Congratulations on Bookworm, and thank you.
Hey there folks, TL;DR, Congratulations on Bookworm, and thank you so much! It's been many years since I ran pure Debian and not some derivative, but recently for uninteresting and varied reasons, perhaps even whimsy, I decided to see how the upstream project was doing. On Friday 9th of June 2023 I decided to go ahead and download the latest stable, and lo and behold I saw that I was one day away from the new release. When I read that non-free was integrated into the installation experience I could not be happier to know that install would likely be a walk in the park. Yesterday I waited with excitement for the images to become available and wasted no time installing. I'm delighted to report that my install went absolutely cleanly and as far as I can tell so far all of the hardware on my PC is working without any configuration effort on my part. Amazing. :-) Perhaps this email should have gone to debian-user, but really the essence of my message is one of congratulations to the entire project team of Debian for making what I believe to be a seismic shift of a release. My sentiments felt appropriate here. Apologies if this was the wrong choice. You folks absolutely crushed it. Thank you, so very much. I'm going to poke around and see where I can contribute going forward. It's been literally decades since I made any contributions to Debian, I look forward to being active. It's good to be back. Best, David Peacock
congratulations, leadership.
irc.oftc.net [no channels joined] [/whois sledge] [11:40] * [Sledge] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Steve McIntyre [11:40] * [Sledge] #debconf #debian-fi #debian-soc #debian-lists #dc7-limited #debconf-edinburgh #debian-tech #debian-cd #debian-uk [11:40] * [Sledge] reticulum.oftc.net :Berlin, Germany [11:40] * [Sledge] user has identified to services [11:40] * [Sledge] idle 05:38:18, signon: Thu Aug 7 05:28:08 [/msg sledge] [10:40] Webby good day sir. what is the prefered way for people to contact you regarding social problems and abuse? [/whois bdale] [11:40] * [bdale] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Bdale Garbee [11:40] * [bdale] #debconf-salon_del_mar #debconf #gag #spi #ia64 #parisc #debian-boot #debian-kernel #debian-women [11:40] * [bdale] osmotic.oftc.net :Grapevine, TX, USA [11:40] * [bdale] user has identified to services [11:40] * [bdale] idle 06:35:12, signon: Mon Aug 4 08:22:54 [/msg bdale] [10:42] Webby good day sir. what is the prefered way for people to contact you regarding social problems and abuse? [13:27] * You are banned from this server- autokilled: This host violated network policy. Mail irc.oftc.net [no channels joined] [/whois sledge] [11:40] * [Sledge] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Steve McIntyre [11:40] * [Sledge] #debconf #debian-fi #debian-soc #debian-lists #dc7-limited #debconf-edinburgh #debian-tech #debian-cd #debian-uk [11:40] * [Sledge] reticulum.oftc.net :Berlin, Germany [11:40] * [Sledge] user has identified to services [11:40] * [Sledge] idle 05:38:18, signon: Thu Aug 7 05:28:08 [/msg sledge] [10:40] Webby good day sir. what is the prefered way for people to contact you regarding social problems and abuse? [/whois bdale] [11:40] * [bdale] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Bdale Garbee [11:40] * [bdale] #debconf-salon_del_mar #debconf #gag #spi #ia64 #parisc #debian-boot #debian-kernel #debian-women [11:40] * [bdale] osmotic.oftc.net :Grapevine, TX, USA [11:40] * [bdale] user has identified to services [11:40] * [bdale] idle 06:35:12, signon: Mon Aug 4 08:22:54 [/msg bdale] [10:42] Webby good day sir. what is the prefered way for people to contact you regarding social problems and abuse? [13:27] * You are banned from this server- autokilled: This host violated network policy. Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you have any questions. (2008-08-11 11:27:19) I dont need to mention that emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or any other oftc.net or spi-inc.org related email address gets you nothing. Even letters by classic air mail are happily ignored. In this context it is not surprising to me, that during the last pre-electoral debate of DPL candidates the most discussed topic was the fear of the massive success of Cannonical. It seems more than logical that average users better not get in contact with several Debian Developers. They seem to bite. And some might be best kept in cages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: congratulations, leadership.
Bruno Brandris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I dont need to mention that emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or any other oftc.net or spi-inc.org related email address gets you nothing. Even letters by classic air mail are happily ignored. AIUI Bruno Brandris has threatened legal action against OFTC, so OFTC is currently refusing to serve him. I believe that came out around http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2007/06/msg00101.html but I haven't found the exact post. In short, this is not news. Maybe dropping the legal threat and requesting nicely (and demonstrating cooperation?) would get OFTC service restored. Alternatively, continue with the legal threat and see what happens. Either way, repeating to debian-project seems useless. Hope that explains, -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Congratulations
Steve Langasek wrote: I believe you misspelled demonization and distracting... Some august Developers apparently stand above criticism. I do not. I have added the words you suggest to my ~/.ispell_default. Thanks. -- Thad Black signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Congratulations
It will not surprise you, A.J., that my own ballot did not rank you particularly highly. A.J. wrote: So, first, thanks to all the folks who've offered congratulations ... Let me join them. ... and thanks to everyone who participated in the election, whether by standing for DPL, by putting your name up for one of the DPL teams or otherwise offering to help whoever's elected, by voting, by participating in the discussions on -vote, Planet or IRC, or by helping coordinate or organise the election and debates. Fair enough. A particular shout out to Manoj, who's not only set an excellent standard for ensuring our election process is efficient, transparent and reliable, but raised it every year. [...] So if you're one of the 17% or so of voters who would've rathered rerun the election than have me win it, or are otherwise disappointed in the result, I'd encourage you to spend a little bit of time thinking over your options, and in particular to realise that, no matter what happens, you always have the option of ignoring it -- the constitution absolutely guarantees you can't be forced to do anything you disapprove of. The worst case is presumably that you spend time improving some localised area of Debian, or focus on an upstream project, or a derived distro, or an alternate distro -- and as long as you keep working on free software, you're likely to continue benefiting from Debian's work, and Debian's likely to continue benefiting from yours -- all of which is still absolutely a good thing. So don't be afraid to act (or not act) according to your conscience: at worst, even if I'm wrong and Debian somehow ends up not diverse enough for you, the broader Debian community, and the free software community at large, definitely is and will remain so. Of course, the real challenge is for all the folks who thought I'd be a good DPL to ensure that in twelve months time we don't have to avoid eye contact with that 17% and listen to the I told you so's... Fortunately that problem isn't quite here yet, so the details for that can wait a few days at least. :) As in recent DPL elections, the personality of James Troup was a pivotal issue in this one. No credible DPL candidate except James himself could have been as closely associated with James in the minds of the voters as you. Although individual voters surely had many reasons, overall it is hard not to interpret the election as a vote of confidence in you, James and the existing FTPmaster regime. We all knew where you stood on the issue. The vote was narrow, but you won, fair and square. The victory lends clarity to the issue. This in itself is a positive development. Good luck, Leader. Best wishes from the loyal opposition. Active, unstinting cooperation from me during the year, you can depend on. -- Thaddeus H. Black 508 Nellie's Cave Road Blacksburg, Virginia 24060, USA +1 540 961 0920, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Congratulations
On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 01:57:48PM +, Thaddeus H. Black wrote: As in recent DPL elections, the personality of James Troup was a pivotal ~~~ ~~~ I believe you misspelled demonization and distracting... issue in this one. HTH, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: congratulations on the Sarge release
Goodbye Woody, Welcome Sarge! In the FISL6.0 (fisl.softwarelivre.org) was the Woody's Goodbye on Debian's Stand. Thank you Woody, thank you Debian Developers, Thank you Debian Comunity!!! 2005/6/7, Branden Robinson / Debian Project Leader [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'd like to extend my thanks and congratulations to everyone affiliated with the Debian Project for making the long-awaited Sarge release a reality. My first inclination was to advise taking a moment to pat ourselves on the back, but you don't need my encouragement to do so. Furthermore, I know that many changes we've been anxious to make are already in preparation for experimental or unstable -- the freedom to make disruptive changes again may be the best refreshment of all. Still, if you've been neglecting your significant other or circle of friends, pouring heart and soul into creating the most impressive Debian GNU/Linux release yet, I *do* recommend taking an evening to celebrate with them. Even if they don't really know what Debian is, you can raise a glass (or a pint) with the satisfaction of a job well done. Again, my humblest thanks to everyone who helped make Sarge happen. I look forward to us changing the world again with our next release. -- G. Branden Robinson Debian Project Leader [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~branden/ BodyID:1662824.2.n.logpart (stored separately)
congratulations on the Sarge release
I'd like to extend my thanks and congratulations to everyone affiliated with the Debian Project for making the long-awaited Sarge release a reality. My first inclination was to advise taking a moment to pat ourselves on the back, but you don't need my encouragement to do so. Furthermore, I know that many changes we've been anxious to make are already in preparation for experimental or unstable -- the freedom to make disruptive changes again may be the best refreshment of all. Still, if you've been neglecting your significant other or circle of friends, pouring heart and soul into creating the most impressive Debian GNU/Linux release yet, I *do* recommend taking an evening to celebrate with them. Even if they don't really know what Debian is, you can raise a glass (or a pint) with the satisfaction of a job well done. Again, my humblest thanks to everyone who helped make Sarge happen. I look forward to us changing the world again with our next release. -- G. Branden Robinson Debian Project Leader [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~branden/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Congratulations
I just want to congratulate you onmaking old versions of Debian Linux available. It is one of my goals, as a software engineer in the making, to promote using (or re-using) old computers. If an old Intel 386 can do the job, why throw it in the landfills and poison our drinking water? Furthermore, if students and grade or high-schools can pay less than a few hundred dollars for a whole network that will do the same job, why pay a hundred thousand dollars for the latest Intel-Microsoft hype? If humanity is headed towards 'informatization', then this trend should not increase the divides between the rich and the poor, the healthy and the sick - it should remove them. I am presently testing 'potato' on an intel 486, 60 Mhz with 20 meg RAM and 520 meg Hard Drive. My aim is to make it office-serving anddesireable to musicians. Thanks for the service! Robin TropperB.Mus.(McGill), B.Ed.(U.Ottawa), B.Sc.A. en cours(ibid)Enseignement des langues, technologie informatique, conception web.[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://cf.geocities.com/tropper_tech
