Newbie Documentation

[Giovanni Sce]

This is the clean list from the ubuntu-user list of a possible
structure for the section.

I would say, can we put it in a new wiki page and in case apport
modifications there? It is much cleaner than doing it via email.

Do we need to keep in account since the beginning of how to transform
the end result in online (desktop) help system? (I hope that can
be done at the end, when we are happy with the content).

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1. Getting a Ubuntu CD
        a. Downloading & Burning ("What is an ISO image file?")
        b. Ordering from Canonical
2. Pre-installation Preparations - Things You Can Do / Read About While
Waiting for Download to Finish
        a. What is Dual Boot? Should I Dual Boot?
        b. Backing-up Data
        c. Identifying Your Hardware (taking notes on type of mouse, monitor
resolution, IP address and etc)
        d. Defragmenting
        e. What is A Partition (Basic)?
        f. Resizing Partition
        g. What is Boot Order & How To Change Boot Order? (booting from CD)
3. Installing Ubuntu
        a. Types of installation
        b. Revisiting Partition (a bit more in-depth compared than the
previous FAQ on partition)
        c. GRUB, MBR, Dual Boot and etc.
        d. IP address, Gateway, DNS and etc.
        e. What is Root? Setting up user & password
        f. Updating from the internet
4. First time booting into Ubuntu
        a. Familiarising with GNOME
                I. Where is my Control Panel, My Computer and etc?
                II. Controlling Menus and "Taskbar"
                III. Theme
        b. Software Installation
                I. Apt-get & Synaptic
                II. How to Handle Other Files (.bin or .gz)
        c. Configuring Applications
                I. Evolution - How to import inbox / how to setup POP
                II. OpenOffice.org - How to open, save or convert MS Office
files
                III. GAIM - Setting up for MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and
etc.
        d. Where's My "C:/Program Files?" / Intro to Linux filesystem
        e. Who Is Sudo?
        f. Loging out / Shutting down
5. For those newbies who wants to learn more
        a. Mounting
                I. What is mounting?
                II. How to mount NTFS drive, cd-drive, floppy?
        b. Permission
                I. What is permission?
                II. How to change permission?
        c. Safe Computing
                I. What approriate permission to give
                II. Danger of doing things in Root
        d. Intro to Command Line Interface
                I. For those who are familliar with DOS Prompt (Linux equivalent
for DIR, copy, delete and etc)
                II. Basic commands for the newbies
6. Looking for help
        a. List of Website, Forums, IRC channels, local Ubuntu Linux User
Group
        b. Forum & Chatting ethics
        c. How to take Screenshot
        d. List of Frequently use Terms & Phrases (Daemon, Module, Config
File, Eth0, Runlevel
7. Hardware / Driver
        Links to Hardware Compatibility List website


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