This sounds very good! And looks like a step in the right direction! Thanks to everyone involved, past and in the future.
On 8/6/2019 8:47 PM, Matt Lee wrote: > Hello, I'm Matt Lee, I've recently taken over maintaining > gNewSense from Sam, and I'd like to share a few of my > thoughts on the project and where I'd like to take things. > > For those who don't know me, I'm Matt Lee: former FSF > campaigns manager, former technical lead at Creative > Commons and the founder of the GNU Network and the GNU FM > (Libre.fm) and GNU social projects. I also wrote and > produced the short film, "Happy Birthday to GNU" with > Stephen Fry where he recommends gNewSense. > > I have a vision for desktop GNU/Linux that is unfulfilled. > > I want a default experience on a desktop to be opinionated > and well thought out. I want a distinct set of packages > that can be used by mere mortals without knowing about GNU > or Linux or free software. I call it 'Skeleton', because > there are simply no bones about it. > > I also want developers to be able to have the best > possible experience, and I want to see GNU/Linux used on > servers. > > Regarding gNewSense -- historically, we have been in a > position where we strive to produce a distribution that > makes Debian GNU/Linux (or Ubuntu, if you go back far > enough) available to people in the default state. Packages > were removed and activities that endangered user freedom > were curtailed, but little was added to Debian's excellent > output in terms of decisions or improvements. > > To that end, I wish to strive for the following > improvements to gNewSense: > > * Release four distinct versions of gNewSense, including a > distribution that includes a subset of packages for a > focused user experience, one that is essentially vanilla > Debian with our freedom improvements, a developer > edition with the latest and greatest GNU development > tools, and a server edition that is based on the work of > the Devuan community. > > * Number our releases after the Debian releases. > > * Use modern infrastructure and development tools like > GitLab CE. > > * Make updates available outside of the Debian upstream > for things we care about: GNU development tools, web > browsers, programs like XScreenSaver, etc. > > * Have outstanding and beautiful documentation for our > improvements to the community. > > * Improve communication between users and developers of > gNewSense with regular updates, newsletters and demos. > > * Work with the broader free software and free culture > communities to bring the best of our community to gNS. > > * Explore supporting architectures beyond what we > currently support to bring new users into our community. > > * Have a richer online community, with a community forum > in addition to mailing lists so that users who are new > to free software can feel like they have a voice. > > All of things will require commitment and work from our > community, and I would love to hear from all users and > developers who are interested in helping me take gNewSense > forward into the future. > > I want to thank Sam for all the work over the years since > taking over gNewSense, and I welcome all questions, ideas > and suggestions on improving things. > > I will be posting this on our website too, and I encourage > anyone with feedback to write to <ma...@gnu.org> or hit me > up on IRC. > > I have already begun migrating things from the old wiki to > a GitLab CE wiki, so please let me know on IRC if would > like an account on GitLab. > > Best, > matt > > _______________________________________________ > gNewSense-dev mailing list > gNewSense-dev@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-dev
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