%% Debian Today %% Copyright 2003 Bdale Garbee %% %% Congreso GULEV 2003, Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico, 19 September 2003 %% %% Abstract: %% %% Bdale Garbee, HP Linux CTO and former Debian Project Leader, will talk %% about the current status of the Debian project. He will discuss some %% attributes of the Debian project that make it the distribution of choice %% for large-scale deployments in government and education. Bdale will %% also talk about how HP uses Debian as part of the company's overall %% Linux strategy, and he will report on progress towards the next stable %% release of Debian. %% %% Define the fonts we will use %% %deffont "standard" tfont "Arial.ttf" %deffont "typewriter" tfont "Times_New_Roman.ttf" %% %% Default settings for special lines %% %default 1 leftfill, fore "black", back "white", bimage "background.bmp" %default 2 size 7, vgap 10, prefix " ", font "standard" %default 3 size 2, bar "gray70", vgap 10 %default 4 size 5, vgap 30, font "standard" %% %% Default settings for indented lines %% %tab 1 size 5, vgap 40, prefix " ", icon box "green" 50 %tab 2 size 4, vgap 40, prefix " ", icon arc "red" 50 %tab 3 size 3, vgap 40, prefix " ", icon delta3 "blue" 40 %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %page %nodefault, font "standard", fore "black", back "white", bimage "background.bmp" %center Debian Today %size 8 Speculation on the Project's Success and Future %size 6 Bdale Garbee HP Linux CTO %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %page My Objectives for Today Attributes of Debian that contribute to current success. HP's relationship with Debian. What's coming next? How you can interact with and contribute to Debian! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %page What is Debian? %font "typewriter" `The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system.' %font "standard" More specifically, Debian: is one of the most popular GNU/Linux distributions runs on the most architectures is a completely open volunteer organization is quite international is the largest GNU/Linux distribution works with companies to develop and maintain software is Focused on Freedom is well represented in the Free Software world %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %page A Few Debian Statistics Debian is a project of Software in the Public Interest 11 released architectures alpha, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips/mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc Debian runs on everything from handhelds to mainframes... other ports in progress Hitachi SuperH AMD Opteron also working with HURD & BSD kernels 1237 people 7887 source packages 13131 binary packages %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %page The Debian Linux Manifesto Debian Linux is a brand-new kind of Linux distribution ... developed openly in the spirit of Linux and GNU. Debian is being carefully and conscientiously put together and will be maintained and supported with similar care. The Debian design process is open to ensure that the system is of the highest quality and that it reflects the needs of the user community. ... that Linux is not a commercial product and that it never should be, but that this does not mean that Linux will never be able to compete commercially. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %page Debian Social Contract Debian Will Remain 100% Free Software We Will Give Back to the Free Software Community We Won't Hide Problems Our Priorities are Our Users and Free Software Programs That Don't Meet Our Free-Software Standards "Free" defined by Debian Free Software Guidelines %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %page Number of Developers Over Time %center, newimage "developers.png" %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %page Map of Debian Developer Locations %center, image "developers.map.jpeg" 0 130 130 1 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %page Bug Tracking System and Policy Manual Since 1994 Debian has had a public bug-tracking system on the Internet. This is an open system to which people can submit bug reports, features requests and other comments. It is used primarily email-in, web-out. One important success factor for Debian is the integration of all the different packages. This is coordinated through the policy document, which gives guidelines for building and maintaining packages. Packaging and policy checking tools facilitate correctness. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %page Constitution Describes the organizational structure for formal decision-making in the Project. It does not describe the goals of the Project or how it achieves them, or contain any policies except those directly related to the decision-making process. Division of Powers Developers Technical Committee Project Secretary Project Leader Delegates Voting processes widely respected %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %page Source Package Count Over Time %center, newimage "packages.png" %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %page Recent Debian Successes Large Deployments Brazil - Porto Alegre GNU/Linux, etc Spain - LinEx Norway - Skolelinux Run-From-CD Distributions Knoppix Morphix %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %page Debian from a Corporate Viewpoint The Debian project acts like a "commons", in that individuals and companies can choose to contribute as their needs dictate without having to enter into contractual arrangements with each other. Debian developers often have credibility with upstream maintainers and can help get new developments merged. Zero external cost for deployment. Successfully working with Debian means accepting the community development model... commercial distributions or a support partner may be required to meet needs for traditional elements of software support? %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %page How HP Uses Debian Development Platform Hardware Enablement Most Itanium 2 systems ran Debian as their first OS boot! Early hardware shipments. Carrier-grade servers. Blade servers. Benchmarks - Itanium 2 SPECfp2000 HP Enablement Kit for Linux on Itanium Systems. iPAQ distributions are Debian derived. familiar - minimal Linux environment intimate - full Debian for iPAQ Infrastructure HP's relationship with Debian helps HP stay "connected" with the Free Software community. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %page Sarge! The next stable release of Debian will be 'sarge'. Target date for release is December 2003. Many Updated Applications... New Installer Many Internationalization Improvements LSB Compliance %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %page How You Can Help Debian Use Debian GNU/Linux! Report bugs, and/or offer solutions. We like patches! Help with areas that always need more help, like documentation, testing, web pages, etc. If you are capable, committed, and want to maintain packages or do other work for Debian, you can become a Debian Developer. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %page Conclusions The core values associated with Free Software attract strong support (people, hardware, bandwidth). Debian is one of the most successful volunteer projects ever. Over 1000 VOLUNTEERS around the world... Debian GNU/Linux -- your Universal Operating System. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %page To Learn More %center %size 10 http://www.debian.org/ http://www.hp.com/linux/ http://opensource.hp.com/ %size 8 http://www.gag.com/~bdale/talks/