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On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 16:53 +0000, Gemma Peter wrote: > Viv wrote: > > We don't seem to have very many female members - off hand, I can't think > > of more than Clare, Gemma and myself (I apologise if I have missed > > anyone). However, certainly we are in a significant minority. > > > > Is there something about Linux that makes it "female unfriendly? > > If there is, I don't know what it is? > > > > What are your thoughts? > > There's a HOWTO on it > http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Encourage-Women-Linux-HOWTO/ Thanks for this Gem - I have read some of this and it looks very interesting. I didn't realise that this info was out there. Viv > > One of the things I hadn't really considered until now (because it > doesn't bother me, although it would have when I was younger) is that > some of the places that the DCGLUG has previously held meetings are > typically male dominated environments, pubs and sports clubs. The > meetings at the Shoreline Cafe are a move in the right direction but I > am at a bit of loss to think of other gender balanced places we could > meet, community centres/village halls perhaps? > > > Gem > > > From a Slashdot discussion on GNOMEs efforts to encourage women. > > from http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/15/2229221 > > Dev1: As a developer on a gnome project, I can tell you bluntly that > > additional women would help. Additional men would help. Heck, > > additional crack smoking monkeys would even come in handy, > > as long as they could tell the difference between a semaphore and a > banana. > > > > Dev2: As a KDE developer, I can tell you bluntly that GNOME should > > seriously cut down on the crack-smoking monkeys, they have too much > > influence on your desktop. > :-) - Viv -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html