Overview

• Me
• FLOSS
• Debian - distro & community
• Debian - the larger FLOSS eco system
• Customizing Debian - derive vs. blend
• Perfection - flexible vs. simple vs. ethically simple

Me

• Jonas Smedegaard

Me - Asia

Asia trip

Me - Making a living

• Jonas Smedegaard
• One-man company: IT-guide dr. Jonas
• Sysadmin at Kaospilot University http://kaospilot.dk/
• Sysadmin at Børneuniversitetet http://borneuni.dk/
• Sysadmin at DGI-huset http://dgi-huset.dk/
• Sysadmin + webmaster at Københavns Delebiler http://kobenhavnsdelebiler.dk/

FLOSS

FLOSS: Free/Libre Open Source Software.

Hacking: Being creative with small pieces -- like playing with Lego.

Cracking: Breaking digital "locks", typically to steal digital data.

Debian - distro & community

• Community
• Distribution
• Freedoms!

Debian - Community

• Democracy

Debian - Community

• Democracy
• Bound by Debian Social Contract
• Each passionate maintainer is responsible

Debian - Community facts

• ~1000 official "Developers"
• ??? unofficial packagers, translators, documentors, bug-fixers...

Debian - Distribution

• Bound by Debian Policy
• Generic - choices are exposed to the user
• Mother of other distros

The Universal Operating System

Debian - Distribution

• 9+ hardware architectures
• 2+ kernels
• 35000+ software packages

FLOSS Eco System

Software Code Stream

Help maintain Debian - alone or in teams

• Peer review - many eyes see more bugs
• Education - Debian quality standards
• Ideals transfer - get help on packaging
• Working alone: http://mentors.debian.net/
• Joining teams: http://wiki.debian.org/Teams

Do better than Debian: derive

• Knoppix
• Ubuntu
• BOSS
• SWECHA
• BlankOn
• ...

Suggestion: Use live-builder...

Do better than deriving Debian: blend

• Optimizing Debian itself for special purpose use

or

• Merging back derived work into Debian

Debian - deriving vs. blending

Deriving: hacking with your face away from Debian

Blending: Hacking with you face towards Debian

Debian Pure Blend: Perfection → your hacks integrated into Debian!

Debian Pure Blend - the complex simple

• Debian is flexible: provides choices
• Derivatives often simpler: removes choices
• Blends are ethically simple: preserves choices

Essentials

• Evil is only an abstract (no entity), but power corrupts
• Doing nothing amplifies bad actions of others!
• Life is fun (not serious)!

Avoid corruption of power: Be awake, Engage and Share!

The End

• Me:
• This talk: http://dr.jones.dk/blends/talk/ipb
• Illustrations: http://sirireiter.dk/blog/entry/110310/
• Asia trip: http://wiki.jones.dk/DebianAsia2011
• Debian: http://www.debian.org
• Debian Derivatives Census: http://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/Census