Trisquel Documentation - Help Wanted

I think that's a great idea. I'd definitely be able to help proofread, at the very least.

Ok thanks! Right now I'm trying to work out a basic outline. For example

Chapter 1: Installation
Chapter 2: Software Installation
Chapter 3: Desktop Setup
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Chapter 7: Privacy and protection (e.g. basic tor; disc encryption)
ect.

Also I want to explain that this will obviously be for people new to GNU/Linux. One of the reasons people tell their friends to install Ubuntu is because of the reputation it has for being user friendly. A lot of people don't try GNU/Linux because they are set in their ways with another proprietary system (e.g. windows) and are afraid trying something new will be different and hard. I just want this first manual to be for those people. How to setup your email and get get DVD's to play.

Obviously for power users or gurus this will be childs play. However the goal of free software is not to have just power users and gurus and leave everyone else to fend for themselves. It is to have a community and we want to make it easy to join and easy for people to feel comfortable. Thanks again everyone!

Like done for the distro itself, could we use an Ubuntu book as a base? Of course, it has to be freely editable. In French, Simple comme Ubuntu, under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license, is a reference. I do not of an equivalent book in English but it probably exists.

Yes, this would be specifically for Trisquel GNU/Linux. I was planning on using the GNU Free Documentation License. It would also adhere to free distro guidelines and only use free software as examples (e.g. evolution for mail) and not recommend any proprietary software.

Awesome idea about a printed documentation. One could print it out in high quality and sell it, while having the same thing up as .pdf on the site.

I can proof-read and translate (German, Russian). Would be glad to help out, atm I'm kind of busy, so near the end of the year or from January I can start doing stuff!

I can translate to spanish :)

this also can be usable in the wiki, wich is necessary improve

(by the way, i believe already exist some efforts to doing a mannual, i think by quiliro, in Ecuador, but i don't know how it goes.)

Thanks for all your hard work on the add-ons, SirGrant.

I think most of what we would need to turn into a help file already readily exists in the documentation section of this website. The hardest part would be translating everything to Spanish, Galician, French, and German.

Exactly Andrew, I plan to use the current documentation as a basis. I just want to expand it. I want more screenshots and more step by step instructions. My goal is that you would be able to give it to someone who is technically illiterate and they would be able to go from nothing to a having great Trisquel desktop.

Hey folks,

i like that idea. We should get this documentation running cause we could use it to give it away if we have a booth on a Linux Convention or something similar. So people could read about our goals and how to setup a proper system. I think thats a big lag an GNU/Linux system. The only distributions i've seen with a propper docu were Slackware, Gentoo and of course FreeBSD (i know that not gnu/linux).

Furthermore a printable version of a docu would be great for users with no internet connection e.g. some schools abroad.

So SirGrant if you've something to do or show just let us know and add a wikipage to the project.

I'll help with templates and documentation come 2011.

Cheers and looking forward to a happy new year.