I wasn't dissing gentoo! (imo it's a great distro) I just had the impression (the wrong one!) that it was dieing :P
Anyways, yes I agree that any article should feature a debian(ubuntu) method of approach however we musn't forget other distro (especially) rpm based ones that are also the favorite target of many newbies to try out first time. Thus any examples given in articles should either be as distro-agnostic as possible, or else 1 rpm example and 1 debian(ubuntu) example. Even though I love ubuntu to peices, I am quite sensitive to the current trend were beginner are thinking that ubuntu = linux, were infact ubuntu is a distribution that uses the linux kernel.. M On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Jean Azzopardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ubuntu sucks. > > Oh, no flamewars? How sad. > Joking aside if there's going to be any informational articles, its > probably going to be about Ubuntu, right? We could also get some help > from the Ubuntu Forums in that regard. The ubuntuwiki, ubuntuguide, etc. > > That said, I think a good article about Open Source in general, the FSF, > and Linux would be good. I'll definitely try and help out after the > exams, write an article or too. > > > > On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 11:35 +0200, Raphael Borg Ellul Vincenti wrote: > > Seems like the mailing list has got active again!! Hip hip hurray :) > > > > Well, we could do with a good pair of helping hands if someone has > > some free time and/or skill. There were a couple of posts on the MLUG > > list regarding information of Open Source for beginners as well as > > information of applications for new users who wish to use their new > > open source desktop to carry out academic work. The website is coming > > along nicely and a couple of articles covering this topic would be > > greatly appreciated. My personal note would be to avoid dissing other > > distributions or projects because it only causes gripes and flamewars. > > Anton, I am looking at you! > > > > Another item which we might need some help with is promotional > > material. Anton showed me some graphics regarding posters we could > > circulate as info material (aka propaganda) to fellow students or > > workers. Help in that department will help the adoption of OSS > > technologies among felow friends and co-workers. This would be a true > > grassroots effort which involves the local Maltese population. If you > > ever were pissed off that only technologies backed by companies get > > promotional attention in the Maltese islands, now is the time to take > > action! > > > > Last but not least, I would like to thank Ramon, Keith, Anton and > > Philip for the help they put into getting back the MLUG server as well > > as the community from its ashes. > > > > -- > > Raphael > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >
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