Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Next steps for gNewSense

[Stig Atle Steffensen]

This sounds very good! And looks like a step in the right direction!
Thanks to everyone involved, past and in the future.

On 8/6/2019 8:47 PM, Matt Lee wrote:
> Hello, I'm Matt Lee, I've recently taken over maintaining
> gNewSense from Sam, and I'd like to share a few of my
> thoughts on the project and where I'd like to take things.
>
> For those who don't know me, I'm Matt Lee: former FSF
> campaigns manager, former technical lead at Creative
> Commons and the founder of the GNU Network and the GNU FM
> (Libre.fm) and GNU social projects. I also wrote and
> produced the short film, "Happy Birthday to GNU" with
> Stephen Fry where he recommends gNewSense.
>
> I have a vision for desktop GNU/Linux that is unfulfilled.
>
> I want a default experience on a desktop to be opinionated
> and well thought out. I want a distinct set of packages
> that can be used by mere mortals without knowing about GNU
> or Linux or free software. I call it 'Skeleton', because
> there are simply no bones about it.
>
> I also want developers to be able to have the best
> possible experience, and I want to see GNU/Linux used on
> servers.
>
> Regarding gNewSense -- historically, we have been in a
> position where we strive to produce a distribution that
> makes Debian GNU/Linux (or Ubuntu, if you go back far
> enough) available to people in the default state. Packages
> were removed and activities that endangered user freedom
> were curtailed, but little was added to Debian's excellent
> output in terms of decisions or improvements.
>
> To that end, I wish to strive for the following
> improvements to gNewSense:
>
> * Release four distinct versions of gNewSense, including a
>   distribution that includes a subset of packages for a
>   focused user experience, one that is essentially vanilla
>   Debian with our freedom improvements, a developer
>   edition with the latest and greatest GNU development
>   tools, and a server edition that is based on the work of
>   the Devuan community.
>
> * Number our releases after the Debian releases.
>
> * Use modern infrastructure and development tools like
>   GitLab CE.
>
> * Make updates available outside of the Debian upstream
>   for things we care about: GNU development tools, web
>   browsers, programs like XScreenSaver, etc.
>
> * Have outstanding and beautiful documentation for our
>   improvements to the community.
>
> * Improve communication between users and developers of
>   gNewSense with regular updates, newsletters and demos.
>
> * Work with the broader free software and free culture
>   communities to bring the best of our community to gNS.
>
> * Explore supporting architectures beyond what we
>   currently support to bring new users into our community.
>
> * Have a richer online community, with a community forum
>   in addition to mailing lists so that users who are new
>   to free software can feel like they have a voice.
>
> All of things will require commitment and work from our
> community, and I would love to hear from all users and
> developers who are interested in helping me take gNewSense
> forward into the future.
>
> I want to thank Sam for all the work over the years since
> taking over gNewSense, and I welcome all questions, ideas
> and suggestions on improving things.
>
> I will be posting this on our website too, and I encourage
> anyone with feedback to write to <address@hidden> or hit me
> up on IRC.
>
> I have already begun migrating things from the old wiki to
> a GitLab CE wiki, so please let me know on IRC if would
> like an account on GitLab.
>
> Best,
> matt
>
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