Re: Where in the OS do we introducing GNOME

["cd bates" <cd bates virginnet co uk>]

Hi.

Have you read Raymond's Cathedral and the Bazaar, which he's published with
O'Reilly books? I konw he's not popular with some people but a summary of
that might be a good intro to the OS, if not to GNOME.

Yours,

Chris.

> I think that GNOME doesn't clearly advocate itself, in
> the desktop itself.
> GNOME's goals and objectives are only placed in the
> User's Gnome, even though most users don't read User's
> Guides, or only do after a long time.
>
> I noticed GNOME having this fault, just after I
> subscribed to blockbuster, and even if I dislike them
> for their cutting of films, I was charmed by the
> introductory papers they gave me, telling what
> Blockbuster is, "all convenience in one store", etc.
> And also because I have to daily debunk the idea that
> GNU/Linux is just about being gratis and better than
> Windows, and then get ignorant looks when I tell them
> about the freedom to copy, sell, and modify the
> software, I think that such an introduction should
> exist.
>
> It could be put in the About window, or in the 1st tip
> on the startup hint dialog, or in a Welcome window
> that would appear the first time Gnome is run.
>
> What do you think?
> Eduardo
>
> =====
> Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 19:
> "Everyone has the right to[...] seek, receive and impart information and
ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."
> http://www.democracynow.org
> http://www.indymedia.org
> http://www.infosubway.org/infosubway/
> http://www.freespeech.org
> http://damn.tao.ca/
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger.
> http://im.yahoo.com
>
>
> --
> To unsubscribe: mail gnome-devel-list-request@gnome.org with "unsubscribe"
> as the Subject.
>