Ubuntu book

[John Levin]

On 26 Oct 2004, at 17:12, sparkes wrote:

> Ben Edwards wrote:
>>> yup the same one we dicussed on the users list a couple of weeks ago 
>>> ;-)
>>> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/users-guide/users-guide.en.html
>> This looks like a standard teche type document to me.  Very command
>> line based, lots of jargon, no pictures ;(
>> There is a LOT I hate about the for dummies books but they do not
>> intimidate new users.
>> I am afraid I have to agree with John - a totally new book is what is 
>> required.
>
> So instead of fixing the existing document, which not only saves time 
> but is also useful to the Debian project you still advocate 
> reinventing the wheel ;-)
>
>
>> Ben
> sparkes
>

Frankly, the fixing in this case is vast, it would certainly save time 
to start afresh or from other sources.
Both the progeny and debian guides [0] start from the command line and 
very technical issues - Ubuntu, on the other hand, is all about 
simplicity and usability.
I think it's a case of inventing a better wheel - doing something new, 
something targeted differently, something that hasn't been done 
adequately before.

John



[0] For reference, I'm talking about:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/users-guide/users-guide.en.html
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/user/