So, marketing has been something I have been thinking a lot about in the FOSS
and Freedom worlds, and how it is often sub-par compared to Proprietary and
Corporate land.
"Guerilla" marketing has been something that has peeked my interest, but in
general the name of the game period, is getting noticed. I do believe in
being ethical, even if the opposition doesn't. Two wrongs do not make a
right.
Ruben has done a great job with Trisquel and I wish to "spread the wealth"
and share it with others. However, he does have his hands full preparing each
new release while simultaneously maintaining the past ones, this website,
etc. Being a FOSS community, I know some of us can/will help him out with
this as we've done with other things already. As I come up with ideas to
promote Trisquel, I will post them here for your viewing pleasure and
feedback. Please feel free to throw out your own.
So far, this is a few things.
1.
I came across Ubuntu branded pastebin today. I would be willing to use a
Trisquel branded version if there were one, how about you?
http://paste.ubuntu.com/696591/
2.
I often find myself at a loss of words when asked why one would may like
Trisquel. I use it because A. It's about the only logical choice being that I
don't speak Spanish (most FSF endorsed distros seem to be) and is the only as
well maintained 100% libre distro I am aware of, B. It's much "prettier" and
better designed (layout wise) than the other options, C. I've actually had
less trouble with Trisquel than I ever had with Ubuntu, etc.
A few of these may be OK for experienced GNU/Linux users, but if they are
committed to Freedom then they likely are already aware of Trisquel. If they
are an alternative OS user, then none hold much water.
For the 4.5 press release, features were laid out somewhat, which is great. I
think that may have helped get the press release itself featured on
Slashdot.org. Some bullet points on what makes Trisquel great, besides libre,
would help give potential users and idea of why they should take an initial
test drive. Perhaps thought could be given to carefully word in order to
target both new and experienced GNU/Linux users in the same text. I plan to
ponder on this more, but I wanted to toss it out there for your consideration
as well.
