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