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Re: Lubuntu Manual?

 

Hi,

I don't get as much time as I'd like to keep up with the various How To's,
but the IRC support guys do keep the FAQ section [1] updated regularly.

Regards,

Phill.
[1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/FAQ

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 10:43 AM, James Gifford <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> On the topic of documentation, I've been working (in between my summer job)
> on trying to expand the Lubuntu documentation ("how do I do X?") on
> AskUbuntu.com - but unfortunately I don't have much there yet.
>
> Cheers,
> James Gifford
>
> On Jul 29, 2011, at 5:10, Swapnil Bhartiya <swapnil.bhartiya@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >> I think the excitement about documentation is great, you can never
> >> work too hard on documentation. However I don't see the value in
> >> creating yet another source. I'd be more excited to see people
> >> contributing to the already existing documentation on the Wiki [0],
> >> the help site [1] [2] and the semi-official manual [3]. Dispersing
> >> effort on multiple projects to achieve the same goal seems a bit
> >> counter-productive to me but I guess that's the great thing about
> >> Linux, everyone is free to do as they please.
> >>
> >> [0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu
> >> [1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation
> >> [2] https://help.ubuntu.com/11.04/ubuntu-help/index.html
> >> [3] http://ubuntu-manual.org/
> >>
> >
> > I totally understand and agree with you. We are trying to create
> user-centric manual for all major distros and Lubuntu is going to be a hot
> property. The users who come to Muktware to read stories will be able to see
> benefits from such manuals. Since all manuals are at one place, they can
> also learn how something is done on other distros.
> >
> > In the end all it is going to do is complement each other.
> >
> > NOTE: We are about to publish a user-centric manual of Arch Linux as well
> :-). So, you can look at it as all the quality manuals at one place. We will
> assist the team with the official manual as well. Our content is released
> under CC licence so anyone can use it.
> >
> > Swapnil
> >
> > --
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