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Narcis Garcia informatica at actiu.net
Sun Jul 26 10:56:05 UTC 2015


All 'my' UG users (hundreds of people) are using LTS.
The only users I've installed Ubuntu 15.04 are UbuntuMATE ones.


El 26/07/15 a les 04:20, Ali/amjjawad ha escrit:
> Hi Charlie,
> Thanks for your email :)
> 
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Charlie Moss <charlie at charliemoss.com
> <mailto:charlie at charliemoss.com>> wrote:
> 
>     The results are clear that every one want the latest version of
>     Gnome. Personally I wouldn't use, Ubuntu Gnome, if I couldn't get
>     Gnome 3.16.
> 
>  
> Indeed. That's our hardest and toughest challenge. We fought so hard to
> get an LTS and we just did. To my surprise, the majority prefer the
> latest over the more stable. At least, that's what the survey said. I
> have prevented people to vote twice so these figures are accurate. I
> know 500 is not the base of our users, there are more. But as with any
> survey, I'd stick to the data we collected and won't assume, at least
> for now.
> 
> We have discussed that many times already:
> http://ubuntugnome.org/gnome-3-12/
>  
> 
> 
>     Around 50% of users are happy to help. 
> 
> 
> Yes, that was great :)
>  
> 
>     I would like to suggest the position of community host/s (or some
>     such title) are created.  People to greet new members and make them
>     feel welcome. 
> 
> 
> Ubuntu GNOME is the one and only project within Ubuntu world which has a
> Human Resources Sub-Team:
> http://ubuntugnome.org/hr-sub-team/
> 
> I was unable to handle 5 sub-teams at the same time, so I asked for
> help. A good friend (a member of this community) stepped in. It seems
> his real life was even busier than mine. So, if truth to be told, we did
> nothing on that area.
> 
> So, we have the whole setup but we have no active people to handle it.
>  
> 
>     My personal experience as a new member was, to be brutally honest,
>     very very poor.  I still have no clue how I can help, how to get
>     Involved, etc as questions I have asked on the mailing list have
>     never received a single response.  Also, I asked if the new logo had
>     been decided or submissions were still open. No reply, so I created
>     a design and shared it. Still no reply, and I still don't know if
>     the new logo has been decided. 
> 
>     This is my first experience of an open source community, so a
>     certain level of guidance from other members is required. I am sure
>     the majority of new people, 'happy to help', will be the same. If it
>     wasn't for an inspiring email from Ali I would have considered
>     myself unwelcome and given up.
> 
> 
> 
> I am so sorry for that poor/bad experience you had. I am glad my email
> did something helpful :)
> 
> Building a system is easy if you know what you're doing. Trust me, from
> a long experience, I can tell you that building a community is the
> hardest and toughest thing of all. It may take years :) I've been around
> here for 2 years (since 22-July-2013) and until now, we lack many things
> or at least, I couldn't implement the vision I still have in mind.
> 
> Dealing with different people from different parts of the world is the
> hardest of all. I do this because I LOVE it. However, it is a huge
> burden. It could kill you, I am not kidding. It could make you cry. But
> it could also make you so happy and useful. I always took the positive
> side, even though my health is somehow damaged because of it. Yes, it is
> really tough to keep up with many projects. Ubuntu GNOME is not my one
> and only project. Check:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad
> 
> And, there are more projects I haven't listed on my Wiki which I am
> still involved with.
> 
> So, you see, I'm doing my best here to keep up with everything which is
> crazy :)
> 
> I'd suggest to join the HR sub-team and be active. I will tell you why I
> think you can be super useful.
> 
> When I suggested an idea to Lubuntu team 3 years ago or so, about
> creating another spin that is even lighter than Lubuntu, many laughed
> and thought I am crazy. Thanks to them, I started:
> ToriOS - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad#Tori.2BnOU-OS
> 
> Which is lighter than Lubuntu and supports the very old computers that
> Lubuntu, by default, can't support anymore.
> 
> Point is: because you had a bad experience and you're talking/sharing
> it, it means you could be the best to prevent that to happen yet again
> to someone else. Simply, this is the philosophy I live by.
> 
> I did it again. When no one was interested to hire me or maybe I failed
> to impress someone, I started this:
> http://kibo.computer/
> 
> I created my own platform to pay my bills. I will not spend my entire
> life time updating CVs just to impress someone somewhere who is not even
> reading my CV for whatever reason. Call me crazy but I believe crazy
> people are the ones who have the ability to change the world :P
> 
> Sorry to talk/write too much. But this is a public invite to you and
> everyone else who think he/she could be of any help within HR sub-team
> of Ubuntu GNOME :)
>  
> 
> 
>     Regards,
>     *
>     *
>     *Charlie*
> 
>      
> 
> 
> Thank you!
>  
> 
> 
>     On 23 July 2015 at 08:32, Narcis Garcia <informatica at actiu.net
>     <mailto:informatica at actiu.net>> wrote:
> 
>         I hope statistics tokk into account that some users responded
>         for their
>         only 1 computer, and some users responded for hundreds of
>         installations
>         and users teached.
> 
> 
>         El 23/07/15 a les 06:34, Ali/amjjawad ha escrit:
>         > Hi everyone,
>         >
>         > Please check:
>         > https://ubuntugnome.org/feedback-time-results/
>         >
>         > Thank you!
>         >
>         >
>         > --
>         > Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
>         >
>         > Best Regards,
>         > Ali/amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
>         >
>         > *http://kibo.computer* - http://torios.net - Ubuntu GNOME
>         > <http://ubuntugnome.org/>
>         >
>         >
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> 
> Best Regards,
> Ali/amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
> 
> *http://kibo.computer* - http://torios.net - Ubuntu GNOME
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