On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Jos Poortvliet <
jospoortvliet@...> wrote:
> On Friday 06 November 2009 12:59:42 Anshul Jain wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I do not have a
dot.kde.org account name. How do I go about creating
>> one? I would really like the opportunity to do a larger article on
>> Mandriva.
>
> Hey Anshul,
>
> Now that is way cool. And you don't NEED a dot account for that, just write
> something and send it ;-)
>
> But making a dot account will put the article on your name ;-) You can go to
>
dot.kde.org, on the top-right of the page you can make an account.
>
>
> We have seen the cool stuff the Mandriva ppl are doing, especially on Nepomuk
> integration. Stuart Jarvis is working on an article about this, soliciting
> input from Laura Dragon and Sebastian Trueg, two lead developers on Nepomuk.
>
> However, there is more to Mandriva than Nepomuk, including their work on their
> own theme and specific KDE tools. So if you are up to writing about the other
> things, that would rock.
>
> How about this:
> - we skip this one, after all 2010 has been out for a while already and ppl
> are most likely aware of that.
> - YOU write an article on the new Mandriva 2010 and it's cool features.
> - and Stuart writes about the work on Nepomuk.
>
> Your article should obviously focus on KDE integration in Mandriva. You can
> mention there will be a Nepomuk-specific article in a few weeks. But the small
> touches like hourly changing wallpapers and data migration tools they have
> worked on should definitely be mentioned.
>
> Include a few screenshots, and make it about 1-2 pages, 3 pages at most
> (that's on the dot - which fits far less text on a page than open office!).
> You can use html (a href, b, I, H2 etc) but if you don't that's OK. We'll
> edit it, make sure language fits the dot etc, and format pictures and stuff.
> In other words, don't worry about making everything perfect - we have a good
> team of editors, and if we make changes you might dislike we'll ask you about
> it so you're in control.
>
> Let me know a timeframe you think you need to finish it.
>
> Again, can I say it's cool you're willing to do this?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jos
>
>> Regards
>> Anshul
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Jos Poortvliet <
jospoortvliet@...>
> wrote:
>> > Hi Anshul Jain,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the submissions. We are obviously aware of the Mandriva 2010
>> > release but are curently discussion what to do exactly - we'd love to do
>> > a larger article but that would cost a lot of time. So, if you could tell
>> > me your dot account name, this one might up on the dot after all ;-)
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > Jos
>> >
>> > On Friday 06 November 2009 04:26:22 Anshul Jain wrote:
>> >> Submitted on 2009/11/06 - 4:26am
>> >> Submitted by anonymous user: [122.167.85.22]
>> >>
>> >> Submitted values are:
>> >>
>> >> Name: Anshul Jain
>> >> E-Mail Address:
anshulajain@...
>> >> Subject: Mandriva Releases its Latest Offering-Mandriva 2010.0
>> >> Message:
>> >> Good news for all KDE fans out there, Mandriva has released its latest
>> >> offering, 2010.0 aka "Adelie". Some of the great KDE features are at :-
>> >>
http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2010.0_Tour#KDE_4.3, along with several
>> >> upgrades on the desktop front like Plymouth, Kernel Mode Setting,
>> >> Kernel 2.6.31+, Revamped Installer etc.
>> >>
>> >> Release notes are at :-
http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/2010.0_Notes
>> >> See some screen shots of the fabulous new artwork at:-
>> >>
http://warever.info/sr/blog/?p=310
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> The results of this submission may be viewed
>> >> at:
http://dot.kde.org/node/2434/submission/147
>>
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