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[Ryan Macnish <nisshh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Kelvin,
Regarding your note about page 57, i did think about mentioning commands like rm -rf and am definitely going to add a small section on dangerous commands where necessary. Thanks for bringing it up.
Ryan Macnish

> Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:49:31 +0000
> From: kelvin@xxxxxxxx
> To: ubuntu-manual@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Ubuntu-manual] Comments on Alpha
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Here are a few comments on the Alpha. I've read the alpha quite quickly 
> so I may of missed something I've claimed to be included. Some stuff 
> maybe known to the authors but not yet committed, apologies if you are 
> already aware of these points. I've also asked questions to clarify some 
> points, the current text my well be correct but I thought it best to ask.
> 
> My chapter has turned out to be quite short. Therefore if any one wants 
> me to help them out by writing a section somewhere I'd be happy to.
> 
> Regards,
> Kelvin
> 
> 
> Comments based rev 220.
> 
> Content
> 
> Page xi: "Ubuntu, and Linux in general, is very different from other 
> common operating systems such as Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X." OS X is 
> built on Apple's Darwin OS which is POSIX complaint, so OS X is a much a 
> Unix implementation as Linux is and so is not "very" different. I think 
> this should be reworded.
> 
> 
> Page 2: Suggests checking your OS manual to find out how to burn CDs. 
> This should also link to here: 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto 
> <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto>
> 
> Page 2: Ordering a CD includes: "Be warned, however — the ..." This is 
> not very friendly, is the Be warned necessary?
> 
> Page 6: After approximately twenty minutes, the installations will 
> complete. As this depends on CPU and HDD speed etc. Something like: "The 
> installation time will depend on your computer, but usually takes around 
> 20 minutes on most modern computers."
> 
> 
> Page 8: The Notification Area.
> 
> "Just as Windows has the System Tray, Ubuntu has the Notification Area. 
> " And OS X?
> 
> This is being revised for lucid 
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/dx-lucid-application-indicator 
> the text should reflect these changes if it does not already (I haven't 
> checked the progress of this for a while).
> 
> Page 9: Getting Help suggests Google. What about the community help and 
> wiki?
> 
> Page 12 / 13: Doesn't seem to mention how to bookmark. Should also state 
> dragging a folder to the side pane does this.
> 
> 
> Page 17: "... you can uncheck it to disable all network connections. 
> This may be
> useful when you must shut off all wireless communication, for example in 
> an airplane." Does this shut down the hardware or just stop the OS 
> "accessing" the hardware? If it does is this guaranteed on all machines?
> 
> 
> Page 17: The VPN note my be more meaningful by adding: "VPN is often 
> required to access workplace or university networks."
> 
> Page 25: States the default search engine is Google. This is now Yahoo 
> for Lucid.
> 
> Page 28: By default, Firefox will search the web using the Google search 
> engine.
> 
> Page 29: Google results.
> 
> Firefox section: Doesn't seem to cover private browsing.
> 
> Evolution: Examples include gmx.com. Are we promoting this service? 
> Suggested all URLs are example.com
> 
> Empathy: Should we cover using Facebook chat.
> 
> 
> Page 40: Sending and receiving files. I don't think this can be done 
> with every service. Note is needed to mention this.
> 
> 
> Page 41: Should "creating a new version" come after "importing" (I don't 
> use f-spot, this maybe fine).
> 
> Page 44: In hardware and devices. "Majority of the Graphics Devices are 
> manufactured by three well known companies..." I think this means 
> graphics chip sets.
> 
> Page 47: I'm still not convinced about the "Software and Packages" 
> title. It sounds too much like software packaging. Maybe something like 
> "Managing Software" would be better.
> 
> Page 51: has <<<<<<< TREE, ======= and >>>>>>> MERGE-SOURCE lines from a 
> bzr merge.
> 
> Page 54: Adding More Software Repositories. GUI is good blah blah, but 
> since adding a LP PPA can be done by sudo add-apt-repository 
> ppa:the/ppa/path I think it should be included as an alternative. This 
> is particularly easy when used with alt+f2.
> 
> Page 55: System Maintenance, should cover Computer Janitor.
> 
> 
> Page 57: Command Line. Should we include commands not to run e.g. sudo 
> rm -r /. There is a handy list on the forums.
> 
> Page 71: "In general, we recommend that you install the 64-bit flavor of 
> Ubuntu." If you have a 64-bit processor. I'm thinking of old machine in 
> schools, libraries etc here.
> 
> Page 72: "... do numerous tasks often better than the ones included by 
> default." Really, so why aren't they the default apps then? This is 
> subjective.
> 
> Page 73:
> 
> The guide is covering Jokosher. Do many new users want to do audio 
> editing. If so, I hear off more people using Audacity.
> 
> VirtualBox included in Ubuntu is the OSE edition.
> 
> 
> 
> === General ===
> 
> Most sections do not have labels like chapters. I think all sections 
> should have labels so we can link to them.
> 
> The guide is aimed at a desktop install. I think this should be 
> mentioned in the introduction (if it is and I missed it, apologies).
> 
> System -> Preferneces -> Preferred Applications is not covered (at least 
> no search results).
> 
> I have used the system docs, server guide and community help to make 
> sure my content is consistent with other Ubuntu help docs. I think each 
> of these should be clearly mentioned in the credits.
> 
> In a number of places there are good community help docs with further 
> information. I suggest we link to them wherever possible. Maybe included 
> a note about this in the introduction.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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