On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Javier Llorente <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello there, > > I was thinking that having an openSUSE Handbook (or handbuch ;) in pdf format > ready to be downloaded, printed and even ready to be sent to a publishing > company is a good idea. > > So, here's my proposal: > > First, we would have to make a list of topics to be included and organise them > in chapters, like the following draft: > > ****************************** > The openSUSE Handbook > ****************************** > Introduction > - What's the openSUSE project? > - What's openSUSE? > > Installing openSUSE > - Different types of install methods > - AutoYaST > > Installing applications > - Using 1-click > - Using YaST > - Using zypper > > Desktop environments > - An introduction to DEs (KDE, GNOME, XFCE, LXDE). > - Enabling proprietary drivers (ATI, NVIDIA) > - Multimedia > - Printing > - Games > > System administration > - Introduction to the command line > - Networking > - Security > - Storage > - Virtualization > - Keeping openSUSE up-to-date > - Upgrading openSUSE > > Servers > - Apache and lighttpd > - MySQL and PostgreSQL > - Postfix > - BIND > - Samba > - CUPS > etc > > Other openSUSE Technologies > - Build Service > - SUSE Studio > - KIWI > > Second, we would have to write about those topics not included in the wiki and > review those already written. That way we would have more relevant bits in > both the wiki and handbook. Each topic doesn't have to be 100 page long ;-) > > And last but not least we would have to put all the pieces together and make > it available in pdf. > > Drawbacks: > We would need to update some of its contents for each openSUSE release. > It needs more than two people to make it happen ;-) > > On the other hand, I think that the handbook would make openSUSE more > "visible" and a bit more "ready to use." > > Comments and suggestions are welcome! :-)
Hi, What do you intend to do differently from the official PDF doc? Maybe there is an opportunity to build something on the Lesson for Lizards foundation here? See http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Documentation and http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/Lessons_for_Lizards Regards, R. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
