Re: GNOME 2.28 Press Release

[Stormy Peters]

I sent it to:

Roberto Galoppini
Julie Bort
Todd Weiss
Paula Rooney
Dru Lavigne
Sean Michael Kerner
Alex Fletcher
Stephen O'Grady
David Berlind
Sarah Stokely
Tina Gasperson
Vance McCarthy
Jonathan Corbet
Andreas Proschofsky
Ryan Paul
Dana Blankenhorn
Scott Ruecker
Matt Asay
Bruce Byfield
Carla Schroder

Feel free to send it to any other press folks you know.

Stormy

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Lucas Rocha  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> FYI: published at:
> http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/2009-09-gnome228.html
>
> --lucasr
>
>
> 2009/9/23 Paul Cutler :
> > Thanks all for the feedback.  Here is the final draft, Lucas is getting
> > ready to publish.  I'm not sure who usually forwards this to press
> contacts.
> >
> > Made to Share!  GNOME 2.28 Released!
> >
> > GNOME 2.28 enhances Empathy Instant Messaging, adds official Bluetooth
> > support, and improves other applications and the GNOME Developer
> Platform.
> >
> > September 23rd, 2009
> >
> > The GNOME Community is excited to announce the immediate availability of
> > GNOME 2.28. Hundreds of volunteers worldwide have worked over the past
> six
> > months to deliver improvements to the GNOME Desktop and GNOME Developer
> > Platform.
> >
> > GNOME 2.28 furthers the GNOME mission by making sure people have a free
> > desktop they can use to communicate with their friends using the latest
> > technology.
> >
> > GNOME 2.28 delivers a number of new feature enhancements to improve the
> user
> > experience.  GNOME 2.28 adds official support for Bluetooth devices for
> the
> > first time, including mice, keyboards, mobile phones and other
> peripherals.
> >  Bastien Nocera, one of the leading developers of GNOME's
> > Bluetooth featureset says: “With the addition of the Bluetooth management
> > tools and the enhancements to our Volume Control applications, we've
> given
> > GNOME users access to more hardware features, whilst keeping our design
> > principles.”
> >
> > Empathy, GNOME's instant messenger, built on the Telepathy framework, has
> > seen numerous improvements, including the ability to add custom themes,
> > geolocation support for Jabber clients, and the ability for users to
> share
> > their desktop with their contacts using the GNOME Remote Desktop server
> and
> > viewer, Vino and Vinagre.  "The Telepathy team is proud of the
> cooperation
> > between the Empathy, Vino and Vinagre developers. Thanks to their work,
> our
> > users will be able to easily share their desktop with their contacts
> without
> > having to care about the underlying technical details. This is a great
> step
> > for us as it marks the first use in GNOME of the collaborative features
> > offered by the Telepathy framework. We hope to soon see more and more
> > applications integrating Telepathy in order to increase the collaborative
> > user experience in the GNOME desktop," says Guillame Desmottes, one of
> the
> > main contributors to Empathy.
> >
> > Other improvements to the GNOME Desktop include:
> >
> > Cheese, the GNOME webcam application, features an all new wide mode for
> > users with netbooks.
> > GNOME's web browser, Epiphany, fixed a number of long-standing bugs with
> the
> > switch to Webkit as its engine.
> > The Evince document viewer has been ported to Microsoft Windows®.
> > Gedit has been ported to Mac OS® X.
> > ... and more
> >
> > For users with accessibility needs, Orca, the GNOME screen reader
> > application, has seen numerous updates, including  support for
> mouseovers,
> > moving the mouse without performing a click, the ability to pronounce
> > mis-spellled words, and more.
> >
> > The GNOME Developer Platform has seen significant progress in removing
> > deprecated modules and functionality.  In GNOME 2.28, there are no longer
> > any applications that depend on esound, libgnomevfs, libgnomeprint, or
> > libgnomeprintui.  GTK+, Glib and other GNOME libraries have also seen
> > improvements.
> >
> > For the full list of changes, please see the release notes at
> > http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.28/.
> >
> > About GNOME
> >
> > 
> >
> > The GNOME Project is creating a complete, free and easy-to-use desktop
> > environment for users, as well as a powerful application development
> > framework for software developers. The GNOME desktop is used by millions
> of
> > people around the world. GNOME is a standard part of all leading
> GNU/Linux
> > and Unix distributions as well as many mobile platforms like cellular
> phones
> > and tablets.
> >
> > The GNOME project has three main goals:
> >
> > Free and open source desktop accessible to all. GNOME is a free desktop
> > available  to everyone, regardless of language, physical ability,
> technical
> > expertise.
> > Development platform. GNOME is a powerful development platform for
> > developing free and open source software applications.
> > GNOME Mobile. GNOME technologies provide a foundation for mobile
> > applications from tablets to cellular phones.
> >
> > 
> >
> > Media E

Re: GNOME 2.28 Press Release

[Lucas Rocha]

Hi all,

FYI: published at: http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/2009-09-gnome228.html

--lucasr


2009/9/23 Paul Cutler :
> Thanks all for the feedback.  Here is the final draft, Lucas is getting
> ready to publish.  I'm not sure who usually forwards this to press contacts.
>
> Made to Share!  GNOME 2.28 Released!
>
> GNOME 2.28 enhances Empathy Instant Messaging, adds official Bluetooth
> support, and improves other applications and the GNOME Developer Platform.
>
> September 23rd, 2009
>
> The GNOME Community is excited to announce the immediate availability of
> GNOME 2.28. Hundreds of volunteers worldwide have worked over the past six
> months to deliver improvements to the GNOME Desktop and GNOME Developer
> Platform.
>
> GNOME 2.28 furthers the GNOME mission by making sure people have a free
> desktop they can use to communicate with their friends using the latest
> technology.
>
> GNOME 2.28 delivers a number of new feature enhancements to improve the user
> experience.  GNOME 2.28 adds official support for Bluetooth devices for the
> first time, including mice, keyboards, mobile phones and other peripherals.
>  Bastien Nocera, one of the leading developers of GNOME's
> Bluetooth featureset says: “With the addition of the Bluetooth management
> tools and the enhancements to our Volume Control applications, we've given
> GNOME users access to more hardware features, whilst keeping our design
> principles.”
>
> Empathy, GNOME's instant messenger, built on the Telepathy framework, has
> seen numerous improvements, including the ability to add custom themes,
> geolocation support for Jabber clients, and the ability for users to share
> their desktop with their contacts using the GNOME Remote Desktop server and
> viewer, Vino and Vinagre.  "The Telepathy team is proud of the cooperation
> between the Empathy, Vino and Vinagre developers. Thanks to their work, our
> users will be able to easily share their desktop with their contacts without
> having to care about the underlying technical details. This is a great step
> for us as it marks the first use in GNOME of the collaborative features
> offered by the Telepathy framework. We hope to soon see more and more
> applications integrating Telepathy in order to increase the collaborative
> user experience in the GNOME desktop," says Guillame Desmottes, one of the
> main contributors to Empathy.
>
> Other improvements to the GNOME Desktop include:
>
> Cheese, the GNOME webcam application, features an all new wide mode for
> users with netbooks.
> GNOME's web browser, Epiphany, fixed a number of long-standing bugs with the
> switch to Webkit as its engine.
> The Evince document viewer has been ported to Microsoft Windows®.
> Gedit has been ported to Mac OS® X.
> ... and more
>
> For users with accessibility needs, Orca, the GNOME screen reader
> application, has seen numerous updates, including  support for mouseovers,
> moving the mouse without performing a click, the ability to pronounce
> mis-spellled words, and more.
>
> The GNOME Developer Platform has seen significant progress in removing
> deprecated modules and functionality.  In GNOME 2.28, there are no longer
> any applications that depend on esound, libgnomevfs, libgnomeprint, or
> libgnomeprintui.  GTK+, Glib and other GNOME libraries have also seen
> improvements.
>
> For the full list of changes, please see the release notes at
> http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.28/.
>
> About GNOME
>
> 
>
> The GNOME Project is creating a complete, free and easy-to-use desktop
> environment for users, as well as a powerful application development
> framework for software developers. The GNOME desktop is used by millions of
> people around the world. GNOME is a standard part of all leading GNU/Linux
> and Unix distributions as well as many mobile platforms like cellular phones
> and tablets.
>
> The GNOME project has three main goals:
>
> Free and open source desktop accessible to all. GNOME is a free desktop
> available  to everyone, regardless of language, physical ability, technical
> expertise.
> Development platform. GNOME is a powerful development platform for
> developing free and open source software applications.
> GNOME Mobile. GNOME technologies provide a foundation for mobile
> applications from tablets to cellular phones.
>
> 
>
> Media Enquiries
>
> GNOME Foundation Executive Director
> Stormy Peters
> Email: gnome-press-cont...@gnome.org
> Phone: +1-617-206-3947
>
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Brian Cameron 
> wrote:
>>
>> Paul:
>>
>>>    * Cheese, the GNOME webcam application, features an all new wide
>>>      mode for users with netbooks.
>>>    *  GNOME's web browser, Epiphany, fixed a number of long-standing
>>>      bugs with the switch to Webkit as its engine.
>>>    *  The Evince document viewer is now available for both Linux and
>>>      Microsoft Windows® platforms.
>>
>> Evince has always been available for Linux, and other operating systems
>> like OpenSolaris and 

Re: GNOME 2.28 Press Release

[Paul Cutler]

Thanks all for the feedback.  Here is the final draft, Lucas is getting
ready to publish.  I'm not sure who usually forwards this to press contacts.

  Made to Share!  GNOME 2.28 Released!

GNOME 2.28 enhances Empathy Instant Messaging, adds official Bluetooth
support, and improves other applications and the GNOME Developer Platform.

September 23rd, 2009

The GNOME Community is excited to announce the immediate availability of
GNOME 2.28. Hundreds of volunteers worldwide have worked over the past six
months to deliver improvements to the GNOME Desktop and GNOME Developer
Platform.

GNOME 2.28 furthers the GNOME mission by making sure people have a free
desktop they can use to communicate with their friends using the latest
technology.

GNOME 2.28 delivers a number of new feature enhancements to improve the user
experience.  GNOME 2.28 adds official support for Bluetooth devices for the
first time, including mice, keyboards, mobile phones and other peripherals.
 Bastien Nocera, one of the leading developers of GNOME's
Bluetooth featureset says: “With the addition of the Bluetooth management
tools and the enhancements to our Volume Control applications, we've given
GNOME users access to more hardware features, whilst keeping our design
principles.”

Empathy, GNOME's instant messenger, built on the Telepathy framework, has
seen numerous improvements, including the ability to add custom themes,
geolocation support for Jabber clients, and the ability for users to share
their desktop with their contacts using the GNOME Remote Desktop server and
viewer, Vino and Vinagre.  "The Telepathy team is proud of the cooperation
between the Empathy, Vino and Vinagre developers. Thanks to their work, our
users will be able to easily share their desktop with their contacts without
having to care about the underlying technical details. This is a great step
for us as it marks the first use in GNOME of the collaborative features
offered by the Telepathy framework. We hope to soon see more and more
applications integrating Telepathy in order to increase the collaborative
user experience in the GNOME desktop," says Guillame Desmottes, one of the
main contributors to Empathy.

Other improvements to the GNOME Desktop include:

   - Cheese, the GNOME webcam application, features an all new wide mode for
   users with netbooks.
   - GNOME's web browser, Epiphany, fixed a number of long-standing bugs
   with the switch to Webkit as its engine.
   - The Evince document viewer has been ported to Microsoft Windows®.
   - Gedit has been ported to Mac OS® X.
   - ... and more

 For users with accessibility needs, Orca, the GNOME screen reader
application, has seen numerous updates, including  support for mouseovers,
moving the mouse without performing a click, the ability to pronounce
mis-spellled words, and more.

The GNOME Developer Platform has seen significant progress in removing
deprecated modules and functionality.  In GNOME 2.28, there are no longer
any applications that depend on esound, libgnomevfs, libgnomeprint, or
libgnomeprintui.  GTK+, Glib and other GNOME libraries have also seen
improvements.

For the full list of changes, please see the release notes at
http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.28/.

 About GNOME



The GNOME Project is creating a complete, free and easy-to-use desktop
environment for users, as well as a powerful application development
framework for software developers. The GNOME desktop is used by millions of
people around the world. GNOME is a standard part of all leading GNU/Linux
and Unix distributions as well as many mobile platforms like cellular phones
and tablets.

The GNOME project has three main goals:

   - Free and open source desktop accessible to all. GNOME is a free desktop
   available  to everyone, regardless of language, physical ability, technical
   expertise.
   - Development platform. GNOME is a powerful development platform for
   developing free and open source software applications.
   - GNOME Mobile. GNOME technologies provide a foundation for mobile
   applications from tablets to cellular phones.


Media Enquiries

   - GNOME Foundation Executive Director
   Stormy Peters
   Email: gnome-press-cont...@gnome.org 
   Phone: +1-617-206-3947



On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Brian Cameron wrote:

>
> Paul:
>
> * Cheese, the GNOME webcam application, features an all new wide
>>  mode for users with netbooks.
>>*  GNOME's web browser, Epiphany, fixed a number of long-standing
>>  bugs with the switch to Webkit as its engine.
>>*  The Evince document viewer is now available for both Linux and
>>  Microsoft Windows® platforms.
>>
>
> Evince has always been available for Linux, and other operating systems
> like OpenSolaris and BSD.  I think the news is that it has now been
> ported to Windows.  Perhaps we should just mention that it is now
> available for Windows rather than call out all platforms that it works
> with.
>
> Brian
>
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Re: FSF, terminology, and marketing

[Stormy Peters]

I was waiting until others weighed in as I don't want my voice to be weigh
more (or less) than anyone else.

Linux

I think the battle for GNU/Linux has been lost and people look at you funny
if you say it and then they focus on you saying GNU/Linux instead of
whatever you are trying to say. Most people in the world (who know about
Linux) understand that Linux now means more than the kernel. They actually
say "the Linux kernel" when they want to talk about just the kernel. (And
there's a lot more than GNU and the Linux kernel in the average Linux
distro.) I think a more important issue would be to make sure we are
inclusive of all the "things" that include GNOME from devices to phones to
non-Linux operating systems.

Free software, open source and free and open source software

As for free software vs open source, I think there are times to stress
freedom and times when it's more important to first connect to your
audience. (And some audiences like the US business audience that I hit up
for sponsorships use the term open source exclusively. I understand
Richard's point that we need to educate them but I believe we first need to
connect with them.)

So I'd propose that in GNOME Foundation official communications, press
releases & web pages (not the wiki), that come just from the GNOME
Foundation we use the term free software unless the target audience is one
that primarily uses open source - like a fundraising campaign targeting
large companies.

Quotes and joint press releases may use open source (or free and open source
software) if our partner or quoted person desires.

Thoughts?

Stormy

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Lefty (石鏡 )  wrote:

> On 9/22/09 7:01 AM, "Murray Cumming"  wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 17:07 -0500, Brian Cameron wrote:
> >> A few people have recently complained to the board that the GNOME
> >> community sometimes does not always follow these recommendations.
> >
> > And they always will complain and they will always be a significant
> > minority. And most of the rest of us will just continue to be annoyed by
> > it until they stop. The board has better things to do.
>
> What _he_ said.
>
>
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Re: GNOME 2.28 Press Release

[Brian Cameron]

Paul:


* Cheese, the GNOME webcam application, features an all new wide
  mode for users with netbooks.
*  GNOME's web browser, Epiphany, fixed a number of long-standing
  bugs with the switch to Webkit as its engine.
*  The Evince document viewer is now available for both Linux and
  Microsoft Windows® platforms.


Evince has always been available for Linux, and other operating systems
like OpenSolaris and BSD.  I think the news is that it has now been
ported to Windows.  Perhaps we should just mention that it is now
available for Windows rather than call out all platforms that it works
with.

Brian
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Re: GNOME 2.28 Press Release

[Diego Escalante Urrelo]

On Wed, 2009-09-23 at 15:47 -0500, Paul Cutler wrote:
> I've never written a press release before, here's a first draft.  The
> only thing that I haven't been able to fit in a comment that we
> deliver GNOME every 6 months.  I wrote this in Abiword - if anyone
> wants the file, let me know.
> 
> Paul
> 
> GNOME 2.28 enhances Empathy Instant Messaging, adds official Bluetooth
> support, and improves other applications and the GNOME Developer
> Platform.
> 

Perhaps:
GNOME 2.28 "made for sharing" includes an improved instant messaging
client, integrated Bluetooth headsets and networking support and many
improvements in the GNOME Developer Platform.

> September 23rd, 2009
> 
> The GNOME Community is excited to announce the immediate availability
> of GNOME 2.28. Hundreds of volunteers worldwide have worked over the
> past six months to deliver improvements to the GNOME Desktop and GNOME
> Developer Platform.  GNOME's mission is to provide a free desktop
> accessible to everyone regardless of their physical ability, financial
> ability or the language they speak.
> 
> GNOME 2.28 delivers a number of new feature enhancements to improve
> the user experience.  GNOME 2.28 adds official support for Bluetooth
> devices for the first time, including mice, keyboards, mobile phones
> and other peripherals.  Bastien Nocera, maintainer of the
> gnome-bluetooth module says: “With the addition of the Bluetooth
> management tools and the
> 
> enhancements to our Volume Control applications, we've given GNOME
> users
> 
> access to more hardware features, whilst keeping our design
> principles.”
> 

Perhaps it would be more relevant to mention Bastien as "hacker of the
GNOME Bluetooth stack|set|pack", maintainer and module might sound a bit
too nerdish.
Maybe "Bastien Nocera, one of the leading developers of GNOME's
Bluetooth capabilities|featureset".

> Empathy, GNOME's instant messenger, built on the Telepathy framework,
> has seen numerous improvements, including the ability to add custom
> themes, geolocation support for Jabber clients, and the ability for
> users to share their desktop with their contacts using the GNOME
> Remote Desktop server and viewer, Vino and Vinagre.  "The Telepathy
> team is proud of the cooperation between the Empathy, Vino and Vinagre
> developers. Thanks to their work, our users will be able to easily
> share their desktop with their contacts without having to care about
> the underlying technical details. This is a great step for us as it
> marks the first use in GNOME of the collaborative features offered
> by the Telepathy framework. We hope to soon see more and more
> applications integrating Telepathy in order to increase the
> collaborative user experience in the GNOME desktop," says Guillame
> Desmottes.
> 

This  feels a bit long, perhaps it's just because of my mail client.
Maybe put a  before the quote by Guillame. Also we need to say
'Guillame Desmottes, one of the main contributors of Empathy'.


> The GNOME Developer Platform has seen significant progress in removing
> deprecated modules and functionality.  In GNOME 2.28, there are no
> longer any applications that depend on esound, libgnomevfs,
> libgnomeprint, or libgnomeprintui.  GTK+, Glib and other GNOME
> libraries have also seen improvements.
> 

I would move this before the reference to the release notes.


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Re: GNOME 2.28 Press Release

[Stormy Peters]

Thanks, Paul! I made a few minor suggestions below.

I was thinking, there's no reason we need to do text only press releases.
Can we call the quotes out in blurbs or in color on the web page?

We need a shorter title that people can grab on to. This title could be a
good subtitle.

We could use our catchy phrase.

Made to Share! GNOME 2.28 releases!

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Paul Cutler  wrote:

> GNOME 2.28 enhances Empathy Instant Messaging, adds official Bluetooth
> support, and improves other applications and the GNOME Developer Platform.
>
(and this would be the subtitle)

>  September 23rd, 2009
>
> The GNOME Community is excited to announce the immediate availability of
> GNOME 2.28. Hundreds of volunteers worldwide have worked over the past six
> months to deliver improvements to the GNOME Desktop and GNOME Developer
> Platform.
>
[new paragraph]

> GNOME's mission is to provide a free desktop accessible to everyone
> regardless of their physical ability, financial ability or the language they
> speak.
>
GNOME 2.28 furthers the GNOME mission by making sure people have a free
desktop they can use to communicate with their friends using the latest
technology.

>  GNOME 2.28 delivers a number of new feature enhancements to improve the
> user experience.  GNOME 2.28 adds official support for Bluetooth devices for
> the first time, including mice, keyboards, mobile phones and other
> peripherals.  Bastien Nocera, maintainer of the gnome-bluetooth module says:
> “With the addition of the Bluetooth management tools and the
>
> enhancements to our Volume Control applications, we've given GNOME users
>
> access to more hardware features, whilst keeping our design principles.”
>
> Empathy, GNOME's instant messenger, built on the Telepathy framework, has
> seen numerous improvements, including the ability to add custom themes,
> geolocation support for Jabber clients, and the ability for users to share
> their desktop with their contacts using the GNOME Remote Desktop server and
> viewer, Vino and Vinagre.  "The Telepathy team is proud of the cooperation
> between the Empathy, Vino and Vinagre developers. Thanks to their work,
> our users will be able to easily share their desktop with their contacts
> without having to care about the underlying technical details. This is a
> great step for us as it marks the first use in GNOME of the collaborative
> features offered by the Telepathy framework. We hope to soon see more and
> more applications integrating Telepathy in order to increase the
> collaborative user experience in the GNOME desktop," says Guillame
> Desmottes.
>
> Other improvements to the GNOME Desktop include:
>
>- Cheese, the GNOME webcam application, features an all new wide mode
>for users with netbooks.
>-  GNOME's web browser, Epiphany, fixed a number of long-standing bugs
>with the switch to Webkit as its engine.
>-  The Evince document viewer is now available for both Linux and
>Microsoft Windows® platforms.
>- Gedit has been ported to Mac OS® X.
>- ... and more
>
>  For users with accessibility needs, Orca, the GNOME screen reader
> application, has seen numerous updates, including  support for mouseovers,
> moving the mouse without performing a click, the ability to pronounce
> mis-spellled words, and more.
>
> For the full list of changes, please see the release notes at
> http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.28/.
>
> The GNOME Developer Platform has seen significant progress in removing
> deprecated modules and functionality.  In GNOME 2.28, there are no longer
> any applications that depend on esound, libgnomevfs, libgnomeprint, or
> libgnomeprintui.  GTK+, Glib and other GNOME libraries have also seen
> improvements.
>
> About GNOME
>
> 
>
> The GNOME Project is creating a complete, free and easy-to-use desktop
> environment for users, as well as a powerful application development
> framework for software developers. The GNOME desktop is used by millions of
> people around the world. GNOME is a standard part of all leading GNU/Linux
> and Unix distributions as well as many mobile platforms like cellular phones
> and tablets.
>
> The GNOME project has three main goals:
>
>- Free and open source desktop accessible to all. GNOME is a free
>desktop available  to everyone, regardless of language, physical ability,
>technical expertise.
>- Development platform. GNOME is a powerful development platform for
>developing free and open source software applications.
>- GNOME Mobile. GNOME technologies provide a foundation for mobile
>applications from tablets to cellular phones.
>
> 
> Media Enquiries
>
>- GNOME Foundation Executive Director
>Stormy Peters
>Email: gnome-press-cont...@gnome.org 
>Phone: +1-617-206-3947
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Stormy Peters  wrote:
>
>> I think we should do a press release.
>>
>> Have you started one? Do you need my help? I've got some time ...
>>
>> I'm

Re: GNOME 2.28 Press Release

[Lucas Rocha]

Hi,

2009/9/23 Paul Cutler :
> Do we not typically do press releases for GNOME releases?  Looking at
> http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/ I don't see any press releases for past
> releleases such as 2.26 or 2.24.

Still planning to do it? We still have a couple hours to publish it.

> We also need to add the SFD press release to that page, but I'm not sure how
> we do that.

This is because someone we forgot to add it. I just added an entry for
the SFD press release in this page.

--lucasr


> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 4:21 AM, Vincent Untz  wrote:
>>
>> Le mardi 22 septembre 2009, à 17:06 -0500, Paul Cutler a écrit :
>> > I've been working on gathering quotes from developers for the press
>> > release,
>> > but I was wondering if anyone is working on it?  (Little late to be
>> > asking,
>> > but thought I'd throw it out there).
>>
>> I can only tell I'm not working on it... That being said, the important
>> part is to contact the press -- with a press release, or with some other
>> content.
>>
>> Vincent
>>
>> --
>> Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés.
>
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Re: GNOME 2.28 Press Release

[Paul Cutler]

I've never written a press release before, here's a first draft.  The only
thing that I haven't been able to fit in a comment that we deliver GNOME
every 6 months.  I wrote this in Abiword - if anyone wants the file, let me
know.

Paul

  GNOME 2.28 enhances Empathy Instant Messaging, adds official Bluetooth
support, and improves other applications and the GNOME Developer Platform.

September 23rd, 2009

The GNOME Community is excited to announce the immediate availability of
GNOME 2.28. Hundreds of volunteers worldwide have worked over the past six
months to deliver improvements to the GNOME Desktop and GNOME Developer
Platform.  GNOME's mission is to provide a free desktop accessible to
everyone regardless of their physical ability, financial ability or the
language they speak.

GNOME 2.28 delivers a number of new feature enhancements to improve the user
experience.  GNOME 2.28 adds official support for Bluetooth devices for the
first time, including mice, keyboards, mobile phones and other peripherals.
 Bastien Nocera, maintainer of the gnome-bluetooth module says: “With the
addition of the Bluetooth management tools and the

enhancements to our Volume Control applications, we've given GNOME users

access to more hardware features, whilst keeping our design principles.”

Empathy, GNOME's instant messenger, built on the Telepathy framework, has
seen numerous improvements, including the ability to add custom themes,
geolocation support for Jabber clients, and the ability for users to share
their desktop with their contacts using the GNOME Remote Desktop server and
viewer, Vino and Vinagre.  "The Telepathy team is proud of the cooperation
between the Empathy, Vino and Vinagre developers. Thanks to their work, our
users will be able to easily share their desktop with their contacts without
having to care about the underlying technical details. This is a great step
for us as it marks the first use in GNOME of the collaborative features
offered by the Telepathy framework. We hope to soon see more and more
applications integrating Telepathy in order to increase the collaborative
user experience in the GNOME desktop," says Guillame Desmottes.

Other improvements to the GNOME Desktop include:

   - Cheese, the GNOME webcam application, features an all new wide mode for
   users with netbooks.
   -  GNOME's web browser, Epiphany, fixed a number of long-standing bugs
   with the switch to Webkit as its engine.
   -  The Evince document viewer is now available for both Linux and
   Microsoft Windows® platforms.
   - Gedit has been ported to Mac OS® X.
   - ... and more

 For users with accessibility needs, Orca, the GNOME screen reader
application, has seen numerous updates, including  support for mouseovers,
moving the mouse without performing a click, the ability to pronounce
mis-spellled words, and more.

For the full list of changes, please see the release notes at
http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.28/.

The GNOME Developer Platform has seen significant progress in removing
deprecated modules and functionality.  In GNOME 2.28, there are no longer
any applications that depend on esound, libgnomevfs, libgnomeprint, or
libgnomeprintui.  GTK+, Glib and other GNOME libraries have also seen
improvements.

About GNOME



The GNOME Project is creating a complete, free and easy-to-use desktop
environment for users, as well as a powerful application development
framework for software developers. The GNOME desktop is used by millions of
people around the world. GNOME is a standard part of all leading GNU/Linux
and Unix distributions as well as many mobile platforms like cellular phones
and tablets.

The GNOME project has three main goals:

   - Free and open source desktop accessible to all. GNOME is a free desktop
   available  to everyone, regardless of language, physical ability, technical
   expertise.
   - Development platform. GNOME is a powerful development platform for
   developing free and open source software applications.
   - GNOME Mobile. GNOME technologies provide a foundation for mobile
   applications from tablets to cellular phones.


Media Enquiries

   - GNOME Foundation Executive Director
   Stormy Peters
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   Phone: +1-617-206-3947



On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Stormy Peters  wrote:

> I think we should do a press release.
>
> Have you started one? Do you need my help? I've got some time ...
>
> I'm sure between the quotes you got and the release notes you wrote we have
> enough content. We can then send the release notes and the press release to
> press.
>
> How about the other folks on the press team? What do you think?
>
> Stormy
>
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Paul Cutler  wrote:
>
>> Do we not typically do press releases for GNOME releases?  Looking at
>> http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/ I don't see any press releases for
>> past releleases such as 2.26 or 2.24.
>>
>> We also need to add the SFD press release to that page, but

Re: GNOME 2.28 Press Release

[Stormy Peters]

I think we should do a press release.

Have you started one? Do you need my help? I've got some time ...

I'm sure between the quotes you got and the release notes you wrote we have
enough content. We can then send the release notes and the press release to
press.

How about the other folks on the press team? What do you think?

Stormy

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Paul Cutler  wrote:

> Do we not typically do press releases for GNOME releases?  Looking at
> http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/ I don't see any press releases for
> past releleases such as 2.26 or 2.24.
>
> We also need to add the SFD press release to that page, but I'm not sure
> how we do that.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Paul
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 4:21 AM, Vincent Untz  wrote:
>
>> Le mardi 22 septembre 2009, à 17:06 -0500, Paul Cutler a écrit :
>> > I've been working on gathering quotes from developers for the press
>> release,
>> > but I was wondering if anyone is working on it?  (Little late to be
>> asking,
>> > but thought I'd throw it out there).
>>
>> I can only tell I'm not working on it... That being said, the important
>> part is to contact the press -- with a press release, or with some other
>> content.
>>
>> Vincent
>>
>> --
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Re: GNOME 2.28 Press Release

[Paul Cutler]

Do we not typically do press releases for GNOME releases?  Looking at
http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/ I don't see any press releases for past
releleases such as 2.26 or 2.24.

We also need to add the SFD press release to that page, but I'm not sure how
we do that.

Thanks.

Paul

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 4:21 AM, Vincent Untz  wrote:

> Le mardi 22 septembre 2009, à 17:06 -0500, Paul Cutler a écrit :
> > I've been working on gathering quotes from developers for the press
> release,
> > but I was wondering if anyone is working on it?  (Little late to be
> asking,
> > but thought I'd throw it out there).
>
> I can only tell I'm not working on it... That being said, the important
> part is to contact the press -- with a press release, or with some other
> content.
>
> Vincent
>
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Re: Theme for Summit 2009, need everyone's feedback

[Stormy Peters]

I vote for Get Freedom with GNOME assuming it translates well.

Stormy

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:26 PM, Anthony Fernandes
wrote:

> I'm with No.1 - Get Freedom with GNOME
>
> Tony
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 2:03 AM, Pockey Lam  wrote:
>
>> I vote for 1. Get Freedom with GNOME or maybe Enjoy Freedom with GNOME
>>
>> Pockey
>>
>> On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 22:05 +0800, Emily Chen wrote:
>> > hi all,
>> >
>> > So far, below candidates themes are out standing:
>> > 1. Get Freedom with GNOME
>> > 2. Discover GNOME: Your Free Desktop
>> > 3. Discover GNOME - Access Your Desktop
>> > 4. Access your freedom! Use GNOME!
>> >
>> > Let's vote one among them, we will announce the final theme this
>> > Friday.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > -Emily
>> >
>> > 2009/9/20 Pockey Lam 
>> > Dear Stormy,
>> >
>> > "Get Freedom with GNOME" sounds good, let's see what do the
>> > other
>> > members think?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Pockey
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 21:12 -0600, Stormy Peters wrote:
>> > > Get Freedom with GNOME?
>> > >
>> > > Stormy
>> > >
>> > > On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 8:07 PM, Pockey Lam
>> >  wrote:
>> > > > Dear Stormy,
>> > > >
>> > > > I vote for Freedom with GNOME too,
>> > > >
>> > > > but a minor suggestion, can we add a "call for action" in
>> > the slogan?
>> > > > like
>> > > >
>> > > > Step into Freedom with GNOME?
>> > > >
>> > > > step into maybe a bit long, but any "1"  word means the
>> > same? :)
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks,
>> > > > Pockey
>> > > >
>> > > > On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 10:24 -0600, Stormy Peters wrote:
>> > > >> I vote for Freedom with GNOME.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> My second choice would be something with a subtitle.
>> > Discover GNOME:
>> > > >> Your Free Desktop. I'm not sure I'd use the word
>> > accessible in the
>> > > >> title. At least in English it's not an easy word to say.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> And obviously I'd like to defer to people that know the
>> > local language
>> > > >> and culture ...
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Stormy
>> > > >>
>> > > >> P.S. Brian, I think we could add the word software to
>> > your title, and
>> > > >> don't forget usability! "Discover Accessing Freedom With
>> > Easy-to-Use
>> > > >> GNOME - Your Free Software Desktop"
>> > > >>
>> > > >> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Brian Cameron
>> >  wrote:
>> > > >> >
>> > > >> > Emily:
>> > > >> >
>> > > >> > How about "Discover Accessing Freedom With GNOME - Your
>> > Desktop"
>> > > >> >
>> > > >> > Just joking.
>> > > >> >
>> > > >> > Brian
>> > > >> >
>> > > >> >
>> > > >> >> 1. Discover GNOME 3.0
>> > > >> >> 2. Discover GNOME
>> > > >> >> 3. Discover GNOME - Your Accessible Desktop
>> > > >> >> 4. Discover GNOME - The Accessible Desktop
>> > > >> >> 5. Discover GNOME - Access Your Desktop
>> > > >> >> 6. Access Your Desktop - Discover GNOME
>> > > >> >> 7. Discover your desktop with GNOME
>> > > >> >> 8. Access your desktop with GNOME
>> > > >> >> 9. GNOME your desktop
>> > > >> >> 10.Freedom with GNOME
>> > > >> >> more ...
>> > > >> >>
>> > > >> >> Thanks,
>> > > >> >> Emily
>> > > >> >>
>> > > >> >>
>> > > >> >
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Re: marketing hackfest?

[Willie Walker]

I think this is a good idea.  I would definitely like to attend this if 
it were at GNOME Boston and on Sunday or Monday.


Thanks!

Will

Stormy Peters wrote:

A couple of questions for the whole group:

* Do you think a marketing hackfest is a good idea?
* Would you be interested in attending? (If it was at a good time and 
place for you.)

* Would you attend one around the Boston Summit?

Thanks,

Stormy

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:05 PM, Paul Cutler > wrote:


I think this is an excellent idea.

Hackfests are especially helpful, not only for the energy they
create, but the opportunity to plan your writing in a group
environment.  This was one of the big takeaways we learned at the
Documentation hackfest earlier this year, and there was a
presentation on it.  Having the ability to sit down, brainstorm,
plan and write a first draft for all the different projects we have
in the pipeline would be an excellent use of time.

Paul

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Lefty (石鏡 ) mailto:le...@shugendo.org>> wrote:

It’s looking like I’m going to be in Tokyo around that time,
unfortunately.



On 9/17/09 9:16 AM, "Stormy Peters" http://sto...@gnome.org>> wrote:

There might be an opportunity to have a marketing hackfest
around the Boston Summit time frame. If so, who would be
interested in coming? Would you be able to make it to the
Boston Summit?

I think it would be an excellent opportunity to kick off a
lot of the projects we've been talking about from a press
kit, to information for people going to events, to a CRM
system, to the case studies, ...

(I personally can not make it to the Boston Summit but I
could come out the day/week after.)

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Re: 2.28 banner

[Vinicius Depizzol]

Hey Lucas. "Made for share" seems great. I'll work on that ;)

-- Vinicius.

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 19:54, Lucas Rocha  wrote:
> Hi Vinicius,
>
> I think we agreed that "Made to share" is a good slogan for the
> release. Could you prepare a banner with it?
>
> --lucasr
>
>
> 2009/9/19 Lucas Rocha :
>> Hi all,
>>
>> As usual, we need a wgo front page banner for the 2.28 release. Cc'ing
>> Andreas and Vinicius who helped on this task on previous releases.
>> Ideas for a message that summarizes well the release are welcome.
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> --lucasr
>>
>



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Re: GNOME 2.28 Press Release

[Vincent Untz]

Le mardi 22 septembre 2009, à 17:06 -0500, Paul Cutler a écrit :
> I've been working on gathering quotes from developers for the press release,
> but I was wondering if anyone is working on it?  (Little late to be asking,
> but thought I'd throw it out there).

I can only tell I'm not working on it... That being said, the important
part is to contact the press -- with a press release, or with some other
content.

Vincent

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Re: Spreading the word about 2.28

[Lucas Rocha]

Oops. Wrong page name. Of course the correct link is:

http://live.gnome.org/PromoteTwoPointTwentyEight

--lucasr


2009/9/22 Lucas Rocha :
> Hey all,
>
> Just to get something started I created an initial page:
>
>  http://live.gnome.org/PromoteTwoPointTwentyTwo
>
> Please, increment and improve the content there!
>
> I wonder if we should have a more readable url like
> www.gnome.org/promote/2.28 that redirects to this wiki page. Another
> crazy idea would be something like www.gnome.org/madetoshare or
> something.
>
> Ideas?
>
> --lucasr
>
>
> 2009/9/19 Lucas Rocha :
>> Hi,
>>
>> Some simple ideas of things we could do to better spread the word
>> about our new release (i.e. make it easier to let others promote the
>> new release):
>>
>> - Links to quickly post a comment in Facebook/Identi.ca/Twitter/Digg
>> about the release. Funny phrases would be a plus. Ideas?
>> - Release banner to post on your blog. We always informally
>> copy/resize/edit the front page banner to post something in our blogs
>> about the release. The results are not always nice. Maybe we should
>> just have a wiki page with proper images for blog posts or something.
>>
>> This could all be in a wiki page like:
>> http://live.gnome.org/Promote2.28 or something like this.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> --lucasr
>>
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