Re: rewording to avoid sexist language on debian page (fwd)

[Helen Faulkner <helen_ml_faulkner@yahoo.co.uk>]

Philip Charles wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Aug 2004, Martin Wheeler wrote:
>
>
> > On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Helen Faulkner wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Could you please reword the sentence on the following webpage, to remove the
> > > implication that a debian user will always be male.
> > >
> > > http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals
> >
> > I suggest:
> >
> >   This manual is for new Linux users, to help such users get acquainted
> >   with Linux once they have installed it; or for a new Linux user on a
> >   system which someone else is administering.
>
>
> Or:
> This manual is for people new to Linux, to help such novices get
> acquainted with their installation; or for Linux novices on a system
> administered by someone else.

I personally think the first suggestion (Martin's) is better, but either 
is fine, really.  It's a matter of taste.

Helen.