Ubuntu Manual beta-release

In this release, the content of the manual should represent what it will look like in the final release - all references, links and images should be in place, and formatting, color scheme and styles should start to take shape.

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Project:
Ubuntu Manual
Series:
lucid-e1
Version:
beta-release
Released:
 
Registrant:
Benjamin Humphrey
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9 Benjamin Humphrey, 1 Daniel Schury, 2 Elan Kugelmass, 1 Josh Holland, 1 Kevin Godby, 3 Ryan Macnish, 1 Tom Cantara, 1 Ubuntu Manual Team, 1 ilya haykinson
Blueprints:
4 Implemented
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18 Fix Released

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Release notes 

In this release, the content of the manual should represent what it will look like in the final release - all references, links and images should be in place, and formatting, color scheme and styles should start to take shape. This marks the writing freeze as well.

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Version 0.6

4 blueprints and 18 bugs targeted

Blueprint Priority Assignee Delivery
Beta Release Beta Release 5 Essential Ubuntu Manual Team  11 Implemented
Chapter 1 - Starting Out Chapter 1 - Starting Out 4 High Benjamin Humphrey  11 Implemented
Chapter 6 - The Command Line Chapter 6 - The Command Line 4 High Ryan Macnish  11 Implemented
Prologue Prologue 4 High Benjamin Humphrey  11 Implemented
Bug report Importance Assignee Status
506807 #506807 Factual Error sudo (Chapter 7) 3 High Ryan Macnish  10 Fix Released
544777 #544777 No nomenclature at the start of the manual 3 High Kevin Godby  10 Fix Released
506803 #506803 Factual Error Terminal vs. Shell (Chapter 7) 4 Medium Ryan Macnish  10 Fix Released
513835 #513835 Link to community help pages for hardware issues 4 Medium Elan Kugelmass  10 Fix Released
532747 #532747 ubuntu recovery instructions don't work 4 Medium Elan Kugelmass  10 Fix Released
534827 #534827 Reporting a few misspellings 4 Medium   10 Fix Released
543293 #543293 Edit the phrase "Warning: If you choose to encrypt your home folder, do not turn on automatic login in the future as it will break your computer. " 4 Medium   10 Fix Released
543768 #543768 Synaptic is sometimes used when Software center works as well 4 Medium Benjamin Humphrey  10 Fix Released
544779 #544779 Headings have inconsistent capitalization 4 Medium Benjamin Humphrey  10 Fix Released
546289 #546289 (Inconsistent) use of apt-get and aptitude 4 Medium Benjamin Humphrey  10 Fix Released
546867 #546867 Factual error Chapter 6 "aptitude autoremove" 4 Medium Benjamin Humphrey  10 Fix Released
522764 #522764 Wrong default search engine mentioned 5 Low ilya haykinson  10 Fix Released
524612 #524612 factual error restricted-repository 5 Low Daniel Schury  10 Fix Released
527532 #527532 incorrect conjunction use in a sentence 5 Low Benjamin Humphrey  10 Fix Released
534681 #534681 The word "Copy" must be replaced by "Cut" 5 Low Tom Cantara  10 Fix Released
545983 #545983 Something is not right in page 124 5 Low Josh Holland  10 Fix Released
546295 #546295 Confusing use of 'gksudo' in 'sudo' paragraph 5 Low Benjamin Humphrey  10 Fix Released
546299 #546299 Use of sudo in terminal without explanation on password 5 Low Benjamin Humphrey  10 Fix Released
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