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bendy
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 Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:44 pm Post subject: Big thanks to Donnie |
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Just wanted to give a big thank you to Donnie Berkholz for all the updates on the gentoo home page. The news updates and invitations for users to get involved help make the gentoo project feel alive again.
And a big thank you also to all the other devs who I know are working hard behind the scenes (and always have been) to keep gentoo moving forward.
I love gentoo (and feel embarassed about my recent flirtation with kubuntu  ). |
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timeBandit
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: Big thanks to Donnie |
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| bendy wrote: | | I love gentoo (and feel embarassed about my recent flirtation with kubuntu ). |
Gentoo understands it's only human to check out other distros, but it still may refuse to *cough* emerge for you just now. 
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dberkholz
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoy it. Any other suggestions you have for improving our public relations? |
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bmichaelsen
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, Donnie is awesome. Keep up the good work! |
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Zev
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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Nicely done. |
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bmichaelsen
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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| dberkholz wrote: | | You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoy it. Any other suggestions you have for improving our public relations? |
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/pr/roadmap.xml <- this looks a bit dusty
But some presentation showing:
- what the gentoo project is
- why it is important
- what makes gentoo unique
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nestal
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:53 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks Donnie! |
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swimmer
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 2:47 am Post subject: |
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Thank you Donnie indeed  |
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d2_racing
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:04 am Post subject: |
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| bmichaelsen wrote: | | Yes, Donnie is awesome. Keep up the good work! |
Yeah  |
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steveL
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 4:32 am Post subject: |
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| dberkholz wrote: | | Any other suggestions you have for improving our public relations? |
Only can we keep the small updates coming when the GMN is up and running? It'd be cool if devs knew they could just add a snippet whenever they wanted to tell users of a forthcoming fix/new feature/ABI breakage/need for help. That would make the project feel more responsive, as well as giving devs a direct line to their fans ;)
Thanks from me too, anyhow. |
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MannyNix
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anello
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 7:33 am Post subject: |
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Thanks! It's about time!
Now keep it up on a constant basis!
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EzInKy
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| dberkholz wrote: | | You're welcome! I'm glad you enjoy it. Any other suggestions you have for improving our public relations? |
I'd like to chime in and add my thanks for your efforts too, it is very refreshing to see current articles posted posted on the front page. And, although I have become used to keeping up with what current by browsing the forums and dev and user lists, I believe that the website is extremely important in influencing how Gentoo is perceived by the world at large. One thing that you might consider adding along with GMN to make it more interesting is a monthly poll, perhaps restricting voting to users who participate on the forums to cut down on outside interference.
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d2_racing
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| EzInKy wrote: | | One thing that you might consider adding along with GMN to make it more interesting is a monthly poll, perhaps restricting voting to users who participate on the forums to cut down on outside interference. |
This is a good idea
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Etal
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:48 am Post subject: |
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| steveL wrote: | Only can we keep the small updates coming when the GMN is up and running? It'd be cool if devs knew they could just add a snippet whenever they wanted to tell users of a forthcoming fix/new feature/ABI breakage/need for help. That would make the project feel more responsive, as well as giving devs a direct line to their fans
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I also think this would be a great idea!
And big thanks to Donnie!
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Bluespear
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| Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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| bmichaelsen wrote: | | Yes, Donnie is awesome. Keep up the good work! |
++, thanks your very much for adding fresh news in the main page.
This gives a much better impression of gentoo now |
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NathanZachary
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Agreed; thank you very much Donnie for your hard work. Though Donnie's work is not the only work being done, the fruits of his labour were mentioned in the News section of DistroWatch.
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