A Description of Debian for a presentation
I am preparing a presentation about Linux and Open Source Software for
HP sales people and sales engineers. I am including information about
the 5 distributions that HP offers, i.e.,
Debian
Caldera
Red Hat
SuSE
Turbolinux
Below is an outline of the information I am including about Debian
I would appreciate your reviewing it. Please email me corrections,
comments, and suggestions on how I can improve it.
Thanks in advance,
Nancy Blachman
650 966 8999
nancy@blachman.org
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DEBIAN
- Who developed Debian?
Developed by over 800 mainly unpaid volunteer hackers
around the world many who work on the GNU project
Communicate with one another through
email (mailing lists at lists.debian.org)
IRC (#debian channel at irc.debian.org)
Few of the developers have met in person
- Where did the name come from?
The name Debian comes from Debbie and Ian
- What is Debian's reputation?
Best known for
ties to GNU project
strict rules about which software is included
Not free software is included on supplemental disks
less non-free software rather than more GPL'ed software
e.g., Netscape never part of the Debian
distribution. (Most other distributions did (and
still do) include Netscape, waiting until open browsers
are more in shape (and also helping support development
of these open browsers, so they aren't just free-loading).
cross-platform compatibility
design for experienced users
large selection of prepackaged software
Produce a conservative distribution
well tested before release
has relatively few bugs
those bugs that do exist are well publicized
Superior package format (App-get)
will go out and fetch needed libraries and other files from
the Internet if you are missing them
- Who uses Debian?
Lots of developers
Particularly Open Source developers
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