Sorry for top-posting but forgot to share one important Debian is responsible/father for all deb-based distributions. Ubuntu sources (still) 70% of all applications from us, Mint and others .
Here's a distribution timeline which tells/shares all - https://github.com/konimex/linuxtimeline So you will know/realize the impact Debian can have. On 14/06/2016, shirish शिरीष <shirisha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > A little background first. I wanted to share about a loose organization of > equal > peers called Debian, It is and has been described as a project as well > as 'The Universal Operating System' , see debian.org . The project and > the OS has been used world-over and is a friend to many a sys-admins > whose lives have become a bit peaceful due to the nature of the tools and > the > commitment of people behind Debian. The Project and the OS has been in > existence for more than a decade and a half and from a handful of packages > (i.e. applications) has grown to serve almost 40000 packages (forty > thousand packages) with 10 different hardware architectures powering > everything > from the smallest heart monitor and artificial heart to being used in > missiles and nuclear power system as well. > > Now every year Debian organizes a conference every year in a different > country and city to - > > a. Promote Debian to that part of the region/world. > > b. Bring various developers from all across the world so they can > collaborate in-person (face-time) as well as give new people (new > blood) a chance both to learn better code/development practices and > also share new ideas to old problems in light of changing > technological environment. > > In this aspect, I have been awarded a travel and accommodation > bursary/sponsorship for the entire conference and a bit more. See > https://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/2016/06/11/the-road-to-debconf-2016-tourism-and-arts/ > > I have been a debian-user for less than a decade and have been > contributing to the Debian QA efforts. See > bugs.debian.org/from:shirisha...@gmail.com > > I am sure the Debian BTS (Bug Tracking System) would be itself a > fertile ground for the data scientists in the datameet community ;). > > Now having shared the above, in this debconf there is an initiative > called showmebox initiative which is being driven which shows the > power of data visualization using any foss data visualization library, > the more FOSSY the data (open data) and tools to extract, process and > finally visualize the data is, the better. If the tools are licensed > either GPL or BSD great as both are great copyleft licenses. > > Some info. about the initiative > > https://wiki.debian.org/ShowMeBox > > Couple of Debian blends where data visualization is a focus area - > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianParl > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTinker > > Mailing list for the showmebox initiative - > > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/showme-devel/ > > My involvement in this is limited to the fact that I'm going from > India. So if somebody has something that they want to show-off they > can connect on the mailing list shared just above and CC me . I would > just be a handsome courier, and all questions and queries would be > directed at whatever contact details are shared with me. > > I live in Pune, Maharashtra and would be flying from Mumbai, so if > somebody has something which works under the various constraints that > we have as shown in the wiki and the discussions on the mailing list, > feel free to connect me off-list. If the developer/data scientist/data > visualization hacker is either in Pune or Mumbai both that doubles the > chances as there is possibility of meeting and me trying out their > stuff and if it runs on native Debian without needing any non-free > software I am open for it. I am ok at compiling stuff provided > instructions are clear and the build system is not buggy (which > sometimes happen). Open hardware is good but if it works on a Debian > workstation/laptop it is good enough for me. > > Look forward to hearing from you. If somebody needs more contact > details to talk in detail i.e. my cell number, please reach off-list > and will share it. > > To the rest of the datameet community, sorry for the noise and > nuisance caused . -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com EB80 462B 08E1 A0DE A73A 2C2F 9F3D C7A4 E1C4 D2D8 -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
