I also recommend searching online to see what problems people tend to experience with Ubuntu, and looking at other books/articles on the topic. For example, see the list at
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=667418 (it's from a copyrighted book, so please don't copy anything out of there) http://www.tuxradar.com/content/how-fix-most-common-linux-problems I'm sure that there are other forums, FAQs, and lists that show what problems people commonly experience. >From personal experience, I would recommend we cover: - wrong video resolution - no sound - printing problem - can't get online -ilya On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Benjamin Humphrey <humphre...@gmail.com>wrote: > Gidday, > > Cheers Jamin for answering :) > > Yeah basically Elan the aim for Chapter 9 is to pretty much answer a lot of > the commonly asked questions that you find floating around the Absolute > Beginner forum on UF. These are things like "how do I enable flash" "I can't > play .wmv or .mp3s" etc etc > > I've just created a wiki page for you to act as your "sandpit" > > Go nuts, think of some questions - trawl the absolute beginner forum, ask > on IRC, post a bug on our project page and ask the other team members to > suggest questions on that wiki page. Email the mailing list. > > Do whatever you need to do to get a good 10 to 20 questions that you think > would be suitable for the manual. You're in charge of this chapter! Once > you've got some questions, ask one of us to check it and then you can start > sticking them in the manual and writing solutions. > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-manual/Troubleshooting > > Cheers, > Benjamin Humphrey > > > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Jamin Day > <jaminday+ubu...@gmail.com<jaminday%2bubu...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> Hi Elan, >> >> The aim for this section is to build the chapter around providing some >> tips/solutions to common problems that new Ubuntu users often run into. We >> are not talking mega-complex things here, it will be more like "why can't I >> dual-boot anymore after reinstalling windows (ie restoring GRUB)", or "why >> can't I write to folder XYZ (ie setting permissions)" etc (just examples). >> >> As far as I know, some research is currently being done into what the most >> useful topics will be, although I'm not sure where this is up to. Benjamin >> will have some more info on this I'm sure. >> >> We definitely do need someone to head up the writing of this chapter. I >> think for now, clarification on exactly what topics will be included in it >> is the main priority, so to begin with any ideas/assistance you can offer >> would be great. >> >> JaminDay >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Elan Kugelmass >> <functiono...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> I'm interested in helping get the manual done, and even in taking the >>> lead on chapter 9, but I don't know exactly what the dream is for this >>> chapter. >>> The blueprint specification is devoid of information. >>> >>> Can someone give me some pointers? Thanks >>> >>> Elan >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: >>> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-manual> >>> Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : >>> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-manual> >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-manual> >> Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-manual> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > > -- > Benjamin Humphrey > > Ubuntu Manual Project Leader > Dunedin, New Zealand > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-manual > www.interesting.co.nz > www.benjaminhumphreyphotography.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-manual> > Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-manual> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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