On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Phil Whitaker <[email protected]> wrote: > Following on from the request in the weekly meeting, I have the following > comments on the current website: > I found no mention of the fact that Xubuntu is derived from Ubuntu (just one > mention that it uses the "Ubuntu-base"), so the references to Ubuntu > websites, wkis and forums probably confuses people unfamiliar with Linux or > Ubuntu.
What do we think about changing: Xubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system to: Xubuntu is a community developed, Ubuntu Linux-based operating system > Latest News sidebar > This seems a little sparse, could we pull in news from Xfce here? > Home Page (http://xubuntu.org/) I'll let others chime in here, but we also want to start adding more blog-type posts. I'm not sure about automatically pulling news in just because it may not be applicable to current Xubuntu releases at any given moment and could confuse people. > "Xubuntu is a community developed, Linux-based operating system that is > perfect for laptops, desktops and servers": I'm not sure about the wording > here, I propose "... that is well suited to both laptops and desktops" or > something similar. To my mind, a server would not have a desktop > environment, so that make would Xubuntu Server the same as Ubuntu Server, > plus I don't like the use of "perfect". I agree, and it turns out that the Xubuntu project doesn't *have* server ISOs like Ubuntu does, just desktop and alternate. I've gone ahead and made this change except I believe it's "well-suited for" rather than "to" because as I understand it "to" should be related to a verb and "for" to a noun (any grammar people can chime in now, I just asked the Internet for guidance here). > About (http://xubuntu.org/about) > We repeat the above statement in paragraph 1, without mentioning servers, > but in paragraph 3, we state "We issue a new desktop and server release > every six months"; again, I would suggest "... well suited for both laptops > and desktops" for paragraph 1 and "We issue a new Xubuntu release every six > months" for paragraph 3. Agreed, changed. > Help and Support (http://xubuntu.org/help) > In the Internet Relay Chat section, it states "IRC is considered another > Internet technology just like FTP, Telnet and the Web"; IRC is another > internet technology and the reference to Telnet is antiquated (IMO). How > about "IRC is another Internet technology, just like FTP and the Web"? Sounds good, done. > At the end of the section, I think we should state that "Although there may > appear to be lots of people in the chat room, they may not be at their > computers at the time; some people leave themselves logged in so they can > review any questions when they get back. Please don't be put off if you > don't get a reply straight away." I found this the most confusing thing > when I first started using IRC. Good point, and your wording is positive enough that I don't think it'll discourage people from trying IRC. I've added it. > In the Commercial Support section, it states "Xubuntu users around the world > tell us that support and administration expertise are critical in ensuring > the success of their Ubuntu deployments". Should this be "Xubuntu > deployments"? Probably :) Fixed. > Get Involved (http://xubuntu.org/devel) > In the Ideas and Feeback section, it says "Help steer the direction we take > Ubuntu, by describing your vision and ideas for a better server and desktop > OS and application stack." I think this should say Xubuntu and not mention > servers (see comments above). Also, application stack is quite a technical > term, so how about "... for a better OS and applications"? I think you're right, I've changed it to: "Help steer the direction we take Xubuntu, by describing your vision and ideas for a better OS and default set of applications." > Get Xubuntu (http://xubuntu.org/getubuntu) > Firstly, the link to this page isn't the best - can't it be /getxubuntu > instead? Wow, I didn't even notice that! But I think we'll hold off on fixing that until we migrate to Wordpress so we don't need to set up redirects that we'll just have to set up again in a month. > In the Upgrading section, the instructions in Step 1 for accessing the > Software Sources are no longer valid. I believe "Applications -> System -> > Update Manager -> Settings" would work for all releases from 8.04 onwards (I > haven't used anything prior to that). As noted in the weekly meeting, the > screenshots are out-of-date. Everything beyond 8.04 is EOL anyway so we don't need to worry about it. Fixed, and Unit193 got me screen shots tonight - hooray! > In the Install Xubuntu from Ubuntu section, it states "Next time you login, > you can choose Xfce4 from the Session menu on the login screen." In 11.04 > it's "Xfce session", but you should actually choose "Xubuntu session". I don't log in very often (I'm always logged in!) so I don't remember, when was the change so we can word this correctly? Should we just change it to say "Xubuntu session" or was there a time in supported history when it was "Xfce session"? > In the Dual Boot section, it states "Since Xubuntu shares the ubuntu-base"; > this should be "Since Xubuntu shares the Ubuntu-base". Fixed. > I hope to be able to review the team-specific pages this week. Thanks again! -- Elizabeth Krumbach // Lyz // pleia2 http://www.princessleia.com -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
