On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:17:50AM +0200, Rayna wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm new to Debian-women, that's my first posting on the list ;o) > > I agree with plenty of the remarks made here (Eric's, Miriam's ones and so > on). > I'd like to addsome critics in a constructive fashion. I find a woman-focused > distribution a bad idea... In other words, creating something focused on a > stereotype of what woman is is so reducing and sexist. Putting pink or flowers > or some 'girly' stuff is so, too. There's no A women's unique profile, there > are as many profiles as there are women in the world. Creating a distribution > orientated to a special human group is admitting that this group has special > needs. That is a biased vision. I'm a woman, my background isn't in computer > science. But I use Debian Sid and Ubuntu and ArchLinux (as well as I can...). > No pink, no flowers, no poneys, no butterflies. > > If a woman isn't interested in informatics, it's partly because little girls > read books on stupid princess saved by a very clever prince or dumb stuff from > that kind. I'm not really sure that creating something special like shebuntu > will change thet thing. I think that it would be far more interesting for all > of us that some men stop considering us like helpless children or making > complexes when, surprisingly for them, we know more... > > Have a nice day, > Rayna welcome :) This thread was great. Someone had an idea, folks got to discusss the issues with this new idea, and various folks got an (re)education on the recent sexist/ism meme. If he came away with a little more info and enlightenment and we did not scare him away in the process :), then the result will be a more enlightened approach the next time he peruses his goal. Maybe someone can add a pink-wallpaper package, make a new debian task for some assortment of programs or links, etc. Maybe his wife can do it :) I would make a suggestion for him to read about Amber Granger, as she is an ex-newbie, ubuntu user, a women, a wife and someone who is enganging the Ubuntu community with vim, vigor and enthusiasm. Read her blog at http://amber.redvoodoo.org/ If your wife can read the early postings of Amber, maybe she can take the same fun-filled journey! -K -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | http://kevix.myopenid.com | | : :' : The Universal OS | mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/ | | `. `' http://www.debian.org/ | http://counter.li.org [#238656]| |___`-____Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _________|
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