[Colchester] Re: [ubuntu-uk] GetGNULinux.Org

[Gary Kearley]

Please see a message Ben sent to the Ubuntu-UK list, he did not want to
"spam" all the Lug's and asked us to forward the message on, if we felt
it worthy, which I do.

On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 21:59 +0000, Benjamin Webb wrote:
> I for one would think, and I'm sure many would agree with me, that the
> http://linux.org website is rather ugly in design, and not welcoming
> or terribly explanatory to linux newcomers.
> 
> http://www.getgnulinux.org is designed to change this. It explains
> what Linux is on a level that even non-tech types could understand and
> also why and how they would switch. It is a perfect site for someone
> who knows nothing about Linux at all.
> 
> It also hopes to become a part of a promotional campaign, similar to
> the SpreadFirefox one. There are already banners available to link to
> the site with a very clear and simple message - Get GNU/Linux.
> 
> As you may be able to tell from the name, the sites creator agrees
> with the FSF's naming suggestion, but the site does not aim to force
> this upon the rest of the community, and in fact uses the term Linux
> itself, in order to make the site more understandable for its
> audience.
> 
> The website is run by an organisation, GNU/Linux Matters, which is
> soon to become an non-profit organisation in France.
> 
> The site also has a community on the nuxified.org forums, which I am a
> member of, but I am not the site's creator. By posting this I do not
> want to appear a spammer. I simply want to make the ubuntu-uk
> community aware of this site, and would love to hear your opinions. Do
> you think this site is a good alternative to Linux.org, as a portal
> for the Linux community as a whole? Would you be interested in the
> idea of a Linux advocacy campaign, and would you consider putting a
> getGnu/Linux button on your own website/blog.
> 
> Finally, the non-profit organisation plans to have "ambassadors" and
> "embassies" in other countries, to promote Linux on a country specific
> basis. Is anyone interested setting up one for the UK?
> 
> I would greatly appreciate it if you could forward this message on to
> people who are not subscribed to this mailing list, for example to the
> various UK LUGs.
> 
> Regards,
> Ben Webb (Ubuntu user and GetGNU/Linux.Org campaigner)
>