January 24th, 2007
Agenda
Presentation of the draft of New to Ubuntu Handbook 1.0 (Kim)
- "I Am Ubuntu" Campaign (David Patrick)
- Support Discussion
Notes
- New to Ubuntu Handbook
- Trim down information into blocks
- Remove POP/SMTP values and leave field names
- Provide small sentence about ISP documentation (refer to manual)
- ISP-specific information for a given municipality on a wiki
- Table for e-mail information with space to put in information
- Dual-boot section ahead of Clean Install
- Creative Commons license
- Utilize the CD insert for introduction/where to go for help information, and remove it from the installation guide
- A paragraph about using an old machine for Ubuntu
- Maybe change Pentium 1 requirement to Pentium 2
- Recommended for Pentium 2, requires more advanced knowledge for lower specs
- Two double-sided pages: first page is introduction, history of free software, history of Linux, Ubuntu. Second page is the installation guidebook.
- Bi-monthly "open support day" (hardware provided)
- monthly workshops at linuxcaffe
- Use Legal paper size instead of Letter
- Table of associated terminology (further documentation)
- Pilot project testing out offering end-user online support
- "I Am Ubuntu" campaign ties into other projects, such as Software Freedom Day, open support days, etc.