Hey all, First of all, correct me if I am wrong, but this was your first post on the mailing list Rodrick, so welcome to the community!
I definitely wouldn't market Linux for it's gaming attributes (except to someone who is into the "miniclip" type of fun simple gameplay oriented games for which there are loads of great games available). Rather I would promote the fact that Linux believes so much in freedom of choice that it even helps you install Linux and Windows side by side by dual booting. Something that should definitely appeal to any normal technology student is the customizability and learning experience provided by Linux. Both of these are a product of the ideology behind Linux. Some sort of "step by step" tutorial for setting up common software in Linux would be a great idea. I don't know if we should do this by making use of sites like ubuntuguide mentioned by Jean, and perhaps other existing sites for other distros, or re-invent the wheel and put together a site of our own, allowing us to target content to our specific situation. I suppose it will depend alot on the level of commitment the community is willing to get into. Also, something interesting to work on would be a "why use Linux list". There are loads of them available on the internet so finding items to list shouldn't be a problem. I think that we should however aim to make it as nice and shiny as possible, the sort of thing apple would do. Infact I would like to re-awaken the idea mentioned over summer of having a slightly more exciting site for recruitment purposes. A nice shiny theme, some sort of cms like drupal currently in use, or wordpress on joomla, and lots of content, especially the visual kind.
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