--- Shaun McCance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 14:42 +0100, Joachim Noreiko > wrote: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2006-September/thread.html > > > > I think the much bigger question is, why does Ubuntu > feel the need to have its own desktop guide, and > what > can Mallard to do help? > > Was that two questions? Does that make this four? >
As far as I can tell: 1a. Ubuntu Desktop Guide covers things that we can't. Eg installing packages, using ubuntu with a dual boot system, getting MP3s to play, getting hardware to work. We can't cover those because of this whole linux/gnome/distro stack business, which, if you read slashdot, is *apparently* a strength of free software. meh. 1b. Ubuntu Desktop Guide has a more "get started" approach. Eg 'how do I play my music?', 'how do I print stuff?', 'how do I get onto the internet?' See here for example: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2006-August/006986.html This is stuff we could have in the user guide, but probably not to the depth Ubuntu covers it. 2. Mallard would allow us to define a structure for a comprehensive User Guide, leaving gaps for material from the Ubuntu docs to slot in. This appears to be a not-so-recent merging of the GNOME UG and the Ubuntu UG: http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/index.html The split there seems pretty clean (1-8 is gnome, beyond that is ubuntu). With Mallard, we could work together, devise a super all-singing, all-dancing structure for a user guide, and figure out which bits gnome does, and which bits ubuntu (or another distro) does. But here's a 5th question: does Ubuntu's dual-licensing prevent material from Ubuntu docs moving upstream and coming into our user guide? ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ gnome-doc-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-doc-list
