On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Pasi Lallinaho <[email protected]> wrote:
> jim wrote: > > Hi Pasi, > > > > I have become interested in xubuntu to the point where I want to get > > involved in the project. I am not a software engineer or even a geek. I > > spent 23 years in sales and marketing and now I work work in security. I > > use computers daily at work and have windows, mac and buntu at home. I > > don't use a lot of the extra packages, mainly just surf the net, email > > and word processing. > > > > I have been burning buntu distros to CD's and have installed ubuntu and > > xubuntu on 3 of my co-workers home PC's. Is there something I can do to > > get involved with the xubuntu team? I am open to enrollment in some type > > of formal online training or even doing something right away if > > possible. > > > > Regards, > > Jim Smith > > Eastern USA > > State of Massachusetts > > > Hey Jim (CC: xubuntu-devel mailing list), > > we're currently starting the development for the Lucid Lynx release, > which is to be released in April 2010, so you are approaching us just in > the right time. No formal application is needed, you can jump right in – > welcome! > > The best way to get contributing is to join #xubuntu-devel on the > Freenode IRC network and get to know people and get yourself known. You > will recognize me by the nick "knome" on the channel, if you want to > talk about any marketing specific issue. You can also contact me if you > have any other questions. Do not feel obliged to contact by IRC (email > is okay as well), but I can be reached better in IRC. > > You should also subscribe to at least the xubuntu-devel mailing list > [1]. You can also join the #xubuntu channel on Freenode and subscribe to > the xubuntu-users mailing list [2]. > > The biggest tasks the marketing is going to face in the Lucid cycle is > to grow the Xubuntu developer community and raise awareness about it. > Other tasks include renewing the website, refreshing the artwork (which > will consist mostly of polishing the Albatross theme and done by the > Shimmer Project [3], which I also lead) and refreshing the documentation > artwork and style. > > We also need to create some release artwork and raise some fuzz in > amongst people about Xubuntu when we are closer to releasing. I'd like > to do some rather big things (like advertising campaigns) and all the > help with it is totally appreciated. > > Great to hear you are interested in contributing to Xubuntu. > > [1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > [2] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users > [3] http://shimmerproject.org/, IRC channel #shimmer on Freenode > > And of course, if you have an ideas yourself on how to contribute (e.g. you have a great idea on how Xubuntu could be marketed better), bring them up and, if you feel like it, take the lead :) Questions can always be sent to the xubuntu-devel mailinglist if you're subscribed. Best, -- Vincent
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