Ubuntu Documentation Newsletter - second edition

Dear all, 

Welcome to the second edition of the Documentation Team Newsletter!

For all editions of the newsletters, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/News

In this issue:

             1. Documents for Ubuntu 6.04
             2. Kubuntu Documentation
             3. Wiki Documentation
             4. How to Contribute
             5. Useful Links

== Documents for Ubuntu 6.04 ==

=== New Firefox/Epiphany Homepage ===

The old firefox/epiphany homepage has been replaced by a much shorter one,
because it was far too long and confusing. The new homepage has some work
still to be done, so please read it and submit your comments to the
Documentation Team mailing list!

=== Desktop and Server Guides ===

The Ubuntu Server and Desktop guides have had an enormous amount of work
recently. They are shaping up fantastically well for release with Ubuntu
6.04. The Ubuntu Desktop Guide has particularly benefitted from the efforts
of Brian Burger and Naaman Campbell. Both documents have benefitted recently
from feedback from the Ubuntu forums community. If you'd like to make any
suggestions, please email our mailing list (instructions at the bottom). Read
the work in progress documents here:

 * http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/desktopguide/C
 * http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/serverguide/C

=== Installation Guides ===

The installation guides for Ubuntu 6.04 have been added to the Documentation
Team preview website. Read them here: http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/install
(choose your arch).

=== Dapper Flight Release Notes ===

Matt Galvin has recently produced a great guide to what's new in Dapper. For
more information on recent Dapper Drake Flights see:

 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DapperFlight3
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DapperFlight4

If you find any bugs please be sure to report them in Launchpad.

== Kubuntu Documentation ==

Work has begun on a version of the Ubuntu Desktop Guide, especially for
Kubuntu! Venkat Raghavan is leading the charge on this document, with a few
people helping him. To contribute, see the
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/KubuntuDesktopG.... To read the
document, go to: http://doc.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/desktopguide-web/C/

The Adept manual is also on course for updating: the Kubuntu documentation
groups plans to rewrite this guide in line with changes to the Adept
software. In the future, it is hoped that this manual can be included in KDE
upstream.

== Wiki Documentation ==

=== New Hotness ===

Thanks to some great contribution from many users, notably Brian Shumate, the
documentation on the wiki is getting more and more rich. As always, the
starting page for wiki documentation is
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDocumentation, which contains a (nearly complete)
index of documents. Here are some highlights of new documents:

 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AdvancedOpenSSH - how to get more out of your SSH
install
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OpenSSL - configure programs to use SSL
encryption, set up secure servers.
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LinuxLogFiles - information on system and
application logs.
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveCDPersistence - how to use the new Dapper Live
CD persistence.
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VMwarePlayerAndQemu - how to use qemu to create
blank VMware vmdk images for use in VMware Player.
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VNCOverSSH - Use an SSH tunnel to provide VNC
sessions.

=== Old Hotness ===

Also, some great work has been put in to tidy up a number of wiki pages which
were in the Cleanup category (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CategoryCleanup).
Special mention goes to Venkat Raghavan for some great work there. 

 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VimHowto - How to use the Vim editor
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GnuPrivacyGuardHowto - How to use GnuPG encryption
for email and files
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WifiDocs - the enormous task of tidying up the
Wireless documentation has begun! Special mention to Todd Lambert for some
great work here!
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CompilingSoftware - How to compile software from
source

There's always been a few gems tucked away in the wiki that don't seem to get
much attention.

 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FileCompression - information on every file
compression/archiving format available, with screenshots!

=== Work to be Done ===

Much work still remains to be done: lots of the documentation on the wiki is
disorganised and needs a lot of love. Work has also begun, thanks to the
efforts of Naaman Campbell, on a disciplined plan for reorganisation of the
wiki. We need help, so please join the Documentation Team mailing list, and
visit the wiki team pages https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WikiTeam and
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WikiToDo for some inspiration!

== How to Contribute ==

The Documentation Team still has a lot of work to do, and needs your help!
Documentation is a great way to contribute to the Ubuntu community, even if
you don't know how to write programs or build packages!  As always, you can
find daily builds of the documentation (and details of how to contribute) on
http://doc.ubuntu.com.  Another great starting place to learn quickly how to
get involved is our wiki pages, especially
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocteamGettingStarted. You can also contact us on irc
(#ubuntu-doc) or the mailing list
(http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-doc).

You can also contribute to the Kubuntu documentation by checking the same
website and the same mailing list.

== Useful Links ==

 * http://help.ubuntu.com - All the stable documentation released with Ubuntu
systems
 * http://doc.ubuntu.com - Documentation team website with builds of latest
work in progress
 * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam - Front page of our corner of
the wiki.

Thanks for reading!

your Ubuntu Documentation Team

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