Fwd: Good day - re: new direction for Cinnarch

[Brett Legree <brett legree gmail com>]

Good day all,

I had a brief exchange with Alexandre of Cinnarch today - if you did not see my little note on IRC, they are moving to GNOME http://www.cinnarch.com/important-notice-the-future-of-cinnarch/ and seeking a new name.

I thought since a few GNOME users are using Arch that it might be interesting if this became "GNOME OS".

Obviously I do not speak for GNOME (as I said in my email to Alexandre) but I thought I would throw the idea out there and see what people think.

So, any thoughts? Yes, no, crazy...

-Brett

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Alexandre Filgueira <alexfilgueira cinnarch com>
Date: Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 6:35 AM
Subject: Re: Good day - re: new direction for Cinnarch
To: Brett Legree <brett legree gmail com>


Hi Brett

Well, becoming "the" GNOME OS would be fun, and I think, like you said, that using Arch as basis, it's the best option to GNOME to show the vanilla packages and the most up to date software.

I'm ok with discussing this with gnome, if the answer is no we can always keep our usual work.

I didn't contact the project and I don't know who to talk, so if you could help me present the idea would be great.

Thanks for contacting me

Cheers

2013/4/12 Brett Legree <brett legree gmail com>

Hello,

I am contacting you regarding the post on your new direction
http://www.cinnarch.com/important-notice-the-future-of-cinnarch/

I am part of the GNOME Marketing Team, and thought I would put in my own thoughts.

Quite a few GNOME users I know are using Arch due to the nature of the distro (rolling release, speed, pure packages, rapid updates to new software versions) and we talk from time to time about the concept of "GNOME OS".

Perhaps Cinnarch could become "the" GNOME OS.

Now, I don't speak for GNOME, but I wonder if you contacted the project formally (I could find out who to ask) and made the suggestion whether it would be considered.

Perhaps this would give you massive support and publicity if it came to pass.

Thanks, let me know what you think, and if you need a hand I am willing to help.

Brett Legree