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Re: [gNewSense-users] Documentation
From: |
Karl Goetz |
Subject: |
Re: [gNewSense-users] Documentation |
Date: |
Sun, 23 Dec 2007 22:06:24 +1030 |
On Sun, 2007-12-23 at 23:50 +1300, Mark William Darbyshire wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> Thanks for the suggestions, Chris. I've put them all in.
>
> Some of Chris' suggestions are quite specific topics. If we're going to
> be that specific in a few areas we need to specific in quite a few more.
> I'm hardly a gNewSense expert, so please pipe up if you have anything
> you feel should be included in the documentation.
>
> Something else quite important: Since gNewSense is fairly unique in its
> approach to the four freedoms I think the documentation should not only
> walk people through installing and using gNewSense, but also say lots
> about the issues of freedom/ethics involved (for example, I've proposed
> an article in the Entertainment section introducing free formats and
> explaining why proprietary formats should be avoided).
Where posible i think a 3 sentence 'short' about an issue like that with
a link to the relevent gnu.org article should suffice. we want to get
duplication of work to as close to 0 as posible :)
>
> Here's the proposed structure in its current state. Remember you can
> always view the latest version at
> http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Documentation/ and your suggestions on what
> else to include or how better to arrange the documentation are always
> welcome.
>
0. about+why gnewsense
> 1. Installing gNewSense
0. system requirements.
> 1. Basic installation
> 2. Multi boot installation (installing gNewSense alongside
> another operating sytem)
> 3. Advanced installations
> 2. Introduction to the desktop environment
> 1. GNOME
> 2. KDE
Does it make sense to talk about other desktops when these are the only
two supported? or is this (3) a 'long term' point?
> 3. Other desktop environments
> 3. Basic Settings
> 1. Users
> 2. Networking and Internet
The internet is a network.
> 1. Dialup
> 2. LAN and Broadband
> 3. WAN ?
what is wan specifically?
> 4. Changing the Appearance of gNewSense
perhaps this should be 'personalising'.
0. about me
> 1. Desktop
> 2. Screensavers
> 3. Themes
i think 5 should meantion some of the games
> 5. Advanced
I think this should be 6.
> 1. Security tools (Bastille & Tiger...)
One thing to think about looking into is how we can make use of upstream
(ubuntu) doco. i tried before, and building the docs package is a
nightmare of complexity (thats before we start trying to remove
"unsuitable" bits of docs).
kk
>
> Regards,
> Mark.
>
--
Karl Goetz,
Debian user / Ubuntu contributor / gNewSense contributor
http://www.kgoetz.id.au