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[Martin Kaba <kanute@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

- Vish is right when he says  "There is a profound fear among new users that Linux==terminal knowledge is a must. Not mentioning the terminal or giving it importance in the simple guide will ease the user's fear a bit." 
I think the more you get used to Ubuntu the more you like the CLI, beginners will discover it,  each one at his/her own pace. 

- We don't need to go through every single application that's in the
default install. Right!!! and if we have to mention extra applications
they have to be found in the "Ubuntu Software Center" - easy-to-install-
apps, by the way nobody is mentioning Ubuntu One.

- For the rest I buy Ilya's second proposal

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Ordering of content might need some tweaking
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/504668
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Status in Ubuntu Manual: In Progress

Bug description:
I have been taking a look at our current TOC and am wondering whether it needs to be tweaked slightly. My concern is that we will be asking users to open a terminal and type commands within the first six chapters, however it is not until chapter 7 that we have an 'introduction to the terminal' that explains what it is and what sudo means etc. This doesn't make sense to me and could be confusing/offputting to a beginner.

My suggestion is this:

1. Rename chapter 6 to simply "Updates and Upgrades", and remove the section on "system maintenance".
2. Rename chapter 7 to "System Maintenance", and make the content on system maintenance (that was in chapter 6) a new subsection of chapter 7, following the 'introduction to the terminal' subsection.

That way, I think we could almost get away with not using the command line at all for the entire first part of the manual, as it's mostly gui-based stuff. Then when the reader gets to part II - advanced, the first thing they read is an introduction to the terminal.

Hope that all made sense. Anyone have any other suggestions?