As the Debian developers work on completing development of the free software Debian GNU/Linux 6.0, known as “Squeeze”, they have also been selecting the name for the next version, 7.0. In a recent release update posting, it was announced that Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 will be named “Wheezy”.

I began my journey into the world of Debian approximately 2 years ago ( I’m not very good at remembering dates ) from the start one of my main objectives is to collaborate with the project and not simply be a standard user, the best way to do it is to keep packages

Today, I tried installing Debian on my HP ProBook 4510S. Three times…..Then I gave up and decided to install Linux Mint 9 LXDE. I just burnt it on a CD-RW and I’ll install it as soon as I finish this post

Quite a few things happened recently around Debian/ARM; some random news follow

Welcome to this year’s tenth issue of DPN, the newsletter for the Debian community. Topics covered in this issue include: * Debian turns 17 * Screenshots atpackages.debian.org * Some bits from ARM porters * Join the DebConf Team * Progress of the Debian GNU/kFreeBSD port * Bits from the MIA team * … and much [...]

I realize that today, I may be one of the worst viewed user by a very big percentage of the Debian/Ubuntu community, I’m still responding pseudo-constructive comments on the first post… today.

It’s hard to believe that Debian has 17 years under its belt, but the project celebrated its 17th birthday on August 16. Though Debian may not be quite as well hyped as other distros, it’s still one of the most important FOSS projects around.

I’ve been Debian user since many years ago. I’m proud of Debian in all that years.Was my O.S. of choice at home desktops and at work servers. This week I started to learn about the pkg-perl team, to try to help in Dancer::* and its build dependencies packaging.

Quite some time ago I wrote a blog post explaining why I preferred Mandriva over other distributions. But I have now switched to Debian GNU/Linux, so it is time for an update. I will mostly compare with Mandriva because that is where I come from and what I know the best, although most points are [...]

The latest Debian Project News recently announced a code freeze in preparation for a new release by the end of 2010. It’s a sign of the times that the news went mostly unreported. Which makes me wonder: What is Debian’s role today?

By latest count there are only 873 on active duty but they work hard herding 25000 software packages from scattered sources into a harmonious whole on 12 architectures.

Debian has just turned 17 and some of the developers have set up a site where anyone who wishes to do so can send a message of thanks to the project or to individual developers or teams

But I have now switched to Debian GNU/Linux, so it is time for an update. I will mostly compare with Mandriva because that is where I come from and what I know the best, although most points are rather universal.

Today, Debian turns 17. It’s great to see how one of the first GNU/Linux distributions out there still manages to be important and relevant. Happy birthday, Debian!

What is the point, you might ask? The point is to allow a Debian Edu desktop to integrate into an existing network infrastructure without any manual configuration.

The membership structure plays an important role in the development of a distribution: it defines the kind of contributors that are welcome in the project, it sets expectations of the project towards its contributors and defines their rights.

Back in 2009, I did some analysis of the number of developers per country. Apparently, some people at DebConf remember this and asked if I could update this data. So, here we are with the 2010 version, sorted by the ratio of *active* developers per million population for each country.

This post attempts to share/capture the goings on that went in Pune’s 1st Mini Debian Conference #MiniDebconfIndia as well as share thoughts, ideas and experience gained therein.

Most of the topics I encountered at the Debian Conference in New York City this week concerned outside activities or sources of software. It’s a Red Queen’s race integrating everything into the amazing distribution that is Debian.

During the annual Debian Developer Conference “Debconf10″ in New York, Debian’s release managers have announced a major step in the development cycle of the upcoming stable release Debian 6.0 “Squeeze”. They announced Squeeze as frozen”.

The Debian GNU/Linux Project has announced that its next release, Squeeze, has been frozen. This means that no new features will be added and that work will now commence on ironing out all release-critical bugs so that Squeeze can be officially released.

Computing-wise, I’ve taken a break from the JamVM/OpenJDK port for a couple of days while I play with my latest toy : a cheap mini-netbook based on a Chinese MIPS clone.

I’ve used Ubuntu for the past few years, and I’ve watched it become more and more bloated, to the point that it was almost unusable on my work PC (P4, 2GB RAM). So I took a friend’s advice and installed Debian Squeeze, and oh boy, what a difference it has been!

I’m a long time Debian user. And I’m a happy Debian user. My current Debian installation is very (and I mean very, very) old. I don’t remember exactly how old it is, but it’s more than 6 years old. And it’s probably as much as 9 years old.

Just noticed that the default bookmarks in Ubuntu include one entry pointing back to Debian. It even says that Ubuntu is based on Debian. It’s a small thing but it made my day. It’s nice to see this kind of acknowledgement.

I made the original swap for the experience of setting it up in Debian stable, and to see if a machine running at 150Mhz can fill those roles as easily as one running at 550Mhz, but better than one running at 120Mhz or 100Mhz. (And maybe even 166Mhz, if that’s worth adding.)

I didn’t realize that Debian’s latest release would eclipse Etch, and remove most every reference to the old installer structure from the main servers and mirrors. It’s only really important to weird people like me, who consider the floppy installers to be an excellent tool.

Depending upon your local hardware configuration and the software that is relevant to you, the outcome as to what operating system is the fastest between Debian GNU/Linux, Debian GNU/kFreeBSD, and FreeBSD may vary.

After ten editions in nine countries spanning four continents, and for the first time in the US, the Debian project is holding the annual Debian Developer conference, DebConf, at Columbia University in New York City on August 1.

Now Firefox has dropped the restrictions that were an obstacle to the use of its logo by Debian, and there is hope that the other issues may be worked out to allow Firefox back to Debian, I discover on the Debian Forum.