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NYC LOCAL: Wednesday 17 November 2004 NYLUG Meeting: Benjamin Mako Hill
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NYC LOCAL: Wednesday 17 November 2004 NYLUG Meeting: Benjamin Mako Hill on Ubuntu |
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what="official NYLUG announcement">
Subject: [nylug-announce] NY Linux Users Grp. 17 November Meeting: Benjamin
Mako Hill -or- Fork Yours With Debian GNU/Linux
Reply-To: Announcements for NYLUG <nylug-announce@mail.nylug.org>
November 17th, 2004
Wednesday
6:30PM-8:00PM
IBM Headquarters Building
590 Madison Avenue at 57th Street
12th Floor, home to the IBM Linux Center of Competency
** RSVP Instructions **
NEW POLICY: You must R.S.V.P. for *EVERY* meeting. <-------<<<<
Register at http://rsvp.nylug.org/ <-------<<<<
Check in with photo ID at the lobby for badge and room number.
Benjamin Mako Hill (Ubuntu Linux)
-on-
Fork Yours With Debian GNU/Linux
Debian is the largest GNU/Linux distribution in terms of size and
participation. That is a declarative statement, no hedging, but oh so true.
As projects including Ubuntu, Knoppix, UserLinux, Lindows, Debian-NP
realize. Empirically Debian is a firm foundation upon which to build new
Linux distributions. Benjamin Mako Hill, free software advocate, Debian
developer will present this November 17 on Debian as the basis for new
Linux distributions.
Customizing Debian has become so widespread that most Debian users (in a
loose sense of the word) never know their system is Debian-based. The
benefits of deriving distributions are clear; the hidden drawbacks are just
as real. This talk engages both perspectives and introduces some possible
solutions. The rest of this announcement covers the details of the
presentation.
To begin, Mako will introduce Debian as a basis for customization and
describe why it is a useful place to begin work. This is followed by a look
at the customizers' goals, achieved by breaking down the types of
customizations:
* Custom software selection
* Custom software configuration
* Software replacement
* Custom installers/envrionments
Next. Why is customization (in these ways) problematic? what sorts of
problems are introduced? The reproduced labor peril? free software can save
you. There are several solutions that different groups are employing, each
with their limitations. Three examples serve to clarify:
* UserLinux -- do all the work in Debian and rely soley metapackages
* Skolelinux -- working within Debian but creating a seperate
distribution with a multi-tier configuration infrastructure
* Ubuntu -- a sort of semi-fork balanced by patching and version control
infrastructure
Mako will then analyze the nature of customization. As case in point he
will discuss the following technologies:
* The Custom Debian Distribution (CDD) framework
* metapackages (autogenerated and otherwise)
* DebConf preseeding combined with the addition of low-priority DebConf
questions
* cfengine tweaks
* distribution aware version control tools
Each concept will be pored over, and how projects use them.
In summation, this presentation discusses some of the tricks and concepts
that constitute the likes of Xandros, MEPIS, Skolelinux, and by extension
show you what you need to start considering if you want to create your
fork. As usual, Stammtisch will be the perfect place to press the flesh,
meet, and elicit Mako's freed mindshare.
For More Information Visit:
* Debian GNU/Linux
http://www.debian.org/
* Custom Debian Distributions:
a. CDD Wiki Page
http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?CustomDebian
b. CDD Project Homepage
http://cdd.alioth.debian.org/
c. Debian-Nonprofit
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-nonprofit/
d. Debian-Edu/Skolelinux
http://www.skolelinux.org/portal/
e. Andreas Tille's CDD Talk slides
http://people.debian.org/~tille/debian-med/talks/200409_florenz_user/
* Ubuntu:
a. Ubuntu Homepage
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/
b. The Ubuntu Wiki
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/
c. Free Ubuntu Pressed CDs
http://shipit.ubuntulinux.org/
* Mako's Website
http://mako.yukidoke.org/
About Benjamin Mako Hill:
Benjamin Mako Hill is a Debian Developer, Debian Project Leader delegate
and the Vice President of Software in the Public Interest. He founded the
Debian-NP Custom Distribution and is the community "dude" for the
commercial Debian derived Ubuntu. He is a transplanted Seattlite, a writer
on issues of intellectual property, and "copyrighteous" blogger.
Swag (Give Away) - During the meeting... unusally terrific swag of
non-predetermined origin will be given out to all attendees at the regular
meeting for free as usual.
Stammtisch - After the meeting ... Join us around 8:15pm or so at TGI
Friday located at 677 Lexington Avenue and 56th Street, second floor.
Northeast corner.
Free Stuff!
Swag of undetermined value and quantity may be distributed on a
first-come, first-served basis. Arrive early for the best selection.
Keysignings
GPG cryptography. Immediately after the presentation and continuing
at Stammtisch we will be gathering for a keysigning. For those who
already have keys, please remember to bring paper printouts of your
40-character key fingerprint, as per the instructions in our howto
docs. If you haven't created a key yet, and for keysigning details,
our howto docs are a must read. http://www.nylug.org/keys
Stammtisch
After the meeting ... Join us around 8:30pm or so at TGI Friday's,
located at 677 Lexington Avenue and 56th Street, second floor.
Northeast corner.
Please see our home page at http://www.nylug.org for the HTMLized
version of this announcement, our archives, and a lot of other good
stuff.
Monthly Reminder!
Please read the NYLUG-Talk Posting Guidelines at:
http://www.nylug.org/mlistguide/
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