Talk:Using Ubuntu Linux

Starting a new & I hope useful book, I'm just kicking things off right now; the amount of time I have for this project is kind of limited. I'll try & get an outline & suggested style & etc together for people to work on; think something like  ubuntu for dummies, only more comprehensive & with a graduated system of depth in each subject, say:   beginner, intermediate, expert. I'd like to try & keep the writing & overall style accessible to the average reader, tho with some leeway, especially in the expert level. I'd also like to try keep it fun; friendly, helpful,  with some room for humour. helpful suggestions & contributions & etc. are most welcome! :)

--Dr. know 07:38, 4 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Hello, I've been working with Linux at my internship so I thought maybe I'd try it out at home, and learn something new. And when I learn something I'll add it to this wikibook. Hoogli 03:20, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Hi; welcome aboard & thanks for your contributions so far! I fixed the image link; i'm not sure what was wrong but wikibooks didnt seem to want to connect with wikipedia, so i just saved a copy of the pic & uploaded it from my comp; there's a bunch more ubuntu graphics on wikimedia commons, i don't have an account there or i'd have uploaded this file there. --Dr. know 17:33, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Hey, man, I am a user of Ubuntu, and I'd be happy to add what I know to this article. MetalGeoff 03:22, 22 October 2007 (UTC)!

Nice layout. I'll be adding to this as time/knowledge permits. I think we should specify an LTS version for this book (8.04 for now), and stick with that version primarily, maybe with some side-notes for subsequent non-LTS versions. Then, when the next LTS version comes out, we should copy this book in it's entirety, flag the whole book (under then new version) as "in need of update" or something, and then proceed to update the book and remove the "in need of update" flag. Thoughts anyone?

Gregory.dulin (talk) 19:49, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Hello, I just wanted to comment, saying that I hope the title page of this book gets improved. The giant photos don't really have any relevance at all. In my opinion, it would be better to have a simple Ubuntu logo, with the table of contents pronounced so that readers know what to click on next. 156.26.172.217 (talk) 17:31, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

A couple of things
Although I'd love to say Ubuntu was perfect flawless, the fact that most of the world is windows centric is a big down side (possible only downside) to the OS. I think new users should be warned about what they're getting into first, before they dive into installing it, because they might not even have a Windows CD to reinstall if everything goes wrong.

One suggestion, would it be possible to copy some of the content from the Ubuntu wiki site? Their content is licensed under the same CC BY/SA, and they have some great content that can be useful for the book. --Mattylaws (talk) 22:02, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

Collection
I have created a collection of this book here. ഏത്തപഴം (discuss • contribs)
 * That's fine, I've created Using Ubuntu Linux/Print version by the way. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 20:12, 8 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Cool! Can you help in completing this book❓ I can't do it alone.ഏത്തപഴം (discuss • contribs) 11:08, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Maybe after my Oracle works, but I can't see how to avoid any redundancy with the Linux book. Maybe we could also talk about the more interesting Ubuntu software, like Kdenlive. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 12:08, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Glossary
I've created a glossary for the book. Please add more terms to it so that it can be added to the table of contents.—ഏത്തപഴം (discuss • contribs) 12:06, 28 July 2016 (UTC)