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Re: [seul-edu] New Linux distribution !



Roger R Dingledine wrote:
> 
> > Odile Bénassy wrote:
> > >
> > > I you wish to have a look at
> > > "http://tiny.seul.org/",
> > > I've just put packages for a new Linux distribution called "TINY Linux"
> > >
> > Odile,
> >
> >    This needs to be announced on Freshmeat, Linux Weekly News,
> > LinuxToday, and comp.os.linux.announce.  Roger will help with that, I
> > have no doubt.  Actually, sending a message to seul-announce@seul.org
> > will probably accomplish the first three announcements.
> 
> ok, yeah, i can send it to seul-announce, lwn, and linuxtoday. you'll
> have to do the freshmeat submit yourself, as well as send to cola.
> 
> you're going to want an actual blurb for the announce (a paragraph or
> two), justifying why you made a new distrib, who your target audience
> is, etc. Be sure to pick a version number, so you can increment it later
> and so people can reference which version they're using.

I've got to talk with Jean-Francois, about this issue. And he is so much
overworked !
I wish there could be someone here in SEUL/EDU, who would be interested
in helping for those communication issues !
> 
> do you want a mailing list?

yes, that's going to be useful, I think
> 
> you should make it very clear that you've considered the other several
> dozen distributions out there, and despite them you decided another one
> was necessary (and why).

yes, I will do that, thanks for the advice !


-- 
Odile Bénassy,
"http://perso.magic.fr/obenassy/"