisness model

Outstanding issues

BoF agenda and discussion

CategorySpec

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