Brian Lawson wrote: > After reading some responses, I wanted to clarify what I envisioned > xubuntuguide.org to be. I hope for it to be very much like ubuntuguide.org. > If you haven't checked it out, go there and scroll through it a bit…it will > help give some context to this question. > > It is very much an "unofficial" Ubuntu site, which is why I hesitate to > attach it to the official (and Canonical-supported) site. For example, > ubuntuguide.org contains instructions for adding repositories that contain > unsupported, non-free, or possibly illegal packages. While extremely useful, > I don't know that the official site would want to be responsible for this > content. > > But on the other hand, I don't want to dilute or fracture any momentum the > Xubuntu project has going…I want to respect the wishes of the main team, > contributors, and users. > > -Brian > > > > > > Hi Brian (& others),
First off, thanks for offering the domain and the hosting! I personally like ubuntuguide.org and its style a lot. the thought of coming up with something similar for Xubuntu seems like an excellent idea. A few thoughts: - We should keep an eye on what's going on with ubuntuguide.org, because the current owner seems to consider moving the content to official ubuntu documentation. see this thread: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2006-November/007304.html . To me, it looks like that won't happen, because of the recommendation of automatix and other non-official stuff which won't be accepted in the official help. - How will this xubuntuguide.org relate to the current desktop guide? is it a good idea to "clone" all the information, risking of having to constantly fix & update in both? i guess we can look at it this way: the desktop guide is more of a 'starter' for people wanting to get to know Xubuntu, while the xubuntuguide.org gives the quick&dirty 'hands-on' recipe for people who are looking for a specific answer. - Do we keep it strictly to Xubuntu-related stuff or also other? first has the problem that users will not find what they need (they may not know if their question is xubuntu-specific), and the second has the problem of "cloning" lots of content, leading to maintenance head-aches. - Please note also that there's something similar for ubuntu here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CommonQuestions - While I don't have anything against MediaWiki, I think it's definitely not the best looking wiki out there... I personally liked the old look&feel of ubuntuguide.org a lot better that it had before it was using MediaWiki. luzi -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
