Re: SpreadGNOME.org

[michael phoronix com]

Hello,

I am Michael Larabel the owner of Phoronix Networks (and long-time GNOME
user). SpreadGNOME.org is basically meant to be a community-driven ad-free
independent project for promoting GNOME to both existing Linux users and
potential converts. At this point the site has a mini calendar, news
feeds, commenting system, etc... It's using a custom Phoronix CMS system
under the hood, and can basically handle any other valid features that
users might request.

It's been a project in our minds since May/June of this year, and working
in the available spare time, it's finally ready to launch on the same date
as the GNOME 2.16 RC release. As is apparent from the site, at this point
it basically lacks content (graphics, marketing tags, and other text) but
now that this community site is live users will hopefully begin to
contribute. Anyone is also free to voice their opinion on what direction
they would like to see the site headed, etc...

One of the hopes David Nielsen had for SpreadGNOME was: “My main idea with
spreadGNOME would be a centralized place where people who liked GNOME or
wanted to know more about GNOME could get together, primarily the idea was
to connect speakers with communities that wanted to learn about GNU/Linux
and GNOME as well as provide helpful material to upcoming speakers to help
them present GNOME to it's fullest. I think there's a fundamental lack of
this kind of information out there and if we have a horde of people around
the world willing to do some advocacy and knock on a few doors to get
speaking slots at first - then we could really serve the cause.”, which
would be a terrific item to address once more material is available.
Others in the GNOME community have voiced their opinion as well.

Regards,
Michael Larabel

> Hi,
>
> I just heard about it, and thought some here might be interested
> as well:
>
>  http://www.spreadgnome.org/
>
> The news story says the site was done by
>
>  http://www.phoronixnetworks.com/
>
> Hopefully, there was no important memo I missed: It was news for me.
> I scanned the planet and footnotes, but it seems there was no
> (English) announcement yet.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Claus
>
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