Package: www.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: newcomer User: www.debian....@packages.debian.org Usertags: Content
At the Diversity and Inclusion BoF in MiniDebConf Cambridge 2016 [1] it has been suggested to update the Debian website frontpage exposing more the social part of the project (currently, it's very centered in Debian the OS). [1]: http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2016/miniconf_cambridge16/Diversity_and_Inclusion_BoF.webm Other suggestions/comments, in order to make the website more attractive to newcomers: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2017/05/msg00134.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2017/05/msg00157.html A rewording of the two paragraphs about Debian in the homepage could be a good start. Current content is: <div id="intro"> <p><a href="https://www.debian.org/";>Debian</a> is a <a href="intro/free">free</a> operating system (OS) for yourcomputer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. </p> <p>Debian provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over <packages_in_stable> <a href="distrib/packages">packages</a>, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine. <a href="intro/about">Read more...</a></p> </div> One source of inspiration could be the paragraph that we include in our announcements: <p>The Debian Project is an association of Free Software developers who volunteer their time and effort in order to produce the completely free operating system Debian.</p> For sending your proposals, any way is welcome: * Plain text with the new paragraphs * html * diff against the current source file: https://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/webwml/webwml/english/index.wml Best regards -- Laura Arjona Reina https://wiki.debian.org/LauraArjona
