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["Compiled Kernel" <compiledkernel@xxxxxxxxx>]

So Simon, how should we put the new guy to work?
 :)

Dedo, I think our 2 key points that we need to work most are

1. Game developer/company relationships.

2. Editorial work.

We need to develop relationships with the companies and devs we have pages
for. Understand their direction, understand where they are going, and what
they are doing, so that we can better categorize, define, and inform on our
pages what those games do. This will require im sure quite a bit of email
work, but Im sure you can do it.

Editorials....keep writing them. :)

Simon, other thoughts?


On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Simon Rosenaa <polarbeardk@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi, welcome to UGA :-)
> I'm Artificial Intelligence (forum name), guide maker and much more.
> Pleasure to have you on the team.
>
> regards
> Simon Rosenaa
>
> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 6:26 PM,  <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am the new team member. Hopefully, we'll make nice things together -
> > well, you already have.
> >
> > I'm here after meeting compiledkernel on Ubuntu forums, after discovering
> > that we shared a passion - Games, and Linux games in particular. Like
> you,
> > I strive to make Linux gaming more known to the public, more popular,
> more
> > friendly. UGA seems like the right platform for such ideas.
> >
> > So, let me introduce myself. Here's the semi-long version. Some of it is
> > purely personal, professional and irrelevant, but you might want to know
> > about the new kid on the block, apart from the fact he likes games.
> >
> > I'm male, 30.5, married, working as Linux Systems Expert / Systems
> > Programmer in a big company (Think IBM, Google, HP, Intel, one of those
> > :)), hacking and optimizing the kernel. Used to work as a physicist in
> > medical industry; this is my university education, btw. Linux started as
> a
> > hobby and turned into a profession. I'm also a certified LSA, got LPIC-1
> > and am working on LPIC-2, got the first exam done, and SANS GSEC. I'm
> > skilled in quite a few programming languages, although more from the
> > scientific point of view than pure coding.
> >
> > Linux-wise, I'm trying to bring Linux to the masses any which way
> > possibly, but mainly by patience and thorough work. To this end, I'm
> > writing a series of books on Linux. I'm also maintaining a website,
> > dedoimedo.com, which some of you may have visited before. It's a fairly
> > popular site, with 5,000 daily hits on average and spikes up to 20,000 on
> > good days.
> >
> > My favorite distros are Ubuntu and openSUSE on desktop, CentOS on (home)
> > server, I work mainly with SLES (and some Redhat), and have used, tested
> > and reviewed more than 100 distros.
> >
> > Games-wise, have played them since I got dexterity in both my thumbs.
> > Naturally, most of it revolves around DOS and Windows, but I have
> recently
> > been paying more and more attention to Linux gaming, which is where our
> > paths cross.
> >
> > Like other Linux topics, I think the Linux gaming should be advanced with
> > care and love and patience, mainly among the Windows users, since Linux
> > users hardly need any convincing. I believe the bulk of effort should be
> > placed where the popularity and awareness to Linux is the least. I also
> > think that any crusader-style approach is counter-productive to the
> cause.
> >
> > I hope to bring more focus to Linux gaming via my own work at the
> website,
> > community effort in various forums, including gaming forums where I
> > actively participate, but also, if possible, working with developers. As
> a
> > crude example, well, quite a few games lack PR, beginning with websites
> > via poor documentation. Furthermore, some genres are overdeveloped, while
> > others are neglected. Quite afew Linux games lack a storyline, which
> makes
> > them seem shallow.
> >
> > I hope to change this / see this changed.
> >
> > That would be it for my first mail. I hope I was clear and cohorent
> > enough. Hopefully, we can do nice things together.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dedoimedo
> >
> >
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