Re: Requests for my bachelor thesis
Hi Igor,
Late answer here, but I thought it might still be useful:
On Sat, Mar 09, 2024 at 11:21:40AM +, 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,
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Re: Requests for my bachelor thesis
<<< replies inline >>> On March 9, 2024 4:51:40 PM GMT+05:30, Igor Lewandowski wrote: >Good morning, Hi Igor >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. For a good flow of chart of distributions and which is derived out of what major distribution, you can take a look at this timeline https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Linux_Distribution_Timeline.svg Each node in the above timeline also has clickable links to the respective projects website if they exist. For details on Debian and distributions based on Debian, you could look into the Debian Derivatives list at https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/CensusFull I kindly ask that my requests and queries be granted. >Yours sincerely >Igor Lewandowski, 3rd year, History, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, >Poland. -- Raju Devidas
Re: Requests for my bachelor thesis
Hello Igor, On Sat, Mar 09, 2024 at 11:21:40AM +, 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. >Yours sincerely >Igor Lewandowski, 3rd year, History, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, >Poland. While this may not directly answer your question, you may find the 2022 Debian Developer survey able to help you gain context about how the Debian Project functions. This, by extension, impacts a number of the factors which are within your research interest. https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/04/msg1.html Best wishes on your research efforts. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez
