Re: [ubuntu-uk] Simple Unity guide for beginners
On 21/05/11 17:50, Alan Pope wrote: I've plumped for Ubuntu 11.04 and Unity on my friend's Dads laptop. I figured this was the best choice given the future direction of Ubuntu, and I can support him because I use it myself. Good reason! I would suggest that 1) disable the launcher autohide at least initially 2) change the workspaces available from 4 to 2 (single row) 3) Put a folder called something or other on the desktop so it can be clicked on and used immediately I am in a steep unity learning curve myself and as you know I am in contact with a lot of not always youthful newcomers. Comments: 1) has been an immediate relief for me and I do not think newcomers will welcome autohide. 2) Personally I use 6 workspaces and I have now configured for a linear display - single row not multi row, and for a newcomer, simply reducing from 4 to 2 (single row) will enable a simpler concept of workspaces which are a mystery for newcomers anyway. 3) Many people I see have a desktop and or inbox which seem more like a landfill site than anything, so an actual Folder sitting on the desktop, an invitation to put stuff in it in the old fashioned way, will I think give a significant added comfort factor Good luck -- alan cocks Ubuntu user -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Simple Unity guide for beginners
Yes please! I'm just starting with unity I'll try to add some suggestions. But once you are done and If you have a finished document with screenshots and all, could i have it to translate it to spanish? I normally like to use LaTeX with margin notes so if you could save the screenshots that would be great! (If I'm not imposing) -- Sent from my Nokia N900 Please do not send me word documents plain txt or pdf are prefered. - Original message - I've plumped for Ubuntu 11.04 and Unity on my friend's Dads laptop. I figured this was the best choice given the future direction of Ubuntu, and I can support him because I use it myself. As part of the PC build for my friend's Dad I've decided to write a short guide to Ubuntu / Unity for him. The goal is to cover the basics that a brand new user would need to know. It will include screenshots and a few website links for more info. I'd like to hope I can get this into only a few pages. Again I've got an etherpad document I've started to gather thoughts. http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/SimpleGuide I'm not at all interested in discussions about the technicalities of how I'll be writing it but for reference I'll do this in LibreOffice as a simple document and will spit it out as a PDF in his home directory and give him a printed copy. I' I'm happy to share what I've done if people want it. Suggestions for topics to cover welcome here or on etherpad. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Simple Unity guide for beginners
I've plumped for Ubuntu 11.04 and Unity on my friend's Dads laptop. I figured this was the best choice given the future direction of Ubuntu, and I can support him because I use it myself. As part of the PC build for my friend's Dad I've decided to write a short guide to Ubuntu / Unity for him. The goal is to cover the basics that a brand new user would need to know. It will include screenshots and a few website links for more info. I'd like to hope I can get this into only a few pages. Again I've got an etherpad document I've started to gather thoughts. http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/SimpleGuide I'm not at all interested in discussions about the technicalities of how I'll be writing it but for reference I'll do this in LibreOffice as a simple document and will spit it out as a PDF in his home directory and give him a printed copy. I' I'm happy to share what I've done if people want it. Suggestions for topics to cover welcome here or on etherpad. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Simple Unity guide for beginners
On 21 May 2011 17:50, Alan Pope a...@popey.com wrote: I've plumped for Ubuntu 11.04 and Unity on my friend's Dads laptop. I figured this was the best choice given the future direction of Ubuntu, and I can support him because I use it myself. As part of the PC build for my friend's Dad I've decided to write a short guide to Ubuntu / Unity for him. The goal is to cover the basics that a brand new user would need to know. It will include screenshots and a few website links for more info. I'd like to hope I can get this into only a few pages. Again I've got an etherpad document I've started to gather thoughts. http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/SimpleGuide Such a document would certainly be welcome. You might find http://askubuntu.com/questions/10228/whats-the-right-terminology-for-unitys-ui-elements and http://askubuntu.com/questions/28086/unity-keyboard-mouse-shortcuts useful, though probably only a very few of the keyboard shortcuts should be included for beginners. Colin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
