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[Jamin Day <jaminday@xxxxxxxxx>]

I couldn't make up my mind on the title in our last meeting, but after
having some time to think about it I agree with Benjamin, Wendy,
Thorsten and others. "Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04" is short,
snappy, friendly, and says a lot about what we are trying to achieve
without unintentionally conveying anything that we are not.

Anyway, just my two cents but "Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04" gets
a +1 from me.

JaminDay

On 02/02/2010, Benjamin Humphrey <humphreybc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Right I'm going to jump right in here and tell you what I think.
>
> We cannot repeat the word "Ubuntu" twice in the same title/subtitle - it
> looks sloppy. We cannot actually say the words "Lucid Lynx" on the front
> page anywhere - this is just the development name, and Canonical don't use
> it outside of development. We cannot use a word such as "companion" in the
> title that will be hard to translate into other languages - companion is
> usually used as a word describing human beings in English, and it will be a
> nightmare to translate for it to make sense.
>
> I like "Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04."
>
> It's short (comparatively), it doesn't mess around with unnecessary
> fancy-pants words, it has the version of Ubuntu in the title so everyone
> knows exactly what it's for, and it tells you that it's *not *a complete
> guide, it's just a getting started guide. Plus the docs team will be happy
> as well because of this exact reason.
>
> As for the negative publicity, I don't think it will have a huge affect on
> us. I've tried to make it clear that it's just a working title, we're only
> 25% of the way through our release cycle, so we have another three months of
> publicity before we actually release. On February 10th I'll email a few
> blogs and get them to announce our Alpha release, as well as make sure they
> tell everyone the name has changed.
>
> I propose that we have "Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04" on something
> similar to Vish's title page, with Wolter's Lynx as a watermark. Say all you
> will about how it looks like it's an Apple book because it's similar to a
> Leopard, or that people don't get the whole development name. I think that
> having a watermark sketch of each animal for each release will be unique,
> and the benefits of that will outweigh the negatives. I also believe that we
> can appeal to the people who do know about the development name by including
> a subtle graphic - we can't actually include the words "Lucid Lynx" but a
> watermark would be okay.
>
> If we can incorporate some fancy icons like what Thorsten or KolorGuild has
> done, then that would be awesome too.
>
> On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 10:59 AM, Kevin Godby <godbyk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I agree with Thorsten's and Wendy's assessments: I prefer "Getting
>> Started with Ubuntu 10.04."
>>
>> "The Ubuntu Manual" sounds comprehensive, detailed, and technical.  I
>> could see the name attracting a lot of non-beginner users who would
>> then be disappointed at what they found.  The name also invites scope
>> creep, an urge to expand beyond our target audience.
>>
>> "Getting Started" clearly defines the type of material the reader
>> should expect to find contained with book.  The scope is better
>> contained: we will only include material required to get started with
>> Ubuntu.  Finally, the language is friendlier toward our target
>> audience.
>>
>> --Kevin
>>
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