[Ubuntu-manual] Chapter 6 System Maintenance

2010-02-23 Thread Kelvin Gardiner
Hi, Whats happening with the system maintenance chapter? It has not been changed for a while. I can work to get some content before beta if needed. Regards, Kelvin ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@l

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Should we include these?

2010-02-15 Thread Kelvin Gardiner
Empathy is getting an update for facebook chat, with a new account type instead of using jabber. http://cass.no-ip.com/~cassidy/blog/index.php/post/2010/02/11/Facebook-chat-in-Empathy Kelvin Josh Holla

[Ubuntu-manual] Comments on Alpha

2010-02-12 Thread Kelvin Gardiner
Hi, Here are a few comments on the Alpha. I've read the alpha quite quickly so I may of missed something I've claimed to be included. Some stuff maybe known to the authors but not yet committed, apologies if you are already aware of these points. I've also asked questions to clarify some poin

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE!

2010-02-10 Thread Kelvin Gardiner
I think this happened at 210. My local branch is 210 which I pushed to LP, put the LP 210 is a different commit, my last commit is not logged on LP. I don't know what happened I pushed as normal. Anyway I've pull the current branch with --overwrite and re-committed the changes. Kelvin Ryan

[Ubuntu-manual] [Blueprint chapter8] Chapter 8 - Security

2010-02-09 Thread Kelvin Gardiner
Blueprint changed by Kelvin Gardiner: Whiteboard changed: + Finished for Alpha. + --- Proposed content (maybe rearranged): Preamble - Ubuntu is quite secure out of the box Why Linux is safe Secuitry Basics * Users and Groups

[Ubuntu-manual] [Bug 513257] Re: Text formatting for links

2010-02-01 Thread Kelvin Gardiner
Links now seem to have nice colours. So I'm marking this as done. ** Changed in: ubuntu-manual Status: In Progress => Fix Released -- Text formatting for links https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/513257 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Manual Team, which i

[Ubuntu-manual] [Bug 513835] [NEW] Link to community help pages for hardware issues

2010-01-28 Thread Kelvin Gardiner
Public bug reported: The Ubuntu community help has many good pages for hardware specific issues such as https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBook and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EeePC. These are updated as fixes are found and are only useful for a small number of readers. The trouble Troubl

[Ubuntu-manual] [Bug 513257] [NEW] Text formatting for links

2010-01-27 Thread Kelvin Gardiner
Public bug reported: When using \chaplink there is no visual difference in the text between normal text and the link. It is not obvious that link is click-able. The same is true when using \href. Some formatting should be applied to make a distinction between normal text and links. The text colou

[Ubuntu-manual] [Bug 506807] Re: Factual Error sudo (Chapter 7)

2010-01-27 Thread Kelvin Gardiner
Chapter 8: Security has a section on using sudo (not yet committed). This section should link to it. The section label is sec:security:sudo -- Factual Error sudo (Chapter 7) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/506807 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Manual Team,

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Collaboration between the Ubuntu Manual and Docs Team

2010-01-14 Thread Kelvin Gardiner
Hi, I'd like to give a brief second / third view point. I'm am currently writing part of this manual, I've read the project wiki etc. I agree with Mathew and others that think there is definitely a need for a community produced printable manual to help new users. This project is needed. I

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Blueprints changed

2010-01-11 Thread Kelvin Gardiner
Benjamin, I have two comments on the recent reordering. I'm not sure if have security and terminal chapter is a good idea. I can't see where this proposed in the bug report (I may of missed it), so I didn't comment on it before the reordering was done. I have two reasons for this: the content

[Ubuntu-manual] Boxes and labels

2010-01-10 Thread Kelvin Gardiner
Hi All, I've been looking at the latest LP branch. I noticed that main.tex now includes some handy shaded boxes. It would be nice to have additional boxes for warnings and tips. Both of which could be either the full width of the page or centered, rather than having wrapped text as the curren

[Ubuntu-manual] [Blueprint chapter8] Chapter 8 (Security)

2010-01-10 Thread Kelvin Gardiner
Blueprint changed by Kelvin Gardiner: Definition Status: Drafting => Review -- Chapter 8 (Security) https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual/+spec/chapter8 ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-man

[Ubuntu-manual] [Blueprint chapter8] Chapter 8 (Security)

2010-01-10 Thread Kelvin Gardiner
Blueprint changed by Kelvin Gardiner: Whiteboard set to: Proposed content (maybe rearranged): Why Linux is safe Secuitry Basics * Users and Groups * Managing Users * Passwords * Sudo * System Updates Setting up a Secure System * Firewall * AppAmor * Encryption * Files and

Re: [Ubuntu-manual] Style and content guide

2010-01-07 Thread Kelvin Gardiner
Hi, What additional style guidance is needed over the Docs Team's style guide (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/StyleGuide)? Regards, Kelvin Ilya Haykinson wrote: I've started work on a style / content guide. I'm hoping that we can get some consensus on this before too much content

[Ubuntu-manual] [Blueprint chapter8] Chapter 8 (Security)

2010-01-04 Thread Kelvin Gardiner
Blueprint changed by Kelvin Gardiner: Approver: (none) => Ubuntu Manual Team Assignee: (none) => Kelvin Gardiner Drafter: (none) => Ubuntu Manual Team -- Chapter 8 (Security) https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual/+spec