Hello,
Actually not a bad idea and I see what Pasi is trying to do.
Get the word out by social media so people will gather around and see
what really happening with Xubuntu and it is not just another distro.
It's important for people, not only who is looking for Distro, but
specially for the community to rally itself and see who uses it and why.
For open source development, there is nothing better then a Nix distro
and thats where I think Xubuntu excels at, lightweight poweruser distro.
So a bit of social marketing wont hurt it will actually get more people
interested in.
Gratz for the Distro, keep it up.
On 06-08-2016 09:53, JMZ wrote:
Hi Pasi,
I apologize for the rather pessimistic tone of my original post.
Despite all my evangelization efforts over the years, no person I know
has "stuck with it" and become an avid Linux user. You are right. Sow
the seeds of Linux widely. Who knows where it will bloom?
Good luck with the campaign, Jordan
On 08/06/2016 04:37 AM, Pasi Lallinaho wrote:
If you look at it from the other side of the coin, why create
something that you don't want to spread to as many people as possible?
Cheers,
Pasi
On 2016-08-06 03:13, JMZ wrote:
Pardon my confusion, but why market something that's not for sale?
I've been using desktop Linux for quite some time, and I would
never, ever return to Windows for personal use (I fix MS machines
frequently though). I love the amazing flexibility of bash, and the
open platform for xfce among other environments.
Desktop Linux has a low single digit adoption rate because the vast
majority of critical system functions can't be performed from within
the gui. If someone is unwilling to use bash or another shell, he
or she will probably get frustrated and go to Windows or OSX. The
cli is holding Linux back from wider adoption, but there's no way
around learning and using commands.
Jordan
On 08/05/2016 08:04 AM, Sean Davis wrote:
This sounds like a good idea to me. If there's any way we can
simplify the process (copy and paste template, online submission
form, etc) I feel like that would improve the quality and quantity
of submissions.
On Mon, Aug 1, 2016, 5:24 PM Pasi Lallinaho
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hello team,
especially during the #LoveXubuntu campaign we've got quite a
bunch of
"thanks" from our users. These include stories about how
Xubuntu has
made the users' computing experience better, good arguments for why
Xubuntu is the best OS for them (and potentially others) etc.
Currently, we are officially only gathering submissions for the
#LoveXubuntu contest, but some of these mails has left me
thinking we
could gather some of these "testimonials" for potential marketing
purposes in the future. Use cases that I can imagine from the
top of my
head include the Xubuntu flyer, our website and more.
My proposal (in a very early idea stage) is that in addition to
specific
contest and campaigns, we could use the Xubuntu-contacts
mailing list
for gathering these "testimonials" and thanks. This would need
some kind
of organization:
1) Create a page that describes what we are looking, with
instructions
(see further points)
2) Require the submissions to have a certain tag at the
beginning of the
subject
This helps us when we seek for any content in the mailing list
archive.
3) Require the submitter to agree that we can use their content
however
we want (either by licensing, or a generic permission)
We likely need the users to send this approval with their
submission on
the mailing list. To do this, we can instruct them to specify which
license they want to use, or use any kind of general permission
text. At
this point, I would say we shouldn't approve content which
license or
terms isn't specified (clearly enough) on the mail.
What do you think?
At the same time, I want to remind that anybody in the team who
wishes
to read the mailing list archive can simply ask to get
subscribed. The
list has been very light in traffic so far, so no extra hands are
required for moderation at this point.
Cheers,
Pasi
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