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[Ryan Macnish <nisshh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have also thought about this all day and i agree with "Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04", i also agree with benjamin about the title page.
Ryan Macnish

> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 19:23:58 +1100
> From: jaminday@xxxxxxxxx
> To: humphreybc@xxxxxxxxx
> CC: ubuntu-manual@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-manual] The Title
> 
> 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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