newtoubuntu docs

[Joel Goguen]

On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 00:18 +0100, Dougie Richardson wrote:
> I think its valuable to see any recommendations but we need to also be
> aware that the forums might not be the same target as those who read
> the system help - I have lost track of the number of posts I've seen
> asking questions that I know are answered in our system help,
> frequently to be answered with a link to another site.
Hmm, you raise a good point.  Now that you mention it, I can't recall
seeing many links in the forums to system docs.  Maybe run through LP
Answers for FAQ entries or other common themes not in the docs
currently?

> The desktop should be in the section its in currently. If we have a
> number of sections describing the difference between Gnome and other
> interfaces then we're not only introducing duplication but increasing
> the likelihood that something will be missed when there is a change
> and we might not have access to all the interfaces to update prior to
> each release.
That was a really bad brain fart example.  I just clued in that the
desktop overview is actually in the GNOME guide.  That got me thinking
though, maybe the Switching From Windows guide (and later a Switching
From Mac guide, if one is planned) should be absorbed into this?  It
looks to me like the current newtoubuntu is just links to other existing
docs.  The content in the GNOME guide should certainly stay there, and
the newtoubuntu doc link to them, but should the links to other sections
of the Ubuntu docs be absorbed into the new newtoubuntu doc?

-- 
Joel Goguen
Ubuntu User #15951
When we help, we benefit
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