Hi all, As we're getting close, here's the draft of a press release. I'm still waiting on one of the quotes and hopefully I'll get that tomorrow and send it on (I left a FIXME in there for now). Please improve this draft! :)
I think in particular we probably need a transition sentence for Jim Whitehurst's quote. Also, I switched between GNOME 3 and 3.0 as I thought the context required - is this the way to go? karen GNOME3 Improved and Refined with the Release of GNOME 3.2 Groton, MA, September 28 2011: Today, the GNOME Desktop project released GNOME 3.2, the first follow-up release to its ground-breaking GNOME 3.0. With GNOME 3, GNOME undertook a major redesign and reimagined the user interface for the next generation of the desktop. From 3.2, GNOME is refining the project and starting to introduce new, modern GNOME applications that will deeply integrate with the GNOME 3 experience and which are designed for modern users. GNOME 3.2 improves the sleek GNOME 3.0 by adding refinements to the visual theme, enabling easier window resizing, fully integrated messaging, new contacts framework and integration and improved document management. It introduces the building blocks for new application experiences and the basis for integration of online services. As the GNOME release team explains, "the GNOME 3.2 release builds on the foundations that we have laid with 3.0 and offers a much more complete experience. From new applications for contacts and documents, a redesigned login screen, as well as high-end features such as color management and graphics tablets, it contains numerous new and exciting features and improvements. We are proud of what the GNOME community is delivering in this release, and we hope you like it. Give it a try!" Jim Whitehurst, President and Chief Executive Officer of Red Hat, stated "I am thrilled to see that the great innovation we saw in GNOME 3.0 continues to mature at such a rapid rate with 3.2." [FIXME - Third quote to be added] Users and fans of GNOME have planned release parties in a number of cities around the world. Users can download GNOME 3.2 from http://gnome.org to try the new release immediately, or wait for distributions to carry it over the coming months. The GNOME Project was started in 1997 by two then-university students, Miguel de Icaza and Federico Mena Quintero. Their aim: to produce a free (as in freedom) desktop environment. Since then, GNOME has grown into a hugely successful enterprise. Used by millions of people across the world, it is a popular desktop environment for GNU/Linux and UNIX-type operating systems. The desktop has been utilised in successful, large-scale enterprise and public deployments, and the projects developer technologies are utilized in a large number of popular mobile devices. The GNOME Foundation is an organization committed to supporting the advancement of GNOME, comprised of hundreds of volunteer developers and industry-leading companies. The Foundation is a member directed, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides financial, organizational and legal support to the GNOME project. The GNOME Foundation is supporting the pursuit of software freedom through the innovative, accessible, and beautiful user experience created by GNOME contributors around the world. More information about GNOME and the GNOME Foundation can be found at www.gnome.org and foundation.gnome.org. Become a Friend of GNOME at http://www.gnome.org/friends/ For further comments and information, contact the GNOME press contact team at [email protected]. -- marketing-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
