Hi Jafet (or Jaffi?), Great that you are falling in love with Debian, and really cool that you want to make a custom distro based on it. Quoting Jaffi Úlfur (2025-10-27 15:20:56) > I would be grateful for advice on how to: > > begin EirOS while staying true to Debian’s guidelines, > > align with the Debian Derivatives team and census, and > > eventually contribute improvements or tools back to Debian. There are multiple ways to approach this, and how to approach it mostly depend on what more concretely you would like to achieve and the kind of skills and effort you are capable/willing to invest in it. This derivatives mailinglist is about registering the existence of derivatives of Debian, not really about the nitty gritty details of making derivatives. We don't really have a formal place for that, it is more spread out - e.g. some larger derivatives have their own team, most famous among them is probably debian-edu a.k.a. Skolelinux. Since it sounds like you are starting from scratch, perhaps it makes sense to try reach out to some of the existing derivatives and ask them for suggestions on how you might get started with yours. Personally I have an interest in designing derivatives too, and have experience making a few. One of them is debian-design - you are welcome to join the debian-design team and we can talk more about that one there, if you like. > As a small note: I am currently on vacation in Crete, in the area of > Aptera, and will return home to Reykjavík on November 1st, 2025. I may > reply with some delay during this week, but I will be ready to actively > cooperate with the Debian community starting November 3rd, 2025 — perhaps > even as one of the first native Icelanders to reach out for such > collaboration. Yes, I see also at https://runicfrostbyte.github.io/jafetegilljafetsson/ that you seem to enjoy travelling. Me too - and one of my dearest places is Reykjavik, which I have visited a few times in the past :-) Good luck with your journeys, both metaphorically with free software and design, and physically in the World, - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ * Sponsorship: https://ko-fi.com/drjones [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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