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[Thorsten Wilms <t_w_@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 08:22 -0500, Wendy Sheridan wrote:

Welcome Wendy! I'm confident you will be a great addition to the team
with your tremendous experience.

BTW, team: does anyone know of places where we could use illustrations
(except title page)?

> Hi,
> I am brand new to this project (I just heard about it and signed up
> yesterday), but I've been working as a tech writer for about 20 years
> or so (and a technical illustrator for about 3 years or so). I think I
> am also a member of your target audience: I have (significant)
> computer experience, but not specifically with Ubuntu. I've done
> things with Linux (Red Hat), and even UNIX  and X-Windows at previous
> jobs, but it's been so long ago that I've forgotten most or all of it
> - and I've never installed any of these OSes before anyway.

That sounds quite a bit different from "someone who might have used
Windows or a Mac before" ;)

I think everyone in a position to contribute to the manual with anything
beyond feedback can most likely not be considered part of the target
audience, not anymore.


> How about this (or something like it) for the title:
> 
> Ubuntu for Everyone
> 
> (if you need to explain specifically what is in this manual, you could
> also have a subtitle that gets very specific)
> 
> This title is "friendly" and I think brings an emotional component and
> certainly embodies inclusiveness.

Thank you for the suggestion. I agree that it's very friendly, brings an
emotional component and is very inclusive ... but too inclusive, I
think, as our document is in fact not for everyone. We should not appear
unrealistic in our ambitions.

This reminds me of the Ubuntu slogans: "Linux for the rest of us" (at
least often associated with it, if not originally) and "Linux for human
beings".


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