Hi Igor, Late answer here, but I thought it might still be useful:
On Sat, Mar 09, 2024 at 11:21:40AM +0000, Igor Lewandowski wrote: > Good morning, > > I am a third year undergraduate history student from Adam Mickiewicz > University in Poznan, Poland. My bachelor thesis is related to Linux > distributions. The full name of the bachelor thesis is "The phenomenon > of the emergence of GNU/Linux operating system distributions as a > historical phenomenon. Research problems, sources and specificity of > the issue." I wanted to ask if you as a distribution developer collect > data for example IP type, interest of people from different countries > in your work for company, foundation data. Also, would it be possible > to provide data that I could, with the permission of the creators of > the distribution, use in a research paper as well as an undergraduate > thesis. In compiling the database, I used the website "Distrowatch", > but there is a problem that the dates of the first distributions are > incorrect, I also ask if it would be possible to give a concrete > calendar of the first and subsequent distributions, along with > technical changes. I kindly ask that my requests and queries be > granted. Debian maintains a "history" document that you might find useful: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/ Good luck with your thesis, -- w@uter.{be,co.za} wouter@{grep.be,fosdem.org,debian.org} I will have a Tin-Actinium-Potassium mixture, thanks.