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Hi all, |
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With the Gentoo 2008.0 beta scheduled for 3 March [1], Sonny Gaviola [2] and I |
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have exchanged mails to relaunch the project of a Gentoo-centric issue of the |
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French version of the Linux Identity magazine [3]. This was discussed before |
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[4] but put on hold when 2007.1 was cancelled. |
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To summarise, we are asked to produce a 36-page magazine issue presenting |
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Gentoo Linux 2008.0. Suggested topics are: |
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1. Introduction/Editorial (1 page) and Table of Contents (1 page) |
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2. DVD contents description (2-4 pages) |
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- DVD 1 - Bootable install disc, 32 bits version |
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- DVD 2 - Bootable install disc, 64 bits version |
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3. Installing Gentoo 2008.0 (5-8 pages) |
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4. System Configuration (5-8 pages) |
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5. FAQ and where to find help (4-6 pages) |
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6. Three articles on practical topics (4-6 pages); examples: most interesting |
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applications working under Gentoo 2008.0, tips and tricks, complementary |
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software, desktop environments, keeping one's system up to date. |
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One page is roughly 4000 characters and 2 screen captures. Ideally, the |
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material should be ready at about the same time as the official release of |
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Gentoo 2008.0 (scheduled for 17 March), but delays of few weeks are |
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acceptable. Financial compensation would be 30 USD per page (1080 USD for the |
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whole issue). |
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I would appreciate if the PR team could help me publicise this and motivate |
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developers to either write something or point me to existing material that we |
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could use to base articles on. I can take care of translating English |
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material and plan to write at least two articles, but I doubt I would be up |
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to writing the whole thing all by myself. Also, is anyone from the PR team |
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interested in contributing material? |
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Here are a few random article ideas: |
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- The Gentoo Linux Installer |
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- Using Portage |
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- Managing Web applications with webapp-config |
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- Configuring Java in Gentoo |
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- Using Portage overlays with layman |
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- Hard drive encryption using dm-crypt |
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- A review of music players available in Portage |
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- A review of desktop environments available in Portage |
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Kind regards, |
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Olivier |
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[1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/release/2008.0 |
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[2] cooperation@××××××××.com |
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[3] http://www.linuxidentity.com |
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[4] |
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http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-pr/msg_92869534da8511e5682c912233377730.xml |
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Olivier Fisette (ribosome) |
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Gentoo Linux Developer |
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