Re: [gentoo-user] The state of public relations?

2015-07-25 Thread Stroller
On Fri, 24 July 2015, at 3:35 pm, J.Rutkowski j...@pancakebungalow.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 24, 2015, at 07:56 AM, James wrote: Rich, I'll be practical. Gentoo needs an installer program, like most other distros if you want your rank_n_file users to entice new users. … I absolutely

Re: [gentoo-user] The state of public relations?

2015-07-25 Thread Terry Z.
In my opinion the installer is the last reason people do not use Gentoo. Look at the other distros out there without a graphical installer. One of them is one of the most popular distros out there. Gentoo experiences a difficulty pulling in more users for many reasons. Firstly there is a large

Re: [gentoo-user] The state of public relations?

2015-07-25 Thread Mick
On Saturday 25 Jul 2015 17:35:51 Stroller wrote: On Fri, 24 July 2015, at 3:35 pm, J.Rutkowski j...@pancakebungalow.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 24, 2015, at 07:56 AM, James wrote: Rich, I'll be practical. Gentoo needs an installer program, like most other distros if you want your rank_n_file

Re: [gentoo-user] The state of public relations?

2015-07-24 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 12:44 AM, Jc García jyo.gar...@gmail.com wrote: 2015-07-23 21:08 GMT-06:00 J.Rutkowski j...@pancakebungalow.com: Fedora's Ambassador[2] project and the concerted effort placed in organizing presence at events, publicly promoting projects, organzing contributor and

Re: [gentoo-user] The state of public relations?

2015-07-24 Thread Jc García
2015-07-24 3:05 GMT-06:00 Rich Freeman ri...@gentoo.org: You don't have to write code to be a part of the Gentoo effort. You just have to want to contribute. So, if this is something that interests you speak up (go ahead and email pr@g.o to ask how you can help, or reach out to a project

Re: [gentoo-user] The state of public relations?

2015-07-23 Thread Jc García
2015-07-23 21:08 GMT-06:00 J.Rutkowski j...@pancakebungalow.com: Fedora's Ambassador[2] project and the concerted effort placed in organizing presence at events, publicly promoting projects, organzing contributor and developer projects (à la hackathons), etc. Is this something that users would

[gentoo-user] The state of public relations?

2015-07-23 Thread J.Rutkowski
What is the current status of Gentoo public relations? A quick glance on Gentoo's Google+ and Twitter accounts show no posts in 3-4 months. Even the Project:Public Relations[1] page seems quite out of date. While we have the mailing lists, forum, Gentoo Monthly Newsletter, these are all geared