I've being thinking about how to move foward since our last meeting, and I feel that the best thing is to just publish the first issue and then take it from there. Our first issue would probably include information that already exits, but needs to be expanded or presented on a graphical way.
Why are we doing this?
Many potential and existing Ubuntu users are just trying to figure how to do things their old OS way. We need to aproach this as a way to introduce them to the POWER of ubuntu.We need to show them that ubuntu and Linux as a whole is not just a good 'replacement' OS, but a god OS on its own right. We need to showhow to unleash the power of ubuntu.
What we have now?
A group of seven people super exited and motivated to get this going
A wiki https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuMagazine
We have a testing website, but I lost the url ( Digital Mouse, could you post the url?)
a draft of our master TOC
an outline for our first six issues
a draft for our first issue TOC
What we need?
A finalized TOC (at least for the first issue, we can change some things latter)
We all agreed before that are going to have a html and pdfmagazine,but we still need to figure out the fine details of it. (I think that this would be a good way to get the community
involve, by asking them to collaborate on logo, layouts,or perhaps html skills)
We need to figure out and spread out jobs to get out our fist issue out
- How are we going to pick articles
- Who would be in charge of the final revisons
- We need to meet again. I would like to a matrix for convinient meetig timeon our magazine wiki, since some of our menber were not on the meeting I take it tha tit was not a good time. I tried to do something like that,but as many of you probablyknow I am a wiki retarded (can someone please helpme out with this)
- I am going to start a post on the forum concerning art participation,logo, layout for the pdf,etc. (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1198640#post1198640
)
- I think that for the first issue I can take care of it release, article calling and stuff (off course I will need you help),but for now unless someone else wants to do it I wil take careof it.
- Digitalmouse has said that he can help of with the pdf stuff. I don'texpect him to do it all,but since he knows how to do it he can at least explain us and giv eus some guidance.
- KensentMe has expirience on freelance writing so he migh help us with the way we should structure the articles and the way in which we can make them iteresting
- Joey, Phil and Martin all have expirience on being project leaders and I know some of them already have ideas about articles they would like to write.
- Jenda,what can I say about Jenda he is just the man.
Editors note
Intro to our magazine , Who we are(an extesion of the marketing team, members of the community),Waht are our expectation of the magazine,Why we are doing what we are doing.
Team of the Month
Intro to the marketing team. I feel that this wold be a good place to introduce the marketing team its purpose and different teams and invite other to participate.
Letter to the magazine
perhaps we wont have any
Screenshots of the MonthGo around and show what we feel are the best screenshots of the monthm They should show the different flavors and flexibility of ubuntu
The screenshots should have icons set, theme, software runnigm etc. ( it would be pur monthly contribution on how to custumize your desktop)
Meet the Daper DrakeThe screenshots should have icons set, theme, software runnigm etc. ( it would be pur monthly contribution on how to custumize your desktop)
Quick intro to Linux->Debia->Ubuntu->
Daper Drake features
Mention of the flavors of Ubuntu
How 2.0 ( Joey I think that you probably hav ea better idea on what this things should be)Daper Drake features
Mention of the flavors of Ubuntu
How to install Ubuntu (Show off the new installer)
How to install software
How to contributeHow to install software
Brief intro into package management, advantages (security), disvantages,
Synaptic and Adept example
Synaptic and Adept example
A section on how to contribute to Ubuntu, We can start on how to report a bug. I think taht it would be nice since most error messages ask for bug reports,
but I still don't know to report a bug.
Ok so if you have any other ideas or feel that mines are just horrible please comment on them and lets iron out the wrikles on this so that we can finally get this going
but I still don't know to report a bug.
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