Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would you like in a book..

2008-08-02 Thread John Levin
Tim Dobson wrote: > Alan Pope wrote: >> I've been wondering if there's a set of Ubuntu related topics that are not >> covered, or not covered well in the current set of books available. > > Some sort of removable media inside the book, with a PDF of the book on it. > > Allows non-commercial (tho

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would you like in a book..

2008-08-02 Thread Tim Dobson
Alan Pope wrote: > I've been wondering if there's a set of Ubuntu related topics that are not > covered, or not covered well in the current set of books available. Some sort of removable media inside the book, with a PDF of the book on it. Allows non-commercial (though preferably commercial) red

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would you like in a book..

2008-07-28 Thread John Levin
Alan Pope wrote: > Whilst I appreciate that not everyone likes books in dead-tree form, some > do, so let's focus this on that group of people who do. > > I've been wondering if there's a set of Ubuntu related topics that are not > covered, or not covered well in the current set of books availab

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would you like in a book..

2008-07-22 Thread Michael G Fletcher
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whilst I appreciate that not everyone likes books in dead-tree form, some > do, so let's focus this on that group of people who do. > > I've been wondering if there's a set of Ubuntu related topics that are not > covered, or no

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would you like in a book..

2008-07-21 Thread Ian Pascoe
or link to a download so that I can load the book onto my PC for future reference without the need to lug those darn heavy books around. Ian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan Pope Sent: 21 July 2008 16:27 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subje

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would you like in a book..

2008-07-21 Thread Sean Miller
I think the efforts that Future Publishing have done in the last 5-6 years have been pretty good... Live CD and book distributed through WHSmith with content pitched at the novice rather than the expert; mostly bits taken from Linux Format etc. but good nonetheless. Red Hat 9 had a good manual too

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would you like in a book..

2008-07-21 Thread Ronnie Tucker
Dan Attwood wrote: > I would like to see something that I could give my Mother in Law. > It would be big and colourfull with lots of nice pictures and nothing > to hard or geeky. > It would include > > Updating with the gui > Using the internet/ firefox/ facebook > Using fspot/ getting pics from a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would you like in a book..

2008-07-21 Thread James Hooker
Could be a good pamphlet? ... leaflet?... Blog Post? ahh well! I switched my dear mad mother to Ubuntu, and she's been using it since Edgy. So I've just given her a call to ask her what she'd like to see in a book. Some answers: - How to find help.. I'd like to be able to send an email to s

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would you like in a book..

2008-07-21 Thread Darren Mansell
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:27:01 +0100, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whilst I appreciate that not everyone likes books in dead-tree form, some > do, so let's focus this on that group of people who do. > > I've been wondering if there's a set of Ubuntu related topics that are not > > cover

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would you like in a book..

2008-07-21 Thread Alan Pope
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 04:44:18PM +0100, James Hooker wrote: > Something most Windows users ask me when trying Ubuntu: "Where's C:\!?" > That will be a very short book. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would you like in a book..

2008-07-21 Thread Dan Attwood
I would like to see something that I could give my Mother in Law. It would be big and colourfull with lots of nice pictures and nothing to hard or geeky. It would include Updating with the gui Using the internet/ firefox/ facebook Using fspot/ getting pics from a camera/ printing said pics Typin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would you like in a book..

2008-07-21 Thread James Hooker
Something most Windows users ask me when trying Ubuntu: "Where's C:\!?" On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 16:37 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > Start the ball rolling with my own answers :) > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 04:27:01PM +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > > Whilst I appreciate that not everyone likes books in d

Re: [ubuntu-uk] What would you like in a book..

2008-07-21 Thread Alan Pope
Start the ball rolling with my own answers :) On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 04:27:01PM +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > Whilst I appreciate that not everyone likes books in dead-tree form, some > do, so let's focus this on that group of people who do. > > I've been wondering if there's a set of Ubuntu relate

[ubuntu-uk] What would you like in a book..

2008-07-21 Thread Alan Pope
Whilst I appreciate that not everyone likes books in dead-tree form, some do, so let's focus this on that group of people who do. I've been wondering if there's a set of Ubuntu related topics that are not covered, or not covered well in the current set of books available. What would you like ou