I think there is some new platform out there which makes it easier to
contribute - maybe somebody has more details.
However, it's not about major decisions, afaik.
Trisquel is a good system, but my personal experience is, that it is not as
reliable as a debian stable;
my guess is that this is because it's based on ubuntu - a controversal
decision, as we all know.
In my view, it's easy to make debian userfriendly nowadays.
You add synaptic or install gnome shell, which comes, i think, with a default
kind of app store.
Ruben has decided against it, and he may have his reasons.
A lot of times, he is criticized for not being visible on the forums. Well, I
kind of agree, but on the other hand, i can understand that he rather wants
to focus on the work.
But wouldn't it be also a big relief for him if he wasn't the only king in
the "trisquel gouvernment"?
Other people could share the effort and one of them sure would be reachable
via forums etc.