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) > >
I am a moderator on their fora. Nuxified.org :-) Their site is real good, mainly looking for translators should any of you be able to help get in touch ;-) AndrewB -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
