The future of Arch Linux Magazine

Ghost1227 · 2010-07-05 18:49:03

Ok... I'll start prototyping something and we'll see how the community responds. Anyone have recommendations far a name?

Acecero · 2010-07-05 18:52:08

Ghost1227 wrote:

Ok... I'll start prototyping something and we'll see how the community responds. Anyone have recommendations far a name?

I gave you these following names on IRC to embodied Arch and the rolling release cycle:

The Arch Cycle
Rolling with the Times
The Rolling Arch
The Rolling News.
News cycle.
Time cycle.
Rolling News Cycle.
Arch Forward News
The Rolling Times
Rolling Insight

Hopefully this will help others get some ideas while we brainstorm as a community.

jasonwryan · 2010-07-05 19:51:18

Ghost1227 wrote:

Anyone have recommendations far a name?

Arch Technica

The Nipple

AUM - Arch User Magazine

Xyne · 2010-07-05 20:26:09

Ghost1227 wrote:

Anyone have recommendations far a name?

Some are serious, some are not.

*) The Arch Differential :from the notion of small changes
*) Kitty : from the notion of text stream manipulation with "cat" and the laziness of real cats (it gets posted when it gets posted, i.e. relaxed deadlines, etc). Bonus: good logo potential.
*) The Arch Stream : again, text stream
*) Alice : Arch Linux [Incremental | International] Community eMagazine
*) The Archive(s)
*) The Ive(s) of Arch : see previous
*) The Archer
*) Pipes and Arrows : abstracting at this point
*) Pipes and Nipples : previous combined with jasonwryan's "The Nipple" suggestion

I thought of Arch Technica too, but it would be too much of a knock-off name imo.

flamelab · 2010-07-05 20:29:03

The Arch Voice
The Arch Post
The Arch Spot

(with or without "the")

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whacath · 2010-07-05 22:27:53

Paperbuild

mianka · 2010-07-05 23:07:58

Archibald

bernarcher · 2010-07-06 06:31:46

"The Archer" is not bad, imo. But something like "Archer Live" or "The Living Archer" look even better to me.

Allan · 2010-07-06 07:50:23

Planet Arch

skanky · 2010-07-06 08:23:14

*) Arch de Triomphe
*) Pacmag (maybe that should be the name of some submission script)
*) The Longbow
*) The Great Stone Bridge
*) The Ambridge Gazette

litemotiv · 2010-07-06 09:21:04

The Aureole (emphasizes user contributions)
We Arch (or We, Arch)
In Syu Veritas

(i like skanky's Pacmag suggestion though!)

gammaknife · 2010-07-06 13:03:07

Arch Core News
Pacman Chronicles
Archer's Quiver

Allan · 2010-07-06 13:23:27

wordpress
twitter
...

Acecero · 2010-07-06 15:12:43

The Car Lifter
The Taco Eater
The Schwag Merchant
The Package Breaker ...

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lswest · 2010-07-06 17:18:06

Ghost1227 wrote:

whacath wrote:
Why not put togheter a permanent magazine crew? People who have to much time always exists!
We've tried this several times. Usually we end up with 10-15 volunteers, but on average only 1 or 2 that follow through.

I've offered up my services and written a few articles, but have gotten little to no information about whether said articles arrived, or if they will still be used. Perhaps a better way to follow article submissions is required? A twitter channel, google docs shared folder or something quick and easy, instead of a wiki page (which contains, last time I checked, article ideas only)?

As always, I'm happy to help, but I feel that it may be important to define what sort of articles are wanted within the magazine. Tutorials? News reports? Anything arch or linux-related? I also write for Full Circle Magazine (Ubuntu community magazine), and I have to say that I feel articles are easier to decide upon with the way the magazine is defined/organized. I'd be happy to write up what the process is for article submissions for FCM if there's an interest.

I'm happy to also pitch-in management-wise, though I'm not certain how useful I'd be. Perhaps we should set up a regular meeting on the freenode channel once a month (or once in a release cycle), towards the start, in order to consolidate ideas for the upcoming issue?

As for a name, I always felt ALM - Arch Linux Magazine was good enough.

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tlaloc · 2010-07-06 18:01:42

Quiver (just Quiver, without additions) is a good idea, too.

Ghost1227 · 2010-07-10 07:59:32

Ok... Lots of good ideas, some are definite possibilities. Anyone got anything else for me?

lswest · 2010-07-10 08:02:19

Ghost1227 wrote:

Ok... Lots of good ideas, some are definite possibilities. Anyone got anything else for me?

Maybe come up with a set release schedule. I.e. magazine comes out last week of every month, articles are due on the first Sunday, etc. Just to help writers to get their articles written.

punkmexic · 2010-07-10 21:15:46

i propose making a website similar to this http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/ but based mainly in arch where all arch users that agree can be collaborators
we need to have a gooooooood blog..planet arch is not enough

gazj · 2010-07-10 21:45:32

The Big KISSue

useradded · 2010-07-10 23:53:32

The Big KISSue

Now that's beautiful.

whacath · 2010-07-11 00:18:55

whacath wrote:

Paperbuild

or "The Paperbuild" for those that cant see the connection its a twist of "pkgbuild"

cesura · 2010-07-11 04:31:18

Why not just name it "Arch"? Arch is supposed to be lightweight, why not give the magazine a lightweight title?

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Acecero · 2010-07-11 08:25:20

itsbrad212 wrote:

Why not just name it "Arch"? Arch is supposed to be lightweight, why not give the magazine a lightweight title?

Because the title needs to be original. Just calling the magazine "Arch" will cause confusion among what's being referred to, the distro or the magazine?

lswest · 2010-07-11 09:09:12

How about "a Bite"? (obscure reference to Pacman ), or you could go with "a Byte", but that's unoriginal Maybe "a Byte of News"? or "News bite" (like sound bite)

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