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Gentoo Linux today announced the launch of its new totally revamped and more |
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inclusive website which was built to conform to the CGA Web(TM) graphics |
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standards. |
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"Our previous website served the community superbly well for the past 10 years |
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but was frankly not as inclusive as we would have liked as it could not be |
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viewed by aspiring community members who did not have access to the latest |
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hardware," said a Gentoo Linux Council Member who asked not to be named. |
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"Dedicated community members worked all hours for many months to get the new |
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site ready for its launch today. We are proud of their efforts and are |
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convinced that the new site will be way more inclusive than ever and thereby |
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deepen the sense of community felt by all," they said. |
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"Gentoo Linux's seven-person council determined that the interests of the |
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community were not being served by the previous site and decided that it had to |
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be made more inclusive," said Web project lead Alex Legler (a3li). The |
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new site is also available via Gopher [1]. |
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"What's the use of putting millions of colours out there when so many in the |
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world cannot appreciate them and who, indeed, may even feel disappointed by |
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their less capable hardware platforms," he said. |
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"We accept that members in more fortunate circumstances may feel that a site |
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with a 16-colour palette and an optimal screen resolution of 640 x 200 pixels |
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is not the best fit for their needs but we urge such members to keep the |
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greater good in mind. The vast majority of potential new Gentoo Linux users are |
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still using IBM XT computers, storing their information on 5.25-inch floppy |
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disks and communicating via dial-up BBS," said Roy Bamford (neddyseagoon), a |
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Foundation trustee. |
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"These people will be touched and grateful that their needs are now being taken |
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in account and that they will be able to view the Gentoo Linux site comfortably |
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on whatever hardware they have available." |
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"The explosion of gratitude will ensure other leading firms such as Microsoft |
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and Apple begin to move into conformance with CGA Web(TM) and it is hoped it |
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will help bring knowledge to more and more informationally-disadvantaged people |
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every year," said Daniel Robbins (drobbins), former Gentoo founder. |
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Several teams participated in the early development of the new website and would |
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like to showcase their work: |
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Games Team [2] |
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Multimedia Team [3] |
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Net-News Team [4] |
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Phase II |
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The second phase of the project to get Gentoo Linux to a wider user base will |
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involve the creation of floppy disk sets containing a compact version of the |
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operating system and a selection of software essentials. It is estimated that |
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sets could be created using less than 700 disks each and sponsorship is |
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currently being sought. The launch of Gentoo Disk(TM) can be expected in about a |
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year. |
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Media release prepared by A Jackson (ajackson@g.o) |
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Editorial inquiries: PR team (pr@g.o) |
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Interviews, photography and screen shots available on request. |
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[1] gopher://gopher.gentoo.org/ |
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[2] https://www.gentoo.org/new-website/games/ |
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[3] https://www.gentoo.org/new-website/multimedia/ |
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[4] https://www.gentoo.org/get-involved/newsgroups/ |
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