blends/talk/ipb.mkd



% Debian and a healthy Free Software eco system
% Jonas Smedegaard
% Institut Pertanian Bogor, November 28th, 2011
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

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

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: dr@jones.dk
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