ubuntuguide.org down?

[jonmills]

All of a sudden, I can't reach ubuntuguide.org. Can't ping it or anything; the address is simply not resolving.

As that was the fastest, most succinct, most useful site for Ubuntu help I've yet found, I'm quite concerned about its well-being. I'm hoping this is just a temporary thing.

BTW: I'm in Chapel Hill, NC, using a solid broadband connection. Please let me know if the maintainer(s) is having hosting troubles with the site, as I may have a few ideas of how to help.

Cheers!

J. Mills

[jbrader]

Yeah it's down alright. I really hope it's something minor. Perhaps he's updating for Breezy?

[skoal]

yep. down for me too...

\\//_

[SKLP]

Nice ;-) Let's hope it stays down.

Ubuntuguide.org is IMHO not very good.
For a better guide with much more correct instructions and one that actually explains what you are doing (at least sometimes), and one that can be improved by a lot of people, go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDocumentation.

[basse1989]

indeed

[Knome_fan]

Nice ;-) Let's hope it stays down.

Ubuntuguide.org is IMHO not very good.
For a better guide with much more correct instructions and one that actually explains what you are doing (at least sometimes), and one that can be improved by a lot of people, go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDocumentation.

Arrrggghh, I can't even begin to express how annoyed I am by your post.

So someone takes a lot of his own time and probably even money to create a resource for this communit, that was very much needed at the time, was and still is widely used by this community and you think it is a brilliant idea to bash this guy and his work?

Jesus...

I will stop commenting now as any further comment would really get ugly and I don't want that.

[bjweeks]

Nice ;-) Let's hope it stays down.

Ubuntuguide.org is IMHO not very good.
For a better guide with much more correct instructions and one that actually explains what you are doing (at least sometimes), and one that can be improved by a lot of people, go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDocumentation.

I lost for words. It helps a lot of people, and I'm sure its helped people stay with ubuntu.

[Teroedni]

I dont like the wiki so much
It is something about the color and the format of the page:(
I think is too bright
Most of what im learnt comes from the Ubuntuguide
Hope it comes back online soon

[cowlip]

I dont like the wiki so much
It is something about the color and the format of the page:(
I think is too bright
Most of what im learnt comes from the Ubuntuguide
Hope it comes back online soon

YEs, I don't like the wiki either. It seems to work as an encylopedia of knowledge, but not for Ubuntu.

[stoeptegel]

I lost for words. It helps a lot of people, and I'm sure its helped people stay with ubuntu.

That's exactly what it did for me, staying with ubuntu. I'am also very lost. :???:
How can people be so rude? When you say you have a preference for the wiki ok, but just don't come with plain "it's not so good", give at least a statement!

Personally i like the guide better because in the wiki i get lost. Although i find the principle of a wiki better, the guide is more usable and easier to me.

[poofyhairguy]

Nice ;-) Let's hope it stays down.


Nah. It will be back. The wiki can never overtake unofficial Ubuntu.

[Dragonfly_X]

Nice ;-) Let's hope it stays down.

Ubuntuguide.org is IMHO not very good.
For a better guide with much more correct instructions and one that actually explains what you are doing (at least sometimes), and one that can be improved by a lot of people, go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDocumentation.

That's not a very nice thing to say! [-X

[indygreen]

Arrrggghh, I can't even begin to express how annoyed I am by your post.

So someone takes a lot of his own time and probably even money to create a resource for this communit, that was very much needed at the time, was and still is widely used by this community and you think it is a brilliant idea to bash this guy and his work?

Jesus...

I will stop commenting now as any further comment would really get ugly and I don't want that.

agreed! that kind of a comment about a site that, obviously, has had a lot of time put into to it, is not needed. when i first started using ubuntu, that site really helped me get the OS configured (still does!) :|

SKLP:

can you please explain to us why you feel this way? i truly don't understand.......

[seiflotfy]

That's exactly what it did for me, staying with ubuntu. I'am also very lost. :???:
How can people be so rude? When you say you have a preference for the wiki ok, but just don't come with plain "it's not so good", give at least a statement!

Personally i like the guide better because in the wiki i get lost. Although i find the principle of a wiki better, the guide is more usable and easier to me.

amen boys!!! i have been following it ever since i installed warty!! and really the guy did a perfect job!!! really!!!

[mike998]

Nice ;-) Let's hope it stays down.

Ubuntuguide.org is IMHO not very good.
For a better guide with much more correct instructions and one that actually explains what you are doing (at least sometimes), and one that can be improved by a lot of people, go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDocumentation.

I'm going to join the chorus - The wiki isn't as easy to use as UbuntuGuide. I go to ubuntuguide after an install to make sure I have stuff installed and to do a tiny bit of tweaking.

[az]

This debate sucks!

It is not nice to diss the unofficial ubuntuguide. It has helped a lot of people.

The wiki has helped a lot of people, too. Both are great.

The wiki has unexploited potential, though. *Every* single person here has the ability to change how it looks, how it is organised and what goes in it. So no one should say that the wiki sucks, but rather that it needs work.

Or how about "I haven't gotten around to improving it, yet."


On the other hand, you can just sit back an use the unofficial guide. There is nothing wrong with that.

[SKLP]

I'm sorry if i was being rude before.

And I'm not going to discuss further why i dislike like it. (It will just turn into a flame war...)

Oh, and here is a mirror if you really need it: http://www.frankandjacq.com/ubuntuguide/5.04/index.html

[Master Shake]

Personally, all the support I've needed has been resolved by either searching these forums, or asking questions here.

[XDevHald]

I'm sorry if i was being rude before.

And I'm not going to discuss further why i dislike like it. (It will just turn into a flame war...)

Oh, and here is a mirror if you really need it: http://www.frankandjacq.com/ubuntuguide/5.04/index.html
Don't apologize, everyone here has their own opinion :D

Keep in mind that others take things very seriously around here, and I for one do as well, but the guide and the wiki are two constant battles for some members here on which is better than the other.

[numberexhaust]

ubuntuguide is really good, and i still use it as a reference for little things (like mounting windows partitions, which i still havent memorized :( )

btw, it's still down :(

[XDevHald]

ubuntuguide is really good, and i still use it as a reference for little things (like mounting windows partitions, which i still havent memorized :( )

btw, it's still down :(
Check your connection as it's still remains active on it's IP with the host it's running on.

Again, the website is up, but check your connection.

[aysiu]

Check your connection as it's still remains active on it's IP with the host it's running on.

Again, the website is up, but check your connection. If several people in different parts of the world cannot connect to a website, for all intents and purposes, it's down. I can't get it at home or work. It's not my connection that needs checking.

[numberexhaust]

Check your connection as it's still remains active on it's IP with the host it's running on.

Again, the website is up, but check your connection.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b157/numberexhaust/Screenshot.png

[mstlyevil]

I had the same problem last night. It is not his connection. You can access the guide by using the mirror listed on the same page as the main link.

[Haegin]

I had the same problem last night. It is not his connection. You can access the guide by using the mirror listed on the same page as the main link.
The guide rocks and is much simpler than the wiki.
The wiki rocks and has more potential than the guide.
The guide rocks and is easier to navigate than the wiki.
The wiki rocks as it is a shared knowledge pool.

Ad infinatum

(Thanks for the mirror)

[stoeptegel]

If several people in different parts of the world cannot connect to a website, for all intents and purposes, it's down. I can't get it at home or work. It's not my connection that needs checking.

Generally Steve was right, but it's not you who has to check something but your ISP who has to update their DNS server. Give it 2 days or try another DNS server.

[mindwarp]

Nice ;-) Let's hope it stays down.

Ubuntuguide.org is IMHO not very good.
For a better guide with much more correct instructions and one that actually explains what you are doing (at least sometimes), and one that can be improved by a lot of people, go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDocumentation.

To regurgitate your own words, slighty modified: Nice post ;-) Let's hope you don't post again.

Having several points of view on how to accomplish a specific task is never a bad thing. Your views are short sighted and fail to take into account the whole picture. Do everyone a favor, and despite my greatest hopes that someone this ignorant can't, don't reproduce.

[az]

To regurgitate your own words, slighty modified: Nice post ;-) Let's hope you don't post again.

Having several points of view on how to accomplish a specific task is never a bad thing. Your views are short sighted and fail to take into account the whole picture. Do everyone a favor, and despite my greatest hopes that someone this ignorant can't, don't reproduce.
I think now that SKLP has apoligized, we can move past this? What do you think?

You cannot insult someone because they share a different view.

[jdong]

I think we've had enough of a documentation war.... This topic is about the ubuntuguide being up/down. Let's learn to respect a handful's hard work at a resource dedicated to those common tasks that others have yet to place on the Wiki.



From my check, the guide is still down, so I will allow this thread to remain open (that is, until the next flame about documentation comes around)

[numberexhaust]

I think we've had enough of a documentation war.... This topic is about the ubuntuguide being up/down. Let's learn to respect a handful's hard work at a resource dedicated to those common tasks that others have yet to place on the Wiki.



From my check, the guide is still down, so I will allow this thread to remain open (that is, until the next flame about documentation comes around)
haha is there really anything we can do about it?

[jdong]

Wait for it to come up, and repeatedly say "it's down" until service is restored :)

[numberexhaust]

Wait for it to come up, and repeatedly say "it's down" until service is restored :)
ah, the beauty of forums..... anyone noticed ubuntuguide is still down?

[TristanMike]

Wait for it to come up, and repeatedly say "it's down" until service is restored :)ROTFLMAO So to continue the spirit of the thread...hey, when did ubuntuguide.org go down? You guys know it's down, right?

[matthew]

Hey, guys, I just checked. The site's still down.

EDIT: for those who may have missed it...I'm keeping with the humor of TristanMike's post above

[Galoot]

Heyyyyy! What's up with this?

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6950/gkrellshoot0919051624589cf.jpg

[XDevHald]

Please don't take this personally when I say "Do not reply to this thread if you have read that it is down, wait until an admin or another user has replied in notice of it's activeness"

Also, please don't be rude when posting as it really doesn't get you anywhere at all.

Thank You

[mstlyevil]

I and a few others have said repeatedly you can access the guide on the mirror listed on the guides forum page. Here it is so youi people will leave the admins alone. Also did not your mama's teach you not to be rude?

Mirror: http://www.frankandjacq.com/ubuntuguide/5.04/index.html

[jdong]

umm, folks, that was meant to be a joke... ;)

[jiyuu0]

Hello guys,

I'm currently changing ubuntuguide to another server. It will be down for 2 to 3 days, so they say :(

Anyway, here's the mirror
http://www.frankandjacq.com/ubuntuguide/5.04/index.html

Previously, I've mentioined it here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=358279&postcount=398

[matthew]

I and a few others have said repeatedly you can access the guide on the mirror listed on the guides forum page. Here it is so youi people will leave the admins alone. Also did not your mama's teach you not to be rude?

Mirror: http://www.frankandjacq.com/ubuntuguide/5.04/index.html
Hey, did you know this link has the same stuff as the ubuntu guide? Cool!! :)

(Okay, this is a joke as well...a lame one, but hey, what do you expect for free? My best material??)

[matthew]

Hello guys,

I'm currently changing ubuntuguide to another server. It will be down for 2 to 3 days, so they say :(

Anyway, here's the mirror
http://www.frankandjacq.com/ubuntuguide/5.04/index.html

Previously, I've mentioined it here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=358279&postcount=398
Okay, here's a serious post from me. Thank you for doing the guide! We appreciate it immensely. You are a good man.

[zenwhen]

It is up for me now.

[desertViking]

Thank-you for the guide, I've used it often and found it to be very helpful!

A side topic here, I still cannot locate the w32codecs on the backport sites. I've tried the main and a mirror that was mentioned, but alas to no avail.

Is it confirmed that we should just sit tight?

Thx in advance for the advice, and again for the excellent work on the guide! It is excellent help.

[jdong]

Thank-you for the guide, I've used it often and found it to be very helpful!

A side topic here, I still cannot locate the w32codecs on the backport sites. I've tried the main and a mirror that was mentioned, but alas to no avail.

Is it confirmed that we should just sit tight?

Thx in advance for the advice, and again for the excellent work on the guide! It is excellent help.

There was a mailing list discussion about it that just died down yesterday (no, I don't expect you to know that :) ) -- it was removed due to legal concerns.

[Qrk]

I agree. Thanks for the guide. It was the thing that really pushed me over to Ubuntu from Mepis.

For he's a jolly good fellow,
for he's a jolly good fellow,
for he's a jolly good fellow,
which nobody can deny

[Hamman]

Oh, thanks for the heads-up. Was wondering why I couldn't find it :)
does anyone have a .deb lying around? Or should I just download the tar.gz from mplayer site? In that case, where would I place it?

[gw90se]

Hey, did you know this link has the same stuff as the ubuntu guide? Cool!! :)

(Okay, this is a joke as well...a lame one, but hey, what do you expect for free? My best material??)

You ask this is an open source community? Yes, we do expect your best stuff for free. :)

[Master Shake]

Ironically, I just used the guide for the first time yesterday... The mirror of course.. to install ALSL. Got it working with no problems for once. :)

[matthew]

(Okay, this is a joke as well...a lame one, but hey, what do you expect for free? My best material??)
You ask this is an open source community? Yes, we do expect your best stuff for free. :)
Good point. I'll start digging up my A-list material and release it here under the GPL.

[az]

Oh, thanks for the heads-up. Was wondering why I couldn't find it :)
does anyone have a .deb lying around? Or should I just download the tar.gz from mplayer site? In that case, where would I place it?

Before there was Ubuntubackports, there was apt-get.org....


http://www1.apt-get.org/search.php?query=w32codecs&arch%5B%5D=i386&arch%5B%5D=all

[ticklu2deth]

Personally, I like both, but as of this writing, I cannot access the Wiki either. Does anyone know if it it down? Actually, I have had several times I couldn't connect to the Wiki from different machines (work and home).

[matthew]

Personally, I like both, but as of this writing, I cannot access the Wiki either. Does anyone know if it it down? Actually, I have had several times I couldn't connect to the Wiki from different machines (work and home).
Wiki works fine for me.

[ticklu2deth]

Wiki works fine for me.
How odd. When I click on the link at the top of this page, I get the old "The page cannot be displayed" message (from IE, but I would't think that would matter).

Curiouser and curiouser, I can access it from the same box using Firefox. I guess it's a setting in IE.

[az]

The wiki has a self-signed certificate.

You can tell IE or any browser to accept that certificate permanently.

[GrannyTux]

I think we've had enough of a documentation war.... This topic is about the ubuntuguide being up/down. Let's learn to respect a handful's hard work at a resource dedicated to those common tasks that others have yet to place on the Wiki.



Here Here well said...

Anybody know the status of the site yet ???

[Ric_]

Here Here well said...

Anybody know the status of the site yet ???

Well I just did a whois for the domain and my service told me it was unregistered!!!!! So in a panic I purchased it for the good of ubuntu ;) If you need hosting space and DNS hosting for this site (yes for free) just shout!!!! I love the guide!

I'm not sure my registration will work but who knows! If it does can someone put me in touch with the creator of the site and we'll sort it out, and hopefully get up and running again soon.

[xequence]

Well I just did a whois for the domain and my service told me it was unregistered!!!!! So in a panic I purchased it for the good of ubuntu ;) If you need hosting space and DNS hosting for this site (yes for free) just shout!!!! I love the guide!

I'm not sure my registration will work but who knows! If it does can someone put me in touch with the creator of the site and we'll sort it out, and hopefully get up and running again soon.

Nice move, thanks alot =) I have the trust ubuntu guide saved on my computer if anyone wants it.

[numberexhaust]

Well I just did a whois for the domain and my service told me it was unregistered!!!!! So in a panic I purchased it for the good of ubuntu ;) If you need hosting space and DNS hosting for this site (yes for free) just shout!!!! I love the guide!

I'm not sure my registration will work but who knows! If it does can someone put me in touch with the creator of the site and we'll sort it out, and hopefully get up and running again soon.
are you sure? dude. btw, in the mean time, does anyone have a downloaded copy of the guide?

[xequence]

Well, I just e-mailed the files to Ric, so it will probably be up soon :)

[numberexhaust]

Well, I just e-mailed the files to Ric, so it will probably be up soon :)
can u email them to me?? numberexhaust@gmail.com

[Ric_]

are you sure? dude. btw, in the mean time, does anyone have a downloaded copy of the guide?

Not sure at all mate. My ISP and a few others that I checked reported it as free to register so I thought I'd better do just in case. I do believe there are some odd things going on with that domain however. (I'm wondering if the ownership is being disputed)

Who ever gets the domain the offer to host is still there.

In a couple of hours http://ubuntuguide.squarecows.com should work. If anyone has the translations to send me I'll put them up too.

P.S.

Also has anyone thought about starting the update on this doucment for breezy yet?

More Info:

I've contact the original author to try and get this sorted out. I'll keep you posted.

[jiyuu0]

Hello,

I've done this whois at my domain provider:

Domain ID:D105294617-LROR
Domain Name:UBUNTUGUIDE.ORG
Created On:06-Dec-2004 01:50:14 UTC
Last Updated On:19-Sep-2005 14:13:23 UTC
Expiration Date:06-Dec-2006 01:50:14 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Go Daddy Software, Inc. (R91-LROR)
Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:GODA-013897031
Registrant Organization:NA
Registrant Street1:30, SS 14/8C
Registrant Street2:30, SS 14/8C
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Subang Jaya
Registrant State/Province:Selangor
Registrant Postal Code:47500
Registrant Country:MY
Registrant Phone:+60.162509002
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:+60.162509002
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:jiyuu0@gmail.com
Admin ID:GODA-213897031
Admin Organization:NA
Admin Street1:30, SS 14/8C
Admin Street2:30, SS 14/8C
Admin Street3:
Admin City:Subang Jaya
Admin State/Province:Selangor
Admin Postal Code:47500
Admin Country:MY
Admin Phone:+60.162509002
Admin Phone Ext.:
Admin FAX:+60.162509002
Admin FAX Ext.:
Admin Email:jiyuu0@gmail.com
Tech ID:GODA-113897031
Tech Organization:NA
Tech Street1:30, SS 14/8C
Tech Street2:30, SS 14/8C
Tech Street3:
Tech City:Subang Jaya
Tech State/Province:Selangor
Tech Postal Code:47500
Tech Country:MY
Tech Phone:+60.162509002
Tech Phone Ext.:
Tech FAX:+60.162509002
Tech FAX Ext.:
Tech Email:jiyuu0@gmail.com
Name Server:PARK21.SECURESERVER.NET
Name Server:PARK22.SECURESERVER.NET

I've recently moved ubuntuguide to godaddy.com. But it's taking them quite some time to put it up. I'm not sure why... Hope they will get it sorted. I've paid the $.

If they really can't sort the problem, then probrably i've got to find another hosting provider.

Yes, i'm planning for a breezy version of the UbuntuGuide soon. Hope it will release on the same time when the official breezy released.

[Ric_]

Excellant,

Do you still need webspace I have buckets loads and plenty of bandwidth. I can start you off on 150GB per month and up that if you need it. I can also give you full control over e-mail address's (I offer pop and imap + webmail ) / DNS etc etc if you need that service.

Let me know what you need and I'll try and sort it.

[jiyuu0]

Excellant,

Do you still need webspace I have buckets loads and plenty of bandwidth. I can start you off on 150GB per month and up that if you need it. I can also give you full control over e-mail address's (I offer pop and imap + webmail ) / DNS etc etc if you need that service.

Let me know what you need and I'll try and sort it.


let me wait for a day more for godaddy to sort my problem. else i have to ask refund from them and i'll shift to your server.

many thanks for the offer. 150GB is enough solely for the guide (without add-on-cd).

previously, i've got to moved ubuntuguide out from my previous server because it's sucking my friend's bandwidth and he is paying extra because of me.

sorry guys for the inconvenience

[heimo]

sorry guys for the inconvenience

I'm pretty sure you don't need to apologize. :) Thanks for your great guide. If you ever need more mirrors, I'm willing to setup one.

[Ric_]

Let me have a word with my ISP I'll see if I can mirror your CD. That could help!

[Ric_]

Keep your fingers crossed I may have sorted a dedicated server for the CD images ;) plus all the free bandwidth you need ;)

[jnoreiko]

For a better guide with much more correct instructions and one that actually explains what you are doing (at least sometimes), and one that can be improved by a lot of people, go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDocumentation.

Except...
Firstly, the wiki is very slow to respond to edits.
Secondly, why does it always throw up a certificate message 'Unable to verify the something of this certificate etc etc'?

[Knome_fan]

Except...
Firstly, the wiki is very slow to respond to edits.
Secondly, why does it always throw up a certificate message 'Unable to verify the something of this certificate etc etc'?

As azz already mentioned, simply tell your browser to accept the certificate permanently and you won't be bothered again.

And please let's not restart the documentation flame war. I think if you look at the wiki and the guide, they are very different and have different uses, so I don't really see a problem here. And if you prefer one over the other, just use it, no need to flame other peoples work here.

[numberexhaust]

Ric, you are the man. Thanks a lot for all the work, and I'm sure a lot of other people feel the same way. Ubuntu all the way!

[Bluefire]

I'm sorry if i was being rude before.

And I'm not going to discuss further why i dislike like it. (It will just turn into a flame war...)

Oh, and here is a mirror if you really need it: http://www.frankandjacq.com/ubuntuguide/5.04/index.html

Thanks for the mirror.

[lonetree]

are you sure? dude. btw, in the mean time, does anyone have a downloaded copy of the guide?


Hi hi,

wow, have seen so much of debating for these few days regarding the guide and the wiki. I do not wish to participate on this though but just wanna say that ubuntuguide has helped me a lot in my confidence in linux and especially ubuntu.

Anyway, I have a copy of the ver 4.17 ubuntuguide in pdf format. Anyone wish to have it please let me know. Hope the owner has no objection in me giving out though.

So, anyone need it please let me know, k?

regards,

P/S : btw, there is one issue that I wish to highlight on mounting windows shared folder on ubuntu machine. The guideline given by ubuntuguide and the wiki will have some problem when copying files from ubuntu to the windows shared folder, you will notice that the date and time of the files get changed from the original date.

To resolve this, you will have to include a uid and gid in the command line for mounting.

[numberexhaust]

Hi hi,

wow, have seen so much of debating for these few days regarding the guide and the wiki. I do not wish to participate on this though but just wanna say that ubuntuguide has helped me a lot in my confidence in linux and especially ubuntu.

Anyway, I have a copy of the ver 4.17 ubuntuguide in pdf format. Anyone wish to have it please let me know. Hope the owner has no objection in me giving out though.

So, anyone need it please let me know, k?

regards,

P/S : btw, there is one issue that I wish to highlight on mounting windows shared folder on ubuntu machine. The guideline given by ubuntuguide and the wiki will have some problem when copying files from ubuntu to the windows shared folder, you will notice that the date and time of the files get changed from the original date.

To resolve this, you will have to include a uid and gid in the command line for mounting.
yeah i could go for a downloaded copy, with all this controversy going on (i wanna keep a copy for reference). pls email it to numberexhaust@gmail.com

Thanks man

[drdabbles]

Hey...weird...I don;t know if anybody else noticed, but I had the hardest time resolving ubuntuguide.org a couple days ago. Odd. :-)

Anyway, I just renewed my account for my domain, etc. with goDaddy.com for yet another year. :-) figured I'd offer some space. I have mirrored the guide here: http://drdabbles.us/ubuntuguide/5.04/index.html. I also added my mirror to the page header, updated the "last edited" line, and the changelog.

If there's interest in making the site completely mirrored at multiple addresses, I'd love to be in on it. Email me a tar.gz of the pages, images, etc. except the CD Image. If there's a place I can get that currently, I might add that to my mirror as well.

[SKLP]

Yes, i'm planning for a breezy version of the UbuntuGuide soon. Hope it will release on the same time when the official breezy released.Hmm, regarding the wiki vs ubuntuguide debate, I came up with an idea.
Maybe the whole UbuntuGuide could be moved to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGuide or something, and after a while people could move over parts from it to separate wiki pages and then add links to them from UserDocumentation.

This would probably have many benefits... (the main issue with the UbuntuGuide ATM IMHO (except for it being down :/) is that it can't easily be improved by anyone. for example, I've found things i knew could be done in a better/cleaner way and if the guide was a wiki / at the ubuntu wiki, i would have fixed them, and we all would have benefitted)

[Just my 2 cents...]

[lonetree]

Hmm, regarding the wiki vs ubuntuguide debate, I came up with an idea.
Maybe the whole UbuntuGuide could be moved to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGuide or something, and after a while people could move over parts from it to separate wiki pages and then add links to them from UserDocumentation.

This would probably have many benefits... (the main issue with the UbuntuGuide ATM IMHO (except for it being down :/) is that it can't easily be improved by anyone. for example, I've found things i knew could be done in a better/cleaner way and if the guide was a wiki / at the ubuntu wiki, i would have fixed them, and we all would have benefitted)

[Just my 2 cents...]



I still feel that it should be in 2 seperate sites. I find that yours is much better in referencing. Anyway, the final decision is yours.

Regards,

[numberexhaust]

I still feel that it should be in 2 seperate sites. I find that yours is much better in referencing. Anyway, the final decision is yours.

Regards,
i agree... as mentioned in this discussion, the guide and the wiki are two different things with two different advantages. i think it's best to keep them separate.

[thelung]

That's exactly what it did for me, staying with ubuntu. I'am also very lost. :???:
How can people be so rude? When you say you have a preference for the wiki ok, but just don't come with plain "it's not so good", give at least a statement!

Personally i like the guide better because in the wiki i get lost. Although i find the principle of a wiki better, the guide is more usable and easier to me.
The guide helped me and my buddy make fairly smooth transitions from windows, the fact that its down will definitely be a bad thing for beginners.

[aysiu]

The guide helped me and my buddy make fairly smooth transitions from windows, the fact that its down will definitely be a bad thing for beginners. Yeah, but there's a mirror of it still up:
http://www.frankandjacq.com/ubuntuguide/5.04/

[jiyuu0]

guys, it's up :-) except for translations

[Galoot]

guys, it's up :-) except for translationsNot everywhere. It hasn't fully propagated yet. But I'm sure glad it's coming back!

[aragorn2909]

Very happy to see it back up! :)

[benplaut]

here's the site, tar'd up, if it ever goes down again:

http://box.net/public/benplaut/dfiles/UbuntuGuide.tar.gz

[Rule]

here's the site, tar'd up, if it ever goes down again:

http://box.net/public/benplaut/dfiles/UbuntuGuide.tar.gz

cool :) I have it running here (http://www3.telus.net/ra11le/ubuntuguide/)

[numberexhaust]

who put it back up?

[cbudden]

who put it back up?
Confim it back up in London!

[c2483]

where can i access the amd64 ubuntuguide

[srunni]

cool :) I have it running here (http://www3.telus.net/ra11le/ubuntuguide/)

I'm getting a 404 on that link...

[papatrpt89]

The site seems to be down again!! I notice this thread was started in 2005. The tar.gz attached was for Ubuntu 5.04 :p

Does anyone have a mirror/tar.gz of the current (Feisty) guide?

[walkerk]

Ubuntuguide.org is a great site for new users.. and potential users..

and yes.. its down..

[akiratheoni]

Nice ;-) Let's hope it stays down.

Ubuntuguide.org is IMHO not very good.
For a better guide with much more correct instructions and one that actually explains what you are doing (at least sometimes), and one that can be improved by a lot of people, go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDocumentation.

I don't know what you're doing, but ubuntuguide.org helped me fix my resolution errors and helped me get ssh working, and I'm a complete noob. I'll admit the wiki.ubuntu.com hasn't helped me as much as ubuntuguide.org.

[adam.tropics]

I am sure I did this today already!...but there is always google cache...but it is a couple days or so off, and slow as all .......!

Go HERE (http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:oCNVrC8mgQ8J:ubuntuguide.org/+ubuntuguide.org&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=au)

edit: did I mention slow?...I meant really really really really slow!.....however it gets there in the end.

[Malta paul]

For info. thanks to 'drdabbles' the only site that works great for me is:http://drdabbles.us/ubuntuguide/5.04/index.html
Well done mate, :)

[Malta paul]

As a follow on to my last post, I've just got Ubuntu 7.04 starter guide at:http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Feisty. It took a little while to come down, but work good when it was on line :guitar:

[tenjin1]

Looks like its 'officially' back up now :)

I agree ubuntuguide.org has to be one of the greatest guides for beginners to experts alike, when doing a fresh install. Very good reference guide that is!