Hi Team, I've started a draft of the release announcement that is to go on the website at the link below. https://xubuntu.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=4804&action=edit
Regards, Yousuf On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 7:30 PM Yousuf Philips <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Team, > > I would like to bring to everyone's attention that if we can to publish > release notes at the time of betas, like other flavors did (e.g. ubuntu > mate <https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-focal-fossa-release-notes/>), > that this will help improve the marketing of the release. > > In OMG Ubuntu's post > <https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/04/ubuntu-20-04-flavours-whats-new> > about the release, Joe said "*I can’t find any releases notes for Xubuntu > 20.04 beta and as I’m not familiar with the release on a day-to-day basis, > I don’t feel confident at guessing what’s new beyond the inclusion of a new > dark theme.*" > > In the comments of the same post > <https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/04/ubuntu-20-04-flavours-whats-new#comment-4861843966>, > Joe said "*... Should any other flavours be reading this: I am not the > only blogger who relies on what you put out*, so subtle plea: please > include a couple of high quality "this is what the desktop looks like by > default" screenshots in your release notes/blog posts/tweets. We will use > them!* > > **The more pointed your release notes are, the more likely you are to get > coverage.*" https://imgur.com/HXNK6qZ.png > > This discussion also landed on twitter, where Jason Evangelho mentioned > <https://twitter.com/killyourfm/status/1247043105632792576>, "*A recent > post at @omgubuntu got some flak because a couple Ubuntu flavors didn't > have screenshots included. Yet again this is where I preach the value of > marketing, even simple things like having good assets for press. Yes, it > matters. The easier you make it to show off your Linux distro or software, > the easier it will be for press to cover it.*" > > Regards, > Yousuf >
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