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Hi, |
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Firstly apologies if this is the wrong -list for such a post. I would |
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like to see the GWN restart (i m sure i m not the only one) ! Infact i |
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can contribute my weekends to it. That should be enough time. |
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As regards, the need for a newsletter, i guess its more to do with |
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information dissemination. Clearly a monthly schedule is difficult for |
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a fast moving distro like Gentoo. Also another major benefit is for the |
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prospective users who see something coming from within the community and |
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beleive it to be alive and well. I mean, the Gentoo community knows that |
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Gentoo is doing very well (cheers to the devs and the community- you |
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rock) but unfortunately that is not the view outside. This kind of puts |
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off the user-to-be (i know because my *nix-aware friends are difficult to |
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convince and a lot of garbage has been written about Gentoo in the past). |
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Also there are those who just prefer the newsletter in their inbox as |
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opposed to going through forums and websites. Ofcourse, there are other |
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reasons as well. |
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Now, as regards the content - i have the following on mind: |
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1) The regular stuff -- stats, new packages, removals, dev joinings, |
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hottest thread, most discussed topic on ml etc. |
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2) One article -- ranging from the hip and happening in the Gentoo-world |
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to howtos; |
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3) Community member of the week (devs or users) -- About a community |
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member, the format will be specific (i m working on it) |
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4) There has to be some tech-humor ;-) LOL!! |
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5) Other suggestions and criticisms are welcome! |
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So, how do i go about it? Whom to contact, the hurdles i should be |
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prepared for etc.? |
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Thanks & Regards, |
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Man Shankar <man.ee.gen(at)gmail.com> |
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