[UbuntuWomen] [troy.sobotka at gmail.com: Website]

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On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 17:10, Thorsten Wilms <t_w_ at freenet.de> wrote:
>
> That would be:
>
> "Ubuntu-Women provides a platform and encouragement for women to
> contribute to Ubuntu-Linux, a Debian based free software and open-source
> GNU/Linux distribution."

thanks, ... feels better now :)


> But see, if you start like that, you should also explain what Debian is,
> what fee software and open-source are about and how they differ, what
> GNU is, what Linux is, maybe a word about the GNU/Linux trouble, what a
> distribution is ...

Its more about acknowledgment (of gnu, debian) than about explaining
the philosophy behind it.  Secondly in India** most dont grok the
difference between Libre[1] software and open source ; rather a
pirated windows os is just as free (as in, $$ zero cost) as any other
*nix software. If by adding 2 extra words ("GNU" and "Debian", and
probably linking it to the parent org), confusion and misunderstanding
in terminology can be avoided, i'd prefer that :-)

[1] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html

** This may not be relevant to other countries but Ubuntu is hugely
popular here, shipit notwithstanding.


> # Internal:
> Frequently Asked Questions (or "Questions and Answers")
> Get Involved (includes Mailing List and Mentoring)
> Who we are (formerly Profiles, trying to be less abstract)
> Meetings
> Wiki (includes Links)
>
> # External:
> Forum
> Planet
> Launchpad
>
> Where Internal and External doesn't have to be spelt out, just have 2
> blocks / a separation. Website stats might help with sorting the items.

right :)

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