Heya intrigeri & list,
> Hi,
>
> Facts:
>
> * Tails owes a lot to Debian.
> * The Debian word does not appear on our homepage.
> * Debian is mentioned on our About page of our website, where we
> also state that Tails is Free Software.
> * We have a Debian swirl in the banner, that will be replaced by
> another one based on our new logo at the end of the month.
>
> Lucas, acting as the current Debian Project Leader (please keep him on
> the Cc list) has suggested that we explicitly mention Debian on
> our homepage.
>
> I think it would be just fair for us to do so. As a Debian user and
> contributor, I've been annoyed for years to see the Ubuntu website not
> doing this, so I get the point: not mentioning it (while we mention
> e.g. Tor) is somewhat suggesting we're building and maintaining
> a distro from scratch, which is untrue: we're a Debian derivative.
>
> OTOH, I don't think this information is relevant for the usecase of
> people visiting our website for the first time, and reading the
> introductory text. So, I'd rather not see it added to that intro.
good that you mention that.
> How do you feel about mentioning Debian on our homepage *somehow*?
I completely agree that this is necessary! :)
> Implementation-wise, my initial idea was to add a footer with this
> information, and maybe more (e.g. the fact that Tails is Free
> Software). But our doc, web and design folks will likely have better
> ideas :)
This is a very nice idea. However, i would like it not be too small, but
rather have a little "section" about these 3:
Tails = FOSS | based on Debian <3 | routed through Tor
the latter with their respective logos, so people can recognize them -
which will help gain trust in Tails.
cheers,
u.
