% Debian Pure Blends % Jonas Smedegaard % Trunojoyo University, Madura, November 22th, 2011 # Overview * Me and Asia * Tricky terms * FLOSS Eco System * Debian - distro & community * Customizing Debian - derive vs. blend * Examples of Debian blends # Me * 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/> # Me and Asia  # Tricky terms FLOSS: **F**ree/**L**ibre **O**pen **S**ource **S**oftware. Hacking: Being creative with small pieces -- like playing with Lego. Cracking: Breaking digital "locks", typically to steal digital data. # FLOSS Eco System  # Debian - distro & community * Community * Distribution * Freedoms! # Debian - Community * ~1000 official "Developers" * ??? unofficial packagers, translators, documentors, bug-fixers... # Debian - Community structure * Democracy # Debian - Community structure * ~~Democracy~~ * Bound by **Debian Social Contract** * Each passionate maintainer is responsible # Debian - Distribution * 9+ hardware architectures * 2+ kernels * 35000+ software packages # Debian - Distribution * Bound by **Debian Policy** * Generic - choices are exposed to the user * Mother of other distros The Universal Operating System # Improve Debian - work alone or join 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: derivatives * Knoppix * Ubuntu * BOSS * SWECHA * BlankOn * ... Suggestion: Use **live-builder**... # Debian - blends * 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 - existing blends * Debian Jr * Debian Med * Debian Edu * Debian Science * Debian EzGo * BrDesktop * Debian Accessibility * Debian Lex * DebiChem * Debian GIS * Debian Multimedia # Debian - future blends * FreedomBox * Debian LAN * BOSS? * SWECHA? * BlankOn? * ...? Suggestion: Join existing teams, and try use **boxer**... # Skolelinux/DebianEdu - a Debian Pure Blend * All tools needed to administrate a school * All tools needed to teach on a school * Minimal needs to be technical (= more time to teach) # FreedomBox - a Debian Pure Blend >* Your personal Butler * Your personal spy * A Debian Blend * A Debian **Pure** Blend * First get dirty, then purify # 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: <dr@jones.dk> * This talk: <http://dr.jones.dk/blends/talk/trunojoyo> * 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>