Hello and welcome to the third issue of the Gentoo Monthly Newsletter. We would like to thank our readers for their enthusiastic response, and hope that you will continue to write in. Although it may not be possible to respond to each and every one of you, we can assure you that every mail we receive is read and plays a role in shaping future editions of the GMN. Remember, the GMN is what its readers want it to be – please see the section on how you can get involved – at the end of the newsletter for more information.

Last month we ran graphical statistics on an experimental basis. While most of you think they're a good idea in general, there seemed to be general dislike for 3D pie-charts. We've replaced two pie-charts with bar-graphs, and made the remaining pie-chart two dimensional. We've also split the package addition and removal lists by week, in hopes of improving readability.

You can discuss any aspect of this issue of the GMN in the corresponding forum thread. We look forward to hearing from you.

Enjoy!