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[Benjamin Humphrey <humphreybc@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sure, ideas for someone to assign?

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Jamin Day
<jaminday+ubuntu@xxxxxxxxx<jaminday%2Bubuntu@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:

> 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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