Sure, ideas for someone to assign? On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Jamin Day <jaminday+ubu...@gmail.com<jaminday%2bubu...@gmail.com> > wrote:
> Also I have a feeling that if we are not careful this could become quite an > overwhelming chapter, as there are so many possible ways to write this. > > It would be great for people to chip in some ideas on the wiki, but it also > might be worth having a second person assigned to help Elan research and > write this chapter? Just a thought. > > JaminDay > > > > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Ilya Haykinson <haykin...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> 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? 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