Over the past couple years I’ve found myself involved in a lot of documentation, training, beginners and learning projects within the Ubuntu project. Aside from this being an infinitely rewarding sector of the project, I’ve learned the value of collaboration between teams and how far creative collaboration can take them all.
So speaking as a member of the Learning project, I’m pleased to point everyone in the direction of the phenomenal Ubuntu Manual project, which I can claim absolutely no credit for. Benjamin Humphrey and his amazing team have put together a full manual in just a few short months, developing an infrastructure for development that was easy on contributors (you have no idea how challenging this is!) and come out the other side with a full manual scheduled for release just in time for the release of Ubuntu Lucid.
But right now they need your help! Their writing freeze is on March 31st and prior to that they need more sets of eyes reading and giving feedback on the manual.
Just like so many things in this project, they’ve made it easy to volunteer, starting with a simple download of the manual:
Then read through the manual (or pick a chapter, maybe you can learn a thing or two!) and look for:
- Spelling and grammar mistakes
- Factual errors
- Missing references
- Formatting
- Sentences that don’t make sense
- Inconsistencies in wording
- Somewhere where you think a screenshot is needed and there isn’t a placeholder already
Then head over to http://ubuntu-manual.org/?bugs and fill out the form with your comments. Easy!
I’m very much looking forward to the finished project, so all these final edits are greatly appreciated :)
Monday, Mar 22nd, 2010 at 6:56
Worthy project… thanks for making the planet aware of it.