I am preparing a presentation about Linux and Open Source Software for HP sales people and sales engineers. I am including information about the 5 distributions that HP offers, i.e.,
Debian Caldera Red Hat SuSE Turbolinux Below is an outline of the information I am including about Debian I would appreciate your reviewing it. Please email me corrections, comments, and suggestions on how I can improve it. Thanks in advance, Nancy Blachman 650 966 8999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***************************************************************** DEBIAN - Who developed Debian? Developed by over 800 mainly unpaid volunteer hackers around the world many who work on the GNU project Communicate with one another through email (mailing lists at lists.debian.org) IRC (#debian channel at irc.debian.org) Few of the developers have met in person - Where did the name come from? The name Debian comes from Debbie and Ian - What is Debian's reputation? Best known for ties to GNU project strict rules about which software is included Not free software is included on supplemental disks less non-free software rather than more GPL'ed software e.g., Netscape never part of the Debian distribution. (Most other distributions did (and still do) include Netscape, waiting until open browsers are more in shape (and also helping support development of these open browsers, so they aren't just free-loading). cross-platform compatibility design for experienced users large selection of prepackaged software Produce a conservative distribution well tested before release has relatively few bugs those bugs that do exist are well publicized Superior package format (App-get) will go out and fetch needed libraries and other files from the Internet if you are missing them - Who uses Debian? Lots of developers Particularly Open Source developers