From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Svetlana Tkachenko Subject: Re: Guix != GNU GSD ==> True Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 00:45:55 +1100 Message-ID: <1422452755.244858.219972577.7BCE9D40@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <8761dcc693.fsf@invergo.net> <87sigemze4.fsf@gnu.org> <20150121193716.GF11138@alien.local> <874mrgo399.fsf@gnu.org> <87h9vccs2h.fsf_-_@unicorn.home> <54C7B7B9.6050706@gnu.org> <20150128004919.088295fb@freedom-laptop> <87k307rxg3.fsf@taylan.uni.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: In-Reply-To: <87k307rxg3.fsf@taylan.uni.cx> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: gnu-system-discuss-bounces+gcgs-gnu-system-discuss=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: gnu-system-discuss-bounces+gcgs-gnu-system-discuss=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: =?UTF-8?Q?Taylan=20Ulrich=20Bay=C4=B1rl=C4=B1/Kammer?= , =?UTF-8?Q?Bruno=20F=C3=A9lix=20Rezende=20Ribeiro?= Cc: gnu-system-discuss@gnu.org, guix-devel@gnu.org List-Id: guix-devel.gnu.org Taylan Ulrich Bay=C4=B1rl=C4=B1/Kammer wrote: > I suspect that the more "branding" we give to GSD, the more it will > cause people to see it as "yet another Linux distro" and not understand > that it's a distribution of GNU. > > [...] > > We really need a break from, or almost a fight against, this whole > "distro" culture, which is tied to the "Linux" mindset, and perhaps even > "open source". This problem only comes from "Linux distro" phrase. Running a separate "Gui= xSD" website does not raise this problem. However, I see many Linux users perceive a distro by what it ships with by = default and judge exclusively based on that. In my view this concept needs = to be disposed of in favour of them understanding what and how it packages.= For the users to know the package manager well, I would expect it to be re= asonable to keep the guix package manager and guixSD on a single website, w= ith a single logo, and a single space for documentation (in 1 or 2 files, d= oes not matter). Taylan Ulrich Bay=C4=B1rl=C4=B1/Kammer wrote: > I wish projects such as gNewSense and Parabola had done the same and > gotten direct links to their installation images on a page such as > , where they're simply listed as "models" > or "versions" of GNU, with names like "parabola" and "trisquel" only > serving as code-names or "model" names, perhaps analogous to Astra and > Vectra (from Opel) to make a good old car analogy. To add direct image download links to https://gnu.org/distros/free-distros.= html, ask webmasters@gnu.org . I would expect that these distros would howe= ver remain hosted elsewhere and would not automatically become a part of th= e GNU project itself. -- Svetlana Tkachenko