Comments for apt-get install debian-wizard http://raphaelhertzog.com Insider infos, master your Debian/Ubuntu distribution Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:54:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Can Debian achieve world domination without being on Facebook? by Olly Betts http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/09/09/can-debian-achieve-world-domination-without-being-on-facebook/#comment-3473 Olly Betts Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:54:21 +0000 http://raphaelhertzog.com/?p=764#comment-3473 The number of direct subscribers to debian-announce only really gives you a lower bound on how many people a message sent there will reach, since there a growing number of mailing list archive sites which allow you to follow mailing lists you aren't directly subscribed to in various other ways. For example, I read debian-announce via NNTP at gmane.org, which also allows browsing on the web or subscribing to an RSS feed of posts: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user.announce (Incidentally, Gmane is Free Software.) The number of direct subscribers to debian-announce only really gives you a lower bound on how many people a message sent there will reach, since there a growing number of mailing list archive sites which allow you to follow mailing lists you aren’t directly subscribed to in various other ways.

For example, I read debian-announce via NNTP at gmane.org, which also allows browsing on the web or subscribing to an RSS feed of posts:

http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user.announce

(Incidentally, Gmane is Free Software.)

]]> Comment on Can Debian achieve world domination without being on Facebook? by Gonéri http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/09/09/can-debian-achieve-world-domination-without-being-on-facebook/#comment-3470 Gonéri Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:19:06 +0000 http://raphaelhertzog.com/?p=764#comment-3470 Fresh Backports will surely be quickly avalaible. Fresh Backports will surely be quickly avalaible.

]]> Comment on Can Debian achieve world domination without being on Facebook? by someone http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/09/09/can-debian-achieve-world-domination-without-being-on-facebook/#comment-3459 someone Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:57:55 +0000 http://raphaelhertzog.com/?p=764#comment-3459 It is unfortunate that none of chromium, plone, hadoop could meet Debian's strict quality requirements in time. It is unfortunate that none of chromium, plone, hadoop could meet Debian’s strict quality requirements in time.

]]> Comment on Can Debian achieve world domination without being on Facebook? by someone http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/09/09/can-debian-achieve-world-domination-without-being-on-facebook/#comment-3458 someone Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:55:37 +0000 http://raphaelhertzog.com/?p=764#comment-3458 No need to use a PPA, when you can use squeeze-backports! No need to use a PPA, when you can use squeeze-backports!

]]> Comment on Can Debian achieve world domination without being on Facebook? by Marie http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/09/09/can-debian-achieve-world-domination-without-being-on-facebook/#comment-3447 Marie Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:54:24 +0000 http://raphaelhertzog.com/?p=764#comment-3447 I would really like to go for Debian 6.0 but I will be using unsupported PPA for Chromium....have to have it. :) I would really like to go for Debian 6.0 but I will be using unsupported PPA for Chromium….have to have it. :)

]]> Comment on Can Debian achieve world domination without being on Facebook? by Raphaël Hertzog http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/09/09/can-debian-achieve-world-domination-without-being-on-facebook/#comment-3444 Raphaël Hertzog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:31:50 +0000 http://raphaelhertzog.com/?p=764#comment-3444 I replied on your blog but I'm reposting my answer here too: --- I completely share what Mako said but when I work as a debian-publicity team member, my goal is to spread the world to as many people as possible without annoying them (i.e. no spam). That's not time that I want to spend on working on a free alternative to Facebook and I'm glad that some people are already doing it (Joindiaspora that I mentioned, GNU social maybe too). I'm not suggesting to promote Facebook on www.debian.org or whatever, I just want that Facebook users who are looking up Debian in Facebook find something more useful to them than an empty wall. It doesn't require to use the service on a regular basis, but just to setup the proper "RSS to Facebook" gateway. But to get control of that Facebook page, the person who is going to contact Facebook needs to claim that he is more legitimate in representing the Debian project than the current person who owns it (to the best of our knowledge). I replied on your blog but I’m reposting my answer here too:
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I completely share what Mako said but when I work as a debian-publicity team member, my goal is to spread the world to as many people as possible without annoying them (i.e. no spam). That’s not time that I want to spend on working on a free alternative to Facebook and I’m glad that some people are already doing it (Joindiaspora that I mentioned, GNU social maybe too).

I’m not suggesting to promote Facebook on http://www.debian.org or whatever, I just want that Facebook users who are looking up Debian in Facebook find something more useful to them than an empty wall. It doesn’t require to use the service on a regular basis, but just to setup the proper “RSS to Facebook” gateway.

But to get control of that Facebook page, the person who is going to contact Facebook needs to claim that he is more legitimate in representing the Debian project than the current person who owns it (to the best of our knowledge).

]]> Comment on Can Debian achieve world domination without being on Facebook? by [Debian] Stefano Zacchiroli: yes we can (Si podemos) | Gustavo Pimentel's GNU/Linux Blog http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/09/09/can-debian-achieve-world-domination-without-being-on-facebook/#comment-3442 [Debian] Stefano Zacchiroli: yes we can (Si podemos) | Gustavo Pimentel's GNU/Linux Blog Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:48:21 +0000 http://raphaelhertzog.com/?p=764#comment-3442 [...] Si Raphael, podemos. Nadie dijo que sería fácil lograr la Total Dominación Mundial a través, unicamente, del Software Gratuito, pero esto no es una razón para dejar de intentarlo. [...] [...] Si Raphael, podemos. Nadie dijo que sería fácil lograr la Total Dominación Mundial a través, unicamente, del Software Gratuito, pero esto no es una razón para dejar de intentarlo. [...]

]]> Comment on Can Debian achieve world domination without being on Facebook? by Stefano Zacchiroli http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/09/09/can-debian-achieve-world-domination-without-being-on-facebook/#comment-3439 Stefano Zacchiroli Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:12:40 +0000 http://raphaelhertzog.com/?p=764#comment-3439 I've posted a more elaborated reply at http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2010/09/yes_we_can/ Thanks for having triggered this discussion! I’ve posted a more elaborated reply at http://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2010/09/yes_we_can/

Thanks for having triggered this discussion!

]]> Comment on Can Debian achieve world domination without being on Facebook? by Stimpson J. Cat http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/09/09/can-debian-achieve-world-domination-without-being-on-facebook/#comment-3436 Stimpson J. Cat Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:52:21 +0000 http://raphaelhertzog.com/?p=764#comment-3436 Freedom cannot be achieved with isolation Any tool or tecnology well used should be good (not being dependent of it) Freedom cannot be achieved with isolation
Any tool or tecnology well used should be good (not being dependent of it)

]]> Comment on Can Debian achieve world domination without being on Facebook? by Adnan Hodzic http://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/09/09/can-debian-achieve-world-domination-without-being-on-facebook/#comment-3435 Adnan Hodzic Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:50:59 +0000 http://raphaelhertzog.com/?p=764#comment-3435 Facebook may not have any other value then it's huge (500 million) user base, and that should definitely be used to your own advantage. We've tried using Facebook to promote DebConf11 (http://bit.ly/bwn8hE ) since Facebook is widely popular on Balkans, but I'm just not sure it's going that well :) Why? Even though it's widely popular its target audience may just be wrong, since Facebook is even used by the people who don't even use computers. But in general I do agree with you and should be as one of the marketing methods. Facebook may not have any other value then it’s huge (500 million) user base, and that should definitely be used to your own advantage.

We’ve tried using Facebook to promote DebConf11 (http://bit.ly/bwn8hE ) since Facebook is widely popular on Balkans, but I’m just not sure it’s going that well :)

Why? Even though it’s widely popular its target audience may just be wrong, since Facebook is even used by the people who don’t even use computers.

But in general I do agree with you and should be as one of the marketing methods.

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