Ubuntu FAQ guide omissions

I suggest you file this as a bug against the ubuntu-docs package. Having just reviewed the FAQ guide, it appears that no explicit warnings are given regarding the universe, multiverse and backports repositories. There is only a standard disclaimer at the top. If I've missed something, docteam, please make it known.

For your information:

1. "Universe" is a collection of packages maintained and supported by the Ubuntu community, but not directly supported by Canonical. "Multiverse" is, as far as I understand it, the rest of the Debian package repository, but is neither supported nor maintained by Ubuntu devs or the community.

2. Universe is safe and supported by the community. It contains hundreds of software packages, most of which are very useful. There are several "non-free" (e.g., closed source) packages in Multiverse. Those are useful when trying to watch a Realplayer movie or flash, etc.

3. There are certainly potential risks with using Multiverse. It is best to be confident with what you are doing before adding any extra repositories.

4. You must enable the Universe and Multiverse repositories to gain access to those packages. Refer to answer #1. Backports is a community supported project which provides new version updates to packages already in Ubuntu. Backports is relatively safe, because, as it seems, they aren't allowed to backport major software packages that could break the system (e.g., firefox, openoffice.org).

Question: Is the Ubuntu FAQ Guide you are looking at the official document provided with the release of 5.10 (Breezy) or is it the FAQ Guide taken from the Ubuntu Forums? There is a difference between the two and if it is the one from Ubuntu Forums, then please do not file a bug against the ubuntu-docs package.

In 6.06 (Dapper) the FAQ Guide has been replaced by the Desktop Guide a much better document.

Hi Jonathan,

sorry about the confusion. In answer to your question yes it is the
official documentation that comes packaged with the Ubuntu 5.10 breezy
release.

The document's title is 'Ubuntu FAQ Guide' written by the 'Ubuntu
Documentation Project'. My question relates to the page entitled
'Installing Applications'.
located at file:///usr/share/ubuntu-docs/generic/faqguide/C/faqguide.xml#x01

regards,
Meryl

Jonathan Jesse wrote:

>Support request #844 on Ubuntu changed:
>https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+ticket/844
>
>Comment:
>Question: Is the Ubuntu FAQ Guide you are looking at the official document provided with the release of 5.10 (Breezy) or is it the FAQ Guide taken from the Ubuntu Forums? There is a difference between the two and if it is the one from Ubuntu Forums, then please do not file a bug against the ubuntu-docs package.
>
>In 6.06 (Dapper) the FAQ Guide has been replaced by the Desktop Guide a much better document.
>
>
>

Meryl,

Sorry for the delay on responding to your question, but the Ubuntu FAQ Guide is no longer updated as it has been replaced by the Desktop Guide which is a better document. I hope your issue has been solved by that. To check you could look at http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/desktopguide/C/index.html

Thank you everyone for your help and advice on this.
Philip Cain's advice and the Draft Dapper Desktop Guide has really been a big help in answering my questions.

cheers and many thanks,
Meryl

Hi I am jack and work on https://bit.ly/38hbnf4 tools. this guide also help me so much