Re: wrong meaning of GNU/Linux on Debian Project mainpage

2004-12-31 Thread Anthony Towns
Ed White wrote: So I think a possible correct version could be: Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian uses the Linux kernel (the core of an operating system), but most of the

Re: wrong meaning of GNU/Linux on Debian Project mainpage

2004-12-31 Thread Floris Bruynooghe
On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 04:22:13PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: But hey, if you're seriously advocating we drop the GNU/ and just call it Debian Linux... No way! I must say I was quite shocked to see people in the Google ads discussion search for debian linux to see what kind of adds they

Matthew Garrett, our new representative on the GNOME advisory board

2004-12-31 Thread Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader
The following was never formally announced so I'm doing this now: In July 2004, I appointed Matthew Garrett as our representative on the GNOME advisory board. Matthew attended the advisory board meeting at GUADEC 2004 and subsequently sent a report [1]. Since then he has been following the

Joerg Jaspert, an additional DAM

2004-12-31 Thread Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader
Joerg Jaspert has been appointed as an additional Debian Account Manager (DAM). He has gone through some applications in the last few days already and he'll continue to work on more. -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED]