Heya Dom!
[This seems ripe for a call-for-developers type of reply, so I'm putting
my Ubuntu hat on! And re-posting to ubuntu-ph :-)]
On 2/4/06, Dominique Cimafranca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 7) Ubuntu in the Philippines
>
> The Philippines seems to have a very vibrant Linux community. In the
> past 12 weeks, we've shipped 57,000 CDs to the Philippines. However,
> I would like to see more participation from the Philippines in the
> project development itself.
Hmm, I daresay this is a call for more Filipino Ubuntu
developer{,-hopeful}s out there ;) But that doesn't mean Ubuntu only
needs software developers; we also need work on the following areas
(caveat: from the top of my head, there could be other areas I haven't
mentioned):
- Localization: Translation work of core Ubuntu documentation and apps
to Tagalog is underway, and I believe l10n to other Filipino
languages is planned once the core systems have been translated for
tl_PH. However, there's also much work to be done with translating
POTs for Gnome 2, OpenOffice.org 2, and Firefox, so if you're up to
it (hell, even if you're not _that good_ in deep Tagalog, just have a
working vocabulary ;) go get a Launchpad[0] account and join the
Ubuntu Tagalog Translators (ubuntu-l10n-tl)[1] to start `smoking
POTs'! :P
[0] https://launchpad.net
[1] https://launchpad.net/people/ubuntu-l10n-tl
- Documentation: There has been a thread[2] on Ubuntu-Sounder about
people outside Ubuntu writing their own documentation without
collaborating with the Ubuntu DocTeam[3]. While that is not
altogether discouraged, I think a lot of duplicate efforts would be
saved if these persons were to work with the DocTeam on their chosen
area of documentation. If you have a HOWTO in mind or a guide for
doing some cool stuff with Ubuntu, just browse the DocTeam wikipage
or find your niche at #ubuntu-doc on FreeNode.
[2] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/sounder/2006-February/003934.html
[3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam
- Artwork: Have you seen Ubuntu Artwork lately?[4] If you're
graphically inclined, go to the ArtworkTeam wikipage[5] or at
FreeNode's #ubuntu-artwork.
[4] http://art.ubuntu.com
[5] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArtworkTeam
- Promotions/Advocacy: I think that using Ubuntu is by itself already
an effort in promoting/advocating FOSS in general and Ubuntu in
particular not just as a viable alternative, but as a real mainstream
option. From what I gather, we will have many opportunities to
promote Ubuntu this year in the form of upcoming conferences and
forums, so if you have pack of CDs at hand, go out and give them
away!
That's just about what I can think of at the moment. I probably missed
some other areas there, but at least these are the places that are most
visible to users, who in turn are also potential contributors. I myself
feel that the most fruitful way to promote FOSS in the Philippines would
not be just the way of traditional marketing and consumerism, but by
letting users be active in changing/developing software to suit ther own
needs.
If there's anything else you want to do and you think it can help
Ubuntu, do drop by at #ubuntu-ph on FreeNode and share!
Cheers,
Zakame
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