Hello Paul and *, Unfortunately I have found your message very late...
Let us begin: Am 2008-03-30 21:51:14, schrieb Paul Wise: > If you are using Debian on your phone, embedded computer, laptop, > desktop, server, network, telecommunications equipment or other part of > your information infrastructure, I'd love to hear from you. I am using Debian ARM === 1) on a selfmade table PC which is currently ARM1136 based but will switch to ARM1176 based one with 600MHz from Freescale or Samsung. 2) on 4 embedded System using the NXP LH7A4xx (ARM922T based) which control my Toaster, my Bakeoven, a Solarcharger and a 24V DC Power- Distribution Systel SPARC ===== 1) eigth SS10/512 2) three SS20 3) one U20 i386 ==== 1) Workstat.: VIA EPIA LN10000EAG 2) Laptop 1: IBM ThinkPad 570 (with working Lucen WinModem) 3) Laptop 2: Acer Aspire 1350 Servers running on VIA EPIA LN10000EAG with 1GByte of memory: 4) Server 1: <samba3.private> nfs-kernel-server, apache2, php5 5) Server 2: <mail.private> courier, procmail, fetchmail, spamassassin, clamav-ng 6) Server 3: <pgsql.private> postgresql 7) Server 4: <router.private> POT, ISDN, ADSL, SDSL, SkyDSL, GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA 8) Server 5: <lpd.private> cups 9) Server 6: <syslog.private> syslog-ng 10) Server 7: <vserver1> apache2, php5, amd64 ===== 1) Develstat.: Dual Opteron 280 Running Xen with Sarge, Etch, Lenny and Sid > When replying, tell me anything you want to, but if you can't think of > anything, here are some ideas to get you started: > > What are you using Debian for? Office, Server, Development > Do you have a project (big or small) made with Debian you'd like to show > off? Even if you think its trivial or uninteresting, we want to hear > about it! Using Debian for keeping track of your socks might seem > uninteresting to you, but... Since end of 2007 I am switchingmore or less back to my "Electronic Engineer" and develop hardware which does not need ANY proprietary software. My OWN requirement is: "Developing Hardware which fit the DFSG." No Software outside of "main" required since all my own software is under GNU GPL version 3. > What cool package(s) are you using? Did you > buy a beverage for a Debian contributor at DebConf? Are you using > packages from a general area of Debian (science, games, development, > servers)? What about Debian do you think needs changing - do you have > any specific gripes? In the last years Debian tend to support mor in more Gnome and KDE apps and droping support for Non-Bloat-Ware installations which make Debian more in more uninstallable without recompiling tonns of packages. > Is there a specific package that needs to be > maintained better? One of the packages is "gksu" which now (since Etch) sucks OVER 50 MByte of useless packages. > Do you have the popularity-contest package installed > and working? If not, why not? Yes on all of my machines... Since I build my OWN Debian-Install-CDs with only Packages I use (arround 1056 total plus -dev packages) it is a "must". to get my own packages pushed into "lower" CD-Numbers... ;-) Note: I have Build three 650 MByte CD's for ARM, i386 and amd64 and all three CD's have left many space for further packages... But I have my OWN Debian mirror @home and normaly use only the Debian-Net-Install-CD. > Are you missing certain packages that are > not available in Debian, were removed from Debian or are not available > in the last stable release (etch)? Why are you using Debian rather than > RHEL/Fedora/CentOS, Gentoo, Ubuntu, MacOS or Windows (or the other way > around)? DFSG !!! Note 1: Several times I have complaint about missing documentation and forgotten, I do not use "contrib" and "non-free". ;-) Note 2: I am rewriting (since two years) "bash-doc"... > Are you making a living using or customising or deploying > Debian? Yes, I am Debian GNU/Linux Consultant in Strasbourg and Linux-Developer. > What are your plans for using Debian in the future? Make it better. After geting a new Appartement or something like this I will continue to work on my own software and enhancements and like to see some of it in Debian and of course, becoming a "Debian Maintainer" at least for my own packages... > Did your > Debian wishlist for 2007 come true? Yesno... Yes: Debian is better then before No: Debian force users to much into bloatware (KDE/GNOME) which IS GOOD for BEGINNERS but not professionels... > What is your Debian wishlist for > 2008? Building Dual-Packages 1) <package> 2) <package>-bloatwaresupport e.g. 1) gksu 2) gksu-gnome > What does Debian mean to you? Mostly: "Freedom total" > In what ways do you or do you intend > to contribute to Debian and free software in general? 1) Coding Add-Ons/Plugins 2) create enhancements to existing software. 3) write documentations which fir the DFSG. (e.g. bash-doc) > How can we help > you to contribute to Debian or free software in general? Hmmm... > In your replies, please indicate which parts are for debconf, d-d-a or > d-p. Please also indicate if you would like to remain anonymous, want > your comments attributed to you or don't care either way. You can use my full name and e-Mail address freely and the whole contents of the message... > I'll read all > public and private replies and make summaries for d-d-a and d-p. > Depending on the number of replies and my "real life" situation, it > might take a while to write up, so please be patient. > > I'm unfortunately monolingual, so if you would like to translate this > mail to your language and translate replies from users to English and > send them to me, please feel free to post it to the non-English user > lists/forums. Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator 24V Electronic Engineer Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ##################### Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 +49/177/9351947 50, rue de Soultz MSN LinuxMichi +33/6/61925193 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)
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