Arch Linux Newsletter for February, 2009 Discussion

kensai · 2009-02-14 02:32:57

http://www.archlinux.org/static/newslet … 9-feb.html

As usual we discuss everything related to the Arch Linux Newsletter here; articles, contributions, and suggestions are welcome and appreciated.

Once again, thanks for your outstanding support. Sorry for the delay, been busy with real life.

Thanks,

In the name of the Arch Linux Newsletter Team

Eduardo "kensai" Romero

Nepherte · 2009-02-14 11:04:46

Thanks for the newsletter. I really liked the reference to ibm's screen article.

dyscoria · 2009-02-14 11:08:29

Fantastic newsletter, thanks guys

I need to save up for that fancy looking Arch Linux ring

Dieter@be · 2009-02-14 11:57:55

ah crap

Dieter@be · 2009-02-14 12:06:40

Dieter Plaetinck wants to know when the next official Arch Linux iso release will be. He'll be glad to know that a new release team has been formed which will take great care of iso releases in the future.

LOL, that post you're referring to is when I was actively writing aif without being officially involved. I'm actually one of the 3 in the releng team (which was founded soon after)

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Dusty · 2009-02-14 16:44:51

Kensai FTW!!

kensai · 2009-02-14 16:56:01

Heh, thanks for the support guys, Dieter@be we win. Thanks Dusty, the newsletter won't be of quality if it weren't for your proofreadings.

I hope the march newsletter to be the best release in some time.

Allan · 2009-02-14 22:35:51

Good newsletter guys! But it seems Dusty does not proofread his own stuff ("The good new is")

dyscoria · 2009-02-14 22:42:30

And while we're being pedantic about proof-reading (:D), I feel there are too many commas here (only one after 'also' is really needed):

"Please, contact us, with your opinions and/or suggestions for improvement. Also, we love user contributions, so feel free to submit your article for consideration."

oooh i spotted another typo in the devland section: They will start working on splitting KDE pacakges as soon as pacman provides support for them.

Do i get any points for this?

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haxit · 2009-02-14 22:46:58

Great newsletter.

droog · 2009-02-14 23:05:01

Thanks, I've missed these and wow at jan having almost 1k packages to maintain :P

Ranguvar · 2009-02-14 23:08:57

The split KDE packages sound interesting. Any specific info on the "different goals" that KDEmod has as compared to Arch? I know they're focusing on Chakra, but they're still providing barely-patched modular KDE with very little wait time.

Great work, newsletter team!

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libby · 2009-02-15 06:19:48

Always a GREAT newsletter guys... but any chance of changing up the questions for the guest of the month? I'd like to know more about their goals, their background, their recommendations?

ibendiben · 2009-02-15 08:23:10

The frontpage announcement misses the actual links it's referring to.

pressh · 2009-02-15 08:51:31

libby wrote:

Always a GREAT newsletter guys... but any chance of changing up the questions for the guest of the month? I'd like to know more about their goals, their background, their recommendations?

The interview section was part of a short discussion we had of things we'd like to improve in the future. Some of the changes will happen in the next newsletter, others may need a little more time and coordination, so I can't tell you for sure when it will happen.

pressh · 2009-02-15 08:53:34

ibendiben wrote:

The frontpage announcement misses the actual links it's referring to.

what do you mean, they are there for me?

kensai · 2009-02-15 11:39:26

libby wrote:

Always a GREAT newsletter guys... but any chance of changing up the questions for the guest of the month? I'd like to know more about their goals, their background, their recommendations?

Yeah, thanks for your suggestion, this is something I've been longing to improve, but because of time restrictions never got to it. Now, that pressh is takin over all major parts and I am in charge of the interview still, I ahve more time to improve on this. Also, an email with you questions suggestions might help a bit. eduardo at archlinux org

Ghost1227 · 2009-02-15 19:53:30

lmao, good catch!

ibendiben · 2009-02-16 07:33:38

pressh wrote:

ibendiben wrote:
The frontpage announcement misses the actual links it's referring to.
what do you mean, they are there for me?

Wait, in the announcement they are. On the homepage they aren't. Forget it.

BabyDoc · 2009-02-16 14:40:03

As always it was a nice read, looking forward to the next edition.

Dieter@be · 2009-02-18 19:42:29

kensai wrote:

Heh, thanks for the support guys, Dieter@be we win. Thanks Dusty, the newsletter won't be of quality if it weren't for your proofreadings.
I hope the march newsletter to be the best release in some time.

Hi kensai, seems like my email to you got lost, so I'll try again through the forum.
Can you fix the mistake below?

Dieter@be wrote:

Dieter Plaetinck wants to know when the next official Arch Linux iso release will be. He'll be glad to know that a new release team has been formed which will take great care of iso releases in the future.
LOL, that post you're referring to is when I was actively writing aif without being officially involved. I'm actually one of the 3 in the releng team (which was founded soon after)

Zariel · 2009-02-18 20:57:05

Thanks for the newsletter!

pressh · 2009-02-19 09:14:06

Dieter@be wrote:

kensai wrote:
Heh, thanks for the support guys, Dieter@be we win. Thanks Dusty, the newsletter won't be of quality if it weren't for your proofreadings.
I hope the march newsletter to be the best release in some time.
Hi kensai, seems like my email to you got lost, so I'll try again through the forum.
Can you fix the mistake below?

Done, Eduardo is a bit busy.

kensai · 2009-02-19 09:55:01

Dieter@be wrote:

Hi kensai, seems like my email to you got lost, so I'll try again through the forum.
Can you fix the mistake below?

Hey, your email is still starred on my inbox, those are the important ones. Still, I didn't had the time to get into it, thanks pressh for getting it fixed. Now, going to see how I can get about all the other starred emails in my inbox.

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