Talking with ubuntu-fr

[Pascal Potvin]

Moi j'aimerais bien un ubuntu-qc.

And you guys of Ubuntu-ca, you surely know what I was saying here.

Cheers,

Pascal Potvin

2005/12/4, Daniel Robitaille <robitaille at gmail.com>:
> > Ubuntu-be (belgium) is organizing and they're sorting out objectives,
> > goals etc. based on common stuff (like language, support, forums, IRC)
> > and differences (like geographic location -> advocacy efforts, events,
> > press, coordination, etc.). I think we can combine some efforts so we
> > don't have to duplicate work in order to take care of Ubuntu users in
> > Quebec. Right now I don't wan to start Ubuntu-QC although that may come
> > from others. I don't feel there's a big community in QC yet so perhaps
> > we can use existing resources and optimize time for users that may
> > require community support.
>
> I'm not sure where french-speaking users hang these days.  But they
> have been rarely present in the few discussions we have had in the
> past here.  But I know that a bunch have subscribed to the list in
> recent months, so they are around.
>
> > Unless there's any fellow "Québecois" here, this is just FYI. ;)
>
> We also have to to remember that not all Quebecois speak french, and
> not all french speaking-canadian are Quebecois :)
>
> But with that said, if I was located in Quebec, I would probably push
> a Ubuntu-QC that has some links with Ubuntu-FR, and some links with
> Ubuntu-CA.  This is not for political reasons, but for practical
> reasons:  Ubuntu-fr has quite a few french language Ubuntu resources,
> so it would simply make more sense to link with them for all sort of
> stuff.  But for more canadian-specific things, Ubuntu-ca would be a
> more logical ally. But due to the number of users in this CA group
> coming from outside quebec, and the language of discussion that tends
> to default to english, here hasn't been the most welcoming place for
> people who sometimes don't speak english that well.
>
> I suspect the Ubuntu-be model would be a good one to follow according
> to your post.
>
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