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On 17:40 Tue 04 Mar , Olivier Fisette wrote: |
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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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Hey, |
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I'm sorry for taking forever to reply to this; my non-Linux life has |
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been crazy and just calmed down in the past few days. It looks like the |
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2008.0 release has graciously slipped to compensate for my tardiness. |
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Previous Gentoo-focused magazine issues (like that one Polish magazine) |
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have publicized this effort on -core, so that might be a good place to |
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start looking for authors. Would you like to take this to -core? |
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It might be worth considering whether the money would go to Gentoo or to |
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individual authors, or whether to let them make the choice. |
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I don't have any time to work on this personally, but I expect a few |
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devs would be interested. |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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