% Debian
% Jonas Smedegaard
% Cần Thò, Việt Nam, November 18th, 2010

# Overview

 * Free Software
 * FLOSS
 * Debian - distro & community
 * Debian in Việt Nam
 * Ubuntu - Debian simplified + beautified
 * Freedoms & True independence
 * FreedomBox Project

# Free Software

 * Free from **some** limits (maybe not money!)
 * Choice → Control → Independence

# FLOSS

 * Free/Libre Open Source Software
 * Free/Libre: Freedom Fighters wanting to **share**
 * Open Source: Business folks wanting to **trade**
 * Like "peace": we all want it, but at different cost

# FLOSS things

>* Hardware
 * Firmware
 * Kernel (like "Linux")
 * System tools
 * Desktop elements
 * Applications
 * Translations
 * Documentation
 * Beautification
 * Explanation

# FLOSS people

>* Hardcore technicians
 * Simple technicians
 * Data organizers
 * Designers
 * Politicians
 * Business folks
 * Patient users
 * Impatient users
 * Testers (**very** patient users)
 * Cheerleeders

# Debian - distro & community

 * Distribution
 * Community
 * Free!

# Debian - Universal Operating System

 * Generic - choices are exposed to the user
 * Mother of other distros
 * Social and political project, not only technical - e.g. DFSG
 * Strong structure, preferrably flat

# Debian packages

 * Packages = components
 * Mozilla Iceweasel (Firefox): ~3 packages (+ ~70 lang packages)
 * OpenOffice.org: ~30 packages (+ ~90 lang packages)
 * Debian: ~30.000 packages

# Debian - Mentors + sponsoring

 * Peer review - many eyes see more bugs
 * Education - Debian quality standards
 * Ideals transfer - get help on packaging
 * debian-mentors mailinglist
 * \#debian-mentors IRC channel
 * http://mentors.debian.net/ site

# Debian in Việt Nam

 * Only one package maintainer
 * Easy to contribute (but weak recognition of non-packaging)

# Ubuntu - Debian simplified + beautified

 * Great way to start
 * Bad way to continue

# Freedoms & True independence

 * Google, Facebook, Twitter distorts through **populism**
 * Truth is not singular - the real world **is** complex
 * Simplifications are like stories: only shadows of dangerous

# FreedomBox Project

 * Wifi internet gateway
 * Personal, independent "shadow" of the world

# Use the source

 * Me: <dr@jones.dk>
 * Debian: <http://www.debian.org>
 * This talk: <http://dr.jones.dk/vietnam/talk/debianlong>