Thanks a ton for ur guidelines would look into the stuff u've mentioned.... and about the talk yah it was the one in Open Source India.... the topic of his talk was <b>Freedom and The Web: Equality in the 21st Century. </b>Yes, the talk was recorded.... i dont know if the video is available in public.... I've asked for it, will announce it once i get it.<div>
<br></div><div>Regards</div><div><b>Sakthi Kannan R</b><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:45 PM, Jonas Smedegaard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dr@jones.dk">dr@jones.dk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:55:16AM +0530, Sakthi Kannan Ramabadran wrote:<br>
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My name is Sakthi Kannan, I attended the OSI (Open Source India) conference held this month. Attended Eben Moglen's talk, was really inspired by his ideologies. He also spoke about this project I'm really interested in getting involved. I have some experience in working with embedded devices and also porting GNU/Linux in embedded processors like ARM. This is the first time I'm getting myself involved in a project like this... Please guide me on how i could involve myself in this venture...<br>
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Good question!<br>
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I believe there a many answers - here is my view on the topic:<br>
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As I see it, here is the place for sketching and trying out ways to piece together the Debian distribution in ways that serve the goal of a FreedomBox. And then help other FLOSS projects create missing pieces, and help other Debian teams package missing pieces and improve packaging if existing pieces so that our box is fully supported by standard Debian packaging routines.<br>
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Some of us here are Debian developers, and can help clarify the jungle of Debian - what teams are relevant to get in touch with for which issues we find etc.<br>
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Some of us are programmers, and can create missing pieces themselves, or maybe dind peers here - it is of course better to work in teams than alone.<br>
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Why do I not suggest we do actual coding here in this team of enthusiastic peers? Well, it is already a big task to do what I've outlined above. It is an even bigger task to skip the part of working with Debian teams to improve their packaging - it might seem easier to build on top of Debian instead of "reshaping" it, ad indeed it is at first, but then essentially we create a *distribution* and that is _very_ difficult to maintain in the long run. Let Debian be the distribution and let us stick to educating Debian in how they/we should improve that existing distribution to also distribute FreedomBox.<br>
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First, look at our wiki page, and add stuff that you know already and notice is missing from our collective knowledge there. And post mails here on the list elaborating on the changes you do at that wiki page. Not elaborate because we are sceptical to your input, but because we are curious: We are all here because we want to participate in a larger move and all want to both contribute and learn from other contributions at the same time. You are amonge friends! :-)<br>
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Then explore Debian, and explore the FLOSS world for things that might be relevant to include in Debian if not already packaged there. But beware: new stuff not yet in Debian might be technically better, but getting stuff packaged for Debian can be a long process, so try to favor existing packaged stuff over new shiny stuff whenever possible - or the FreedomBox will not emerge in this century :-)<br>
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Particularly when you have some knowledge in embedded stuff, I recommend that you get hands dirty in working with installing and using Debian on e.g. the SheevaPlug or the GuruPlug. Don't ask for help here, but instead join the mailinglist of the Embedded Debian team and ask there. And then enlighten us here on your experiences: How well does a basic install work? How well do things work on top of it - perhaps compile (manually - it is still alpha quality and not packaged officially for Debian) the Diaspora code for that machine and play with it - and tell us your experiences.<br>
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Perhaps join the Debian Blends team and gain knowledge in the art of Debian Pure Blends - the Debian term for doing everything inside Debian instead of on top of Debian.<br>
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More on Debian Pure Blends here: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPureBlends" target="_blank">http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPureBlends</a><br>
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An incomplete list of Debian teams you might consider is here: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/Teams" target="_blank">http://wiki.debian.org/Teams</a><br>
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Which talk did you attend - one at Open Source India or somewhere else? Did it get recorded or transcribed and is available somewhere public? Please update the list at <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox" target="_blank">http://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox</a> if needed.<br>
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Hope this helped some. Welcome aboard :-D<br>
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