Ilya, what you're proposing is a good idea, but it we're talking about a complete reorganization.
How will we find people to cover the extra 5 chapters? Would it not be better to have Chapter 4 quite a large chapter, with things like "getting online" "using your peripherals" etc as sections in chapter 4, instead of a whole new chapter each? I'm just trying to keep the overall chapters to a minimum. We don't want users opening the PDF, looking at the Table of Contents and thinking "15 chapters?! I'm never going to get through that many!" I do agree with you that the chapters need work and refinement. -- Ordering of content might need some tweaking https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/504668 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Manual Team, which is a bug assignee. Status in Ubuntu Manual: Confirmed Bug description: I have been taking a look at our current TOC and am wondering whether it needs to be tweaked slightly. My concern is that we will be asking users to open a terminal and type commands within the first six chapters, however it is not until chapter 7 that we have an 'introduction to the terminal' that explains what it is and what sudo means etc. This doesn't make sense to me and could be confusing/offputting to a beginner. My suggestion is this: 1. Rename chapter 6 to simply "Updates and Upgrades", and remove the section on "system maintenance". 2. Rename chapter 7 to "System Maintenance", and make the content on system maintenance (that was in chapter 6) a new subsection of chapter 7, following the 'introduction to the terminal' subsection. That way, I think we could almost get away with not using the command line at all for the entire first part of the manual, as it's mostly gui-based stuff. Then when the reader gets to part II - advanced, the first thing they read is an introduction to the terminal. Hope that all made sense. Anyone have any other suggestions? _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
