Re: XGL and NLD10 Article, Is there still time???

[Claus Schwarm <c schwarm gmx net>]

Hi, John!

Thanks for the idea. The journal is still supposed to appear on the
15th as planned.

Theoretically, articles could be submitted on the last day before going
public if screenshots are within resonable limits (say, up to 5 or 6),
the grammar, etc. is within reasonable limits, and there's nothing we
need to worry about (ie. blant advertising texts, etc.)

 If you would like to write about "the awesome new rockingness coolness
bling that NLD10 will come with", go for it! Noone's going to stop you.
Really! ;-)

 However, the news is out, screenshots can't compete with videos, so
don't expect anyone here to write the story. But I could think of a few
topics for the next edition:

 * "Writing your own panel applet with Python" (Novells new menu seems
   to be nothing more than a panel applet.)

 * An technical story about the differences between both composition
   managers/window managers

 * A howto to get XGL, and the rest running on, for instance, Ubuntu.

 * An interview with gamehack: Who's the guy? He seems to have made the
   webpage of GnomeBaker, and the mockups of the menu. It's always good
   to know your designers.

Cheers,
Claus


On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:16:49 +1300
John Stowers <john stowers lists gmail com> wrote:

> Hey,
> 
> Putting the community backlash and ill will aside for a moment, Wouldn't it
> be great to have an article in Gnome Journal about the awesome new
> rockingness coolness bling that NLD10 will come with.
> 
> I believe that open source is all about momentum, the project with the
> greatest momentum gets the news stories about it, gets the users, and gets
> the girl. I had the feeling that gnome had lost some of its buzz lately (due
> to KDE4 hype, linus loves KDE and other reasons) and now we have the chance
> to take it back. Closed development aside, look at it from the point of view
> of "look what can be accomplished with gnome!"
> 
> Is anyone able to put together an article in time for the upcoming Gnome
> Journal about XGL/NLD10 (and their controversial gnome changes) then would
> it still have time to go in? Or should we wait for next time - if the
> controversial gnome changes have/are allowed into HEAD then maybe Gnome
> Journal could even lead with that next issue??
> 
> John
> 
> p.s If you have no idea about what I am talking about (presumed asleep for
> the last 48 hours) see
> http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=13589
>