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Subject: [kde-promo] How to write about KDE
From: "Jos Poortvliet" <jos () mijnkamer ! nl>
Date: 2007-08-03 21:31:13
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Hi guys,
Today I thought how usefull it might be for journalists who want to write
about KDE to have a list of places to look for information. So I went and
wrote the attached document. It's not complete - most notably is missing
information to write about less technical things like how the community
functions.
Anyway, I would like comments on:
- how usefull is it
- if it's usefull, where can I put it, and how to advertise it
- comments on and additions to the text itself.
Greetings,
Jos Poortvliet
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Hi guys,<br><br>Today I thought how usefull it might be for journalists who want to \
write about KDE to have a list of places to look for information. So I went and wrote \
the attached document. It's not complete - most notably is missing information to \
write about less technical things like how the community functions. <br><br>Anyway, I \
would like comments on:<br>- how usefull is it<br>- if it's usefull, where can I \
put it, and how to advertise it<br>- comments on and additions to the text \
itself.<br><br><br>Greetings,<br><br><br>Jos Poortvliet <br>
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<h2>Articles about KDE</h2>
<p>
The purpose of this page is to help anyone who wants to write about KDE, be it for a \
blog or a magazine. We will show you how to find information and contact the \
community with questions. </p>
<h3>Finding information.</h3>
<p>
As most work in KDE is done over the internet, 95% of the information can be found \
there as well. But much of this information is hidden away in mailinglists, chat \
channels and blogs. It is hard to extract information out of those in an efficient \
way, so we will give you a few pointers on how to find information about a topic \
efficiently. </p>
<h4>The KDE site</h4>
<p>
The first source of information about KDE and the project can be found on the <a \
href="http://www.kde.org">KDE website</a>. <a href="http://kde.org/whatiskde/">What \
is KDE</a> and <a href="http://kde.org/info/">general information about KDE</a> are \
of most interest. Of course, the <a href="http://www.fsf.org">site of the Free \
Software Foundation</a> can give you more information on our roots. Don't skip the <a \
href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy">philosophy section</a>! </p>
<h4>Websites</h4>
<p>
Most individual KDE subprojects have their own website under the <a \
href="http://www.kde.org">kde.org</a> umbrella. For example, the educational project \
can be found on <a href="http://edu.kde.org">edu.kde.org</a>. Much information can be \
found on these sites, though it might be outdated. These sites are aggregated on the \
<a href="http://techbase.kde.org/Projects">Projects page</a>. </p>
<h4>Techbase</h4>
<p>
Much more technical information can be found on the <a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org">techbase site</a>. KDE gathers all relevant developer \
information here. Interesting pages can be: <UL>
<LI>Development frameworks in KDE 4: <a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Architecture/KDE4">Architecture/KDE4</a> \
<LI>Release schedulers and feature plans: <a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules">Schedules</a> <LI>Overview of the KDE \
projects: <a href="http://techbase.kde.org/Projects">Projects</a> </UL>
</p>
<h4>The KDE news site</h4>
<p>
A premier source off information about KDE is the KDE news site, <a \
href="http://dot.kde.org">the Dot</a>. It offers <a \
href="http://dot.kde.org/searchForm">search functionality</a>, and we can give a \
recommendation: The <a \
href="http://www.googlesyndicatedsearch.com/u/dot?as_q=road+to+kde&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&num=100">'Road \
to KDE 4'</a> series by Troy unrau are an excellent startingpoint on the many new \
technologies available in KDE 4. Further, just searching for the technology you are \
looking for, like 'Decibel' will help you find what you are looking for. </p>
<h4>People</h4>
<p>
For information about the KDE developers, we recommend <a \
href="http://www.behindkde.org/">People behind KDE</a>. It offers interviews with \
many KDE developers. Further, you can find their blogs mostly on the <a \
href="http://planetkde.org/">Planet</a>. Look under subscriptions for individual \
feeds. </p>
<h4>Commit Digest</h4>
<p>
The <a href="http://www.commit-digest.org/">Commit Digest</a> is a very valuable \
source of more detailed information, but it can be hard to extract due to the sheer \
amount of information. A good tip is to quickly read the 'This Week' section at the \
top to get a quick overview of "what's hot". Further, you can use your browsers \
search functionallity... </p>
<h4>Mailinglist Archives</h4>
<p>
The most detailed information generally available online is to be found in the \
mailinglist archives of the several KDE projects. Links to these mailinglists can be \
found on their respective websites (see the <a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org/Projects">Projects</a> site). </p>
<p>
An example of the edu mailinglist archives can be found <a \
href="http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-edu/">here</a>. Using the search \
functionallity is often required to find anything usefull in a decent amount of time! \
</p> <h3>Contacting the community</h3>
<p>
If you want to have the latest information, or verify what you're writing, the best \
place to ask is on the <a \
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailinglist">mailinglist</a> or the <a \
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat">IRC channels</a>. You can \
subscribe to the mailinglist, information about this can be found on the induvidual \
<a href="http://techbase.kde.org/Projects">projects'</a> websites. The same goes for \
IRC, the channelnames and server information. </p>
<p>
If you want to get in contact with individual developers, you can send them an email. \
Names can often be found on the <a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org/Projects">Project</a> website or on <a \
href="http://www.behindkde.org/">People behind KDE</a>, and google-ing often brings \
up their email adress (tip: Google the name + "KDE"). </p>
<h3>Conclusion</h3>
<p>
If you want to write about KDE, it is often advisable to find a specific source of \
interest, as the whole of KDE is a lot to write about. Picking one of the \
technologies behind KDE and writing an article about them is made easy by the huge \
amount of information available online. The above guide can help you quickly gather \
the basic information, and it tells you where you can find or ask about the current \
status. </p>
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