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[Jamin Day <jaminday+ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx>]

Also I have a feeling that if we are not careful this could become quite an
overwhelming chapter, as there are so many possible ways to write this.

It would be great for people to chip in some ideas on the wiki, but it also
might be worth having a second person assigned to help Elan research and
write this chapter? Just a thought.

JaminDay


On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Ilya Haykinson <haykinson@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I also recommend searching online to see what problems people tend to
> experience with Ubuntu, and looking at other books/articles on the topic.
> For example, see the list at
>
> http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=667418
>
> (it's from a copyrighted book, so please don't copy anything out of there)
>
> http://www.tuxradar.com/content/how-fix-most-common-linux-problems
>
> I'm sure that there are other forums, FAQs, and lists that show what
> problems people commonly experience.
>
> From personal experience, I would recommend we cover:
>
>  - wrong video resolution
>  - no sound
>  - printing problem
>  - can't get online
>
> -ilya
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Benjamin Humphrey <humphreybc@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Gidday,
>>
>> Cheers Jamin for answering :)
>>
>> Yeah basically Elan the aim for Chapter 9 is to pretty much answer a lot
>> of the commonly asked questions that you find floating around the Absolute
>> Beginner forum on UF. These are things like "how do I enable flash" "I can't
>> play .wmv or .mp3s" etc etc
>>
>> I've just created a wiki page for you to act as your "sandpit"
>>
>> Go nuts, think of some questions - trawl the absolute beginner forum, ask
>> on IRC, post a bug on our project page and ask the other team members to
>> suggest questions on that wiki page. Email the mailing list.
>>
>> Do whatever you need to do to get a good 10 to 20 questions that you think
>> would be suitable for the manual. You're in charge of this chapter! Once
>> you've got some questions, ask one of us to check it and then you can start
>> sticking them in the manual and writing solutions.
>>
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-manual/Troubleshooting
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Benjamin Humphrey
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Jamin Day <jaminday+ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx<jaminday%2Bubuntu@xxxxxxxxx>
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Elan,
>>>
>>> The aim for this section is to build the chapter around providing some
>>> tips/solutions to common problems that new Ubuntu users often run into. We
>>> are not talking mega-complex things here, it will be more like "why can't I
>>> dual-boot anymore after reinstalling windows (ie restoring GRUB)", or "why
>>> can't I write to folder XYZ (ie setting permissions)" etc (just examples).
>>>
>>> As far as I know, some research is currently being done into what the
>>> most useful topics will be, although I'm not sure where this is up to.
>>> Benjamin will have some more info on this I'm sure.
>>>
>>> We definitely do need someone to head up the writing of this chapter. I
>>> think for now, clarification on exactly what topics will be included in it
>>> is the main priority, so to begin with any ideas/assistance you can offer
>>> would be great.
>>>
>>> JaminDay
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Elan Kugelmass <functionofxy@xxxxxxxxx
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm interested in helping get the manual done, and even in taking the
>>>> lead on chapter 9, but I don't know exactly what the dream is for this
>>>> chapter.
>>>> The blueprint specification is devoid of information.
>>>>
>>>> Can someone give me some pointers? Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Elan
>>>>
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