A bird? A plane? Superman? No! The Xubuntu Strategy Document!
As I’m sure I’ve already mentioned either on my blog or in my video interview on Youtube (which makes me look weird due to some ratio/pixel issue, hehe), the Ubuntu Developer Summit is and has been an excellent opportunity for myself and the Xubuntu project. Wheres the proof in the pudding? Well, I’m here to show you! 
It has been half a dozen weeks or so since the hugely successful Xubuntu community meeting led by the community manager Jono. At that meeting, it was decided that I would be tasked with developing a strategy document which participants agreed would enable Xubuntu to overcome some of the difficulties the project had begun to encounter from its ever enduring growth. After yesterday’s Xubuntu strategy session at UDS, where I was able to get feedback from other developers and colleagues, I’m happy to present to the community at large the first public draft of the Xubuntu strategy document. I encourage *everyone* to take a read and send your feedback, comments, suggestions, concerns, etc. etc. to my e-mail inbox: cody-somerville@ubuntu.com
So, when is the next big Xubuntu community meeting to finalize and find consensus? I’ll be announcing the date and time on either Monday or Tuesday of this upcoming week. Please keep your eyes posted!
Xubuntu rocks!! Be sure to join us on IRC in #xubuntu and #xubuntu-devel - woot woot!
May 24th, 2008 at 2:50 am
Look and feel, I presume?
Anyway, I like it
Especially the part about re-evaluating the system requirements each release, as with each release, all hardware has also become half a year older.
What I think could use some additional clarification is the definition of “team”. Is it a Launchpad team?
Anyway, I’m down to the Bugsquad team right now but I have to be going - I’ll finish reading it later and be sure to provide feedback if I feel there is more
May 25th, 2008 at 3:01 am
I’ve finished reading it, and in general: two thumbs up!
The Strategy Document is located at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Specifications/Intrepid/StrategyDocument, however, it’s written as not being specifically targeted at Intrepid
And as a final note: perhaps there should be some notes on objectively measuring performance of applications?
May 25th, 2008 at 4:58 am
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