ROCK Linux Public Relations

What You Can Find On This Page

This page contains the following things:

Resources for Users

If you're completely new to ROCK Linux, start by reading the document About ROCK Linux. It's a very brief overview, and doesn't go into technical details.

If you want a straight answer to the question "Is ROCK for me?", try the brutally honest Newbie's Guide.

For a gentle but in-depth look at ROCK, try the user-friendly ROCK Linux Guide.

If you're interested in seeing what questions other people have asked in the past, try the Mailing List Archives, the #rocklinux IRC Archives, or the transcripts of "Meet the Public" chat sessions.

More documentation is available in the Documentation Directory--this is also the same stuff that comes with the ROCK source code.

To find out what packages are available, browse the Package Descriptions.

Every now and then, we publish an issue of Rolling ROCK--our web magazine. Check out the articles written by developers on subjects dear to their hearts.

If you have a specific question or topic in mind, try a site Search.

Finally, if you can't find what you need, please let us know! Ask your question on the mailing list or drop into the IRC channel.

Resources for Developers

We welcome your help with any of the following things:
  • Improving ROCK scripts
  • Package creation and maintenance
  • Target (distribution) creation and maintenance
  • Documentation
  • Testing and test builds
  • Hosting mirrors

Practically everything would-be developers need to know is in the Developers subdirectory of the Documentation Directory. Especially useful is the HACKING-HOWTO, but you should read everything in this subdirectory.

Of course, you need a copy of the latest version.

If you can't find what you want, ask on the mailing list or the IRC channel.

Press Relations

The latest ROCK news is always available on the
news page (the front page) of this website.

Please feel free to link to or quote from any part of the official site content--with proper citation of the source, of course. Note that any statements made on the mailing list or IRC channels are the property (and exclusive responsibility) of the person who made them.

If you would like to be kept informed of major news items, join the low-volume rock-announce mailing list.

For interview, presentation or article requests, please email jocelyn@rocklinux.org.

Events

ROCK developers attend and speak at many Unix/GNU/Linux events throughout the year. Because many of our developers are German or German-speaking, the Chaos Communications Congress and LinuxTag in Germany are particularly well-attended. However, we also attend many other events around the world. Major events announcements are made on the news page (the front page of the site).

If you are organizing an event and would like ROCK to be there, please contact jocelyn@rocklinux.org.

"Meet the Public" Chats

Besides attending Events (see above), we also regularly meet users and potential users online via organized chat sessions. These sessions are held on the multilingual #rocklinux-talk IRC channel hosted on the freenode server. Upcoming sessions are announced on the
news page (the front page of the site). Chat sessions can be held in a variety of national languages. Contact jocelyn@rocklinux.org for more information.

In addition, the English-speaking #rocklinux IRC channel is always operational and users are welcome to speak to developers there at any time.

Helping with ROCK Public Relations

Help with PR is always welcome. You can help in many ways:
  • Write documentation--good documention is great PR.
  • Give talks or presentations about ROCK at Unix/GNU/Linux events in your area
  • Write articles about ROCK
  • Post ROCK news to geek news sites
  • Participate in ROCK chat sessions
  • Design materials, such as posters or graphics, for ROCK
  • Manufacture ROCK CDs or other useful giveaway items
  • Tell your friends about ROCK
  • Tell us about your experiences with ROCK, or what improvements you would like to see