" Debian Linux Release."
This sounds like a good talk for Friday Week ? http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/index.rhtmlx << the only Debian page I use on Gentoo systems. Brett Coady >________________________________ > > > >From: "slug-requ...@slug.org.au" <slug-requ...@slug.org.au> >To: slug@slug.org.au >Sent: Monday, 19 August 2013 12:00 PM >Subject: slug Digest, Vol 91, Issue 4 > > >----- Forwarded Message ----- > >Send slug mailing list submissions to > slug@slug.org.au > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > slug-requ...@slug.org.au > >You can reach the person managing the list at > slug-ow...@slug.org.au > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of slug digest..." > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Happy 20th birthday Debian! (Martin Visser) >The announcements posts are always nostalgic (From >https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.os.linux.development/Md3Modzg5TU/xty88y5OLaMJ >) :- > >Fellow Linuxers, > >This is just to announce the imminent completion of a brand-new Linux >release, >which I'm calling the Debian Linux Release. This is a release that I have >put >together basically from scratch; in other words, I didn't simply make some >changes to SLS and call it a new release. I was inspired to put together >this >release after running SLS and generally being dissatisfied with much of it, >and after much altering of SLS I decided that it would be easier to start >from scratch. The base system is now virtually complete (though I'm still >looking around to make sure that I grabbed the most recent sources for >everything), and I'd like to get some feedback before I add the "fancy" >stuff. > >Please note that this release is not yet completed and may not be for >several >more weeks; however, I thought I'd post now to perhaps draw a few people out >of the woodwork. Specifically, I'm looking for: > > 1) someone who will eventually be willing to allow me to upload the > release to their anonymous ftp-site. Please contact me. > Be warned that it will be rather large :) > > 2) comments, suggestions, advice, etc. from the Linux community. >This > is your chance to suggest specific packages, series, or > anything you'd like to see part of the final release. > >Don't assume that because a package is in SLS that it will necessarily be >included in the Debian release! Things like ls and cat are a given, but if >there's anything that's in SLS that you couldn't live without please let me >know! > >I'd also like suggestions for specific features for the release. For >example, >a friend of mine here suggested that undesired packages should be selected >BEFORE the installation procedure begins so the installer doesn't have to >babysit the installation. Suggestions along that line are also welcomed. > >What will make this release better than SLS? This: > > 1) Debian will be sleeker and slimmer. No more multiple binaries >and > manpages. > 2) Debian will contain the most up-to-date of everything. The >system > will be easy to keep up-to-date with a 'upgrading' script in > the base system which will allow complete integration of > upgrade packages. > 3) Debian will contain a installation procedure that doesn't need to > be babysat; simply install the basedisk, copy the >distribution > disks to the harddrive, answer some question about what > packages you want or don't want installed, and let the >machine > install the release while you do more interesting things. > 4) Debian will contain a system setup procedure that will attempt to > setup and configure everything from fstab to Xconfig. > 5) Debian will contain a menu system that WORKS... menu-driven > package installation and upgrading utility, menu-driven > system setup, menu-driven help system, and menu-driven > system administration. > 6) Debian will make Linux easier for users who don't have access to >the > Internet. Currently, users are stuck with whatever comes >with > SLS. Non-Internet users will have the option of receiving > periodic upgrade packages to apply to their system. They >will > also have the option of selecting from a huge library of > additional packages that will not be included in the base > system. This library will contain packages like the S3 > X-server, nethack and Seyon; basically packages that you >and I > can ftp but non-netters cannot access. > 7) Debian will be extensively documented (more than just a few > READMEs). > 8) As I put together Debian, I am keeping a meticulous record of > where I got everything. This will allow the >end-user to > not only know where to get the source, but whether or not > the most recent version is a part of Debian. This record > will help to keep the Debian release as up-to-date as >possible. > 9) Lots more, but I'll detail later... > >Anyway, I'll provide more specifics in a week or so after I receive enough >replies. > >Please, all replies by mail. I'll post a followup. If you wish to discuss >this in the newsgroup, please don't turn it into a flamewar. :) > >Until later, > >Ian >-- >Ian Murdock Internet: >imur...@shell.portal.com >The Linux Warehouse > >Please mail me for more information on the status of the Debian Linux >Release. > >From >https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.os.linux.development/Md3Modzg5TU/xty88y5OLaMJ > >Regards, Martin > >martinvisse...@gmail.com > > >On 16 August 2013 13:21, Aníbal Monsalve Salazar <ani...@debian.org> wrote: > >> Happy 20th birthday Debian! >> >> http://bits.debian.org/2013/08/20-birthday-debian.html >> -- >> SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ >> Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html >> > > >-- >SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ >Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
