was founded by Ian Murdock in August 1993 with the goal
to create an easy-to-install and maintain non-commercial GNU/Linux
operating system that would be able to compete in the
-commercial market. Since then Debian established itself as an
+commercial market. Since then, Debian established itself as an
independent and unique project driven by more than 3000
enthusiastic contributors all around the globe.
-Principles of \emph{do-ocracy} and democracy backed up by evolving transparent
+Principles of \mbox{\emph{do-ocracy}} and democracy backed up by evolving transparent
standards allowed Debian to deliver the most comprehensive operating system -- not
only by amount of integrated software, but also by
number of the supported hardware architectures.
requiring the most recent versions of software.
%\item[Testing] \emph{Constantly changing future release candidate}\\
-\item[``Almost-ready-to-release'']\hfill\emph{Testing} (now \emph{squeeze})\\
+\item[``Always-ready-to-release'']\hfill\emph{Testing} (now \emph{squeeze})\\
% What to become a next \emph{Stable} release candidate.\\
Software versions known to be secure and of good quality.
% Software migrated from \emph{Unstable} which is known to be of good
\emph{Testing} is assured to be robust. %, on average bi-yearly.
Complementary updates keep the
system secure. \\
- \emph{Stable} is the choice where stability and security are of
+ \emph{Stable} is the best choice where stability and security are of
primary importance.
\end{description}
\end{description}
-\ndsubsection{Debian enthusiastic experts}
+\ndsubsection{Who is Debian}
% could be simply 'Debian People' or 'Debian Community'
Debian is the only major operating system developed
\ndsection{NeuroDebian is}
a Debian project that provides the Neuroscience community with a
-stable and versatile research platform -- the Debian OS.
-Since 2005, NeuroDebian integrates neuroscience software into the Debian
-operating system to allow neuroscientists to benefit from the advantages of
+stable and versatile research platform -- the Debian operating system.
+Since 2005, \mbox{NeuroDebian} integrates neuroscience software into Debian
+to allow neuroscientists to benefit from the advantages of
the universal operating system in their day-to-day research activities.
The NeuroDebian repository
(\url{http://neuro.debian.net}) offers the latest research software for
\vspace{3em}
\columnbreak
-\ndsubsection{NeuroDebian software coverage}
+\ndsubsection{Software at your fingertips}
\begin{flushright}
\vspace{-0.5em}
\url{http://neuro.debian.net/pkgs.html}
\begin{itemize}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc]
% rephrase to outline the benefit, not burden
-\item Debian standards and policies guarantee quality and robustness
+\item Debian standards and policies guarantee quality and robustness.
\item Debian's centralized bug tracking system provides a unified
single-point of entry for bug reporting and troubleshooting for any
- software in Debian
+ software in Debian.
\item Debian makes software available through a world-wide distribution
- network, thus offloading bandwidth demands
+ network, thus offloading bandwidth demands.
\item Other Debian contributors handle large-scale aspects of
deployment, quality assurance, porting and integration at the level
\item[Available snapshotting service]
% Entire NeuroDebian repository for any given past moment
All versions of packages readily available
-\item[Data as the 1st class citizen]
+\item[Data as the 1st-class citizen]
\url{http://neuro.debian.net/datasets.html}
\item[Universal availability]
% \begin{itemize}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc,topsep=0em]
\ndsubsection{Acknowledgements}
-NeuroDebian is grateful to all Debian developers and contributors for the
-development of Debian OS, and to Prof. James V. Haxby (PBS Department,
+NeuroDebian is grateful to all Debian developers and contributors for
+developing the Debian operating system, and to Prof. James V. Haxby (PBS Department,
Dartmouth College) for his continued support and endless supply of
Italian espresso (\url{http://neuro.debian.net/coffeeart.html}).