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Forum-Wiki delta (as in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_delta river delta])

This page is for pasting material from the [http://ubuntuforums.org Ubuntu Forums] into the wiki. This material will then be sorted and integrated into the main wiki! This page is a good place to start if you don't have time to learn how the wiki formatting works. If you want to know how the wiki operates, visit HelpContents. If you know already, feel free to visit UserDocumentation and add a guide!

Content from the forum

Create sub-pages here for pasting in information from the forums.

  • ["/software"] - help on getting sofware to work
  • ["/hardware"] - help on getting hardware to work
  • ["/installation"] - help with installation
  • ["/requests"] - feature requests
  • ["/customization"]
  • ["/kubuntu"] - Ubuntu with KDE
  • ["/sudo"] - How do I perform root operations?
  • ["/apt"] - using apt-get and Synaptic
  • ["/server"] - getting server software to work
  • ["/community"] - information about the ubuntu community

  • ["/moving"] - How do I move my files & directories

This is too complicated! I just want to add my idea somewhere! Go to the ["/FrontDesk"]

This section of the wiki is a testing area for forum-wiki coordination. See a description of what we want to achieve in general terms [http://udu.wiki.ubuntu.com/ForumsCommunityIntegration here]. In the future, this area will serve as a mixing facility to help bring forum and wiki content together. Content with lasting value should be migrated into more permanent parts of the wiki.

To forum users: The the purpose of this section of the wiki is to provide a place where it is easy for you to start contributing. As you become comfortable with the wiki system you should feel free to contribute to other sections of the wiki as well. If you can think of ways in which this facility can be improved, please leave your comments on the ["/talk"] page.

This is too complicated! I just want to add my idea somewhere! Go to the ["/FrontDesk"]

Wiki help for forum users

Logging in: Click Join at the top of the page to start an account so you can edit pages. If you are new to wikis you might want to start in the SandBox.

Starting a page: To start a new page, simply enter the page name on an existing page as a WikiWord or with the ["pagename"] syntax. When you save that page you can click on the new link to start your new page. Use a leading slash (["/pagename"]) to create a sub-page of the current one. Using sub-pages helps give more structure to the wiki.

Markup: There is information about basic markup like bold, italic and bullets at the bottom of the edit page and more extensive help at HelpOnEditing. It is also useful to look at the raw text of existing pages (click edit to view). Don't worry too much about the markup initially though, because it can be improved later, by yourself or somone else. That's what makes a wiki so cool Wink ;)

Talk pages: If you have a comment about a page, but don't want to edit it, you can leave your thoughs on the associated ["/talk"] page, denoted by /talk. (we will soon have a separate button for this)

Useful starting points in the forum