Ubuntu: A Beginners Guide

[Richard JOHNSON]

Sorry, but maybe I am missing something here. I am not grasping the
reasoning behind this project with the resources available in both the
ubuntu-docs package as well as the Official Ubuntu Book, let alone the
information on help.ubuntu.com and help.ubuntu.com/community. As I look
through the ToC, it is vaguely similar to that of the Official Ubuntu Book.

The concern I have here is that yet another document/manual/handbook/book
is being created that contains similar if not the same information that is
already out there. Is this an attempt to bridge a gap by chance? With all
of these manuals/handbooks/whatever out there, aren't we making it a bit
more difficult for users to actually get to the source quickly and easily?

Another thing that confuses me, more so than it concerns me, is that places
are announcing this as an official manual for Ubuntu. I don't remember
anything being communicated throughout either the development teams nor the
documentation team for such a project.

We had a manual for Ubuntu once upon a time, that was both installed by
default, available for PDF download, or available in print via LuLu. If I
remember correctly, people complained about it and on the usability front
we decided that it was time to switch to more of a topic based help setup
than a manual.

Maybe someone can clear this up for me. Thanks!

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 Name|  Richard JOHNSON
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