The site does look great, nice, simple and easy to read. Linux does need a good '/switch' type site.<br>I hope the group involved has also registered <a href="http://getlinux.org">getlinux.org</a> before someone else does.
<br><br>Colin<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/21/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Benjamin Webb</b> <<a href="mailto:bjwebb67@googlemail.com">bjwebb67@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex">
I for one would think, and I'm sure many would agree with me, that the<br><a href="http://linux.org">http://linux.org</a> website is rather ugly in design, and not welcoming<br>or terribly explanatory to linux newcomers.
<br><br><a href="http://www.getgnulinux.org">http://www.getgnulinux.org</a> is designed to change this. It explains<br>what Linux is on a level that even non-tech types could understand and<br>also why and how they would switch. It is a perfect site for someone
<br>who knows nothing about Linux at all.<br><br>It also hopes to become a part of a promotional campaign, similar to<br>the SpreadFirefox one. There are already banners available to link to<br>the site with a very clear and simple message - Get GNU/Linux.
<br><br>As you may be able to tell from the name, the sites creator agrees<br>with the FSF's naming suggestion, but the site does not aim to force<br>this upon the rest of the community, and in fact uses the term Linux
<br>itself, in order to make the site more understandable for its<br>audience.<br><br>The website is run by an organisation, GNU/Linux Matters, which is<br>soon to become an non-profit organisation in France.<br><br>The site also has a community on the
<a href="http://nuxified.org">nuxified.org</a> forums, which I am a<br>member of, but I am not the site's creator. By posting this I do not<br>want to appear a spammer. I simply want to make the ubuntu-uk<br>community aware of this site, and would love to hear your opinions. Do
<br>you think this site is a good alternative to <a href="http://Linux.org">Linux.org</a>, as a portal<br>for the Linux community as a whole? Would you be interested in the<br>idea of a Linux advocacy campaign, and would you consider putting a
<br>getGnu/Linux button on your own website/blog.<br><br>Finally, the non-profit organisation plans to have "ambassadors" and<br>"embassies" in other countries, to promote Linux on a country specific<br>
basis. Is anyone interested setting up one for the UK?<br><br>I would greatly appreciate it if you could forward this message on to<br>people who are not subscribed to this mailing list, for example to the<br>various UK LUGs.
<br><br>Regards,<br>Ben Webb (Ubuntu user and GetGNU/Linux.Org campaigner)<br><br>--<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a><br><a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/">https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/</a><br></blockquote></div><br>