Two newbie questions

[Matthew East]

On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 14:14 +0000, Jerome Gotangco wrote:
> > 1. On the admin guide that I see in the ubuntu directory of the
> > repository, is that published now on the Web anywhere? I didn't see it
> > at help.ubuntu.com, but maybe it's on the wiki somewhere? Emacs is
> > also telling me that it doesn't validate (one unrecognized <task>
> > tag), but that may just be that I don't have all the pieces for
> > docbook yet.
> 
> The admin guide is still a work in progress for Dapper. The said guide
> was deferred halfway during Breezy development so the guide was
> dropped and only available in the svn.

As I understand it, the fact that we are doing a server guide and a
desktop guide will make the "admin guide" (a) too much work, and (b)
unnecessary. Did i get that wrong?

> > 2. Is there a really basic tutorial around? My sister is trying Ubuntu
> > and was looking for some formal tutorial, covering the user interface,
> > how to do basic tasks, etc., in a step-by-step way. I know a lot of
> > that is already in the Start Guide, but there are some people who
> > could benefit with a lesson-based tutorial approach. Is that planned?
> 
> Have you checked out the GNOME User Guide? While its not updated, it
> has the basic GNOME use stuff.

I think we should hope to include some basic tasks in the desktop guide
too.

Matt

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