\ndsection{NeuroDebian is}
-a Debian project aiming to provide the Neuroscience community with a
+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
The combination of a stable generic
operating system, Debian, and a variety of conveniently accessible research
software creates a versatile research platform for neuroscience that offers the
-latest methodologies of the field for everyone, for free.
+latest methodologies of the field to everyone, for free.
These advantages make NeuroDebian increasingly popular among
neuroscientists and scientific software developers.
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+\ndsubsection{NeuroDebian software coverage}
+\begin{flushright}
+\vspace{-0.5em}
+\url{http://neuro.debian.net/pkgs.html}
+\end{flushright}
+\textit{Electrophysiology:} BioSig, Sigviewer, Brian, \ldots\\
+\textit{Machine Learning:} PyMVPA, scikits.learn, \ldots\\
+\textit{Imaging:} AFNI, FSL, Mricron, NiPy, Voxbo, \ldots\\
+\textit{Psychophysics:} PsychoPy, PyEPL, PyOptical, \ldots\\
+\vspace{-0.5em}
+
\ndsubsection{Benefits from Debian integration}
\begin{itemize}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc]
% rephrase to outline the benefit, not burden
\item Debian standards and policies guarantee quality and robustness
-\item Debian centralized bug tracking system provides a unified
+\item Debian's centralized bug tracking system provides a unified
single-point of entry for bug reporting and troubleshooting for any
software in Debian
\item Debian makes software available through a world-wide distribution
network, thus offloading bandwidth demands
-\item Other Debian enthusiasts take care about large-scale aspects of
+\item Other Debian contributors handle large-scale aspects of
deployment, quality assurance, porting and integration at the level
of the entire distribution:
\begin{description}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc]
\item[Porting] Software sources get built for 11 hardware
architectures and 3 kernels (Linux, HURD, kFreeBSD). Porter teams
- maintain build infrastructure and help making the code
+ maintain build infrastructure and help make the code
platform-agnostic.
\item[QA] Whole-archive rebuilds assure robustness of packaging and
warn about upcoming problems (core libraries upgrades) beforehand.
-\item[Internationalization (I18n)] Translator teams help localizing
- software for more than 60 languages
+\item[Internationalization (I18n)] Translator teams help localize
+ software for more than 60 languages.
\end{description}
-\item Neuroscience software becomes 1st-class citizen within Debian
+\item Neuroscience software becomes a 1st-class citizen within the Debian
project, which guarantees its availability, longevity, smooth
- installation and upgrades
+ installation and upgrades.
%\item Participation in the Debian community helps to assure Debian's
% aptness for the neuroscientific software demands
\textit{Others:} NeuroDebian Virtual Machine
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-\vspace{1mm}
+\vspace{3mm}
\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{../shots/mac_vm_mricron}
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-\ndsubsection{NeuroDebian software coverage}
-\begin{flushright}
-\vspace{-0.5em}
-\url{http://neuro.debian.net/pkgs.html}
-\end{flushright}
-\textit{Electrophysiology:} BioSig, Sigviewer, Brian, \ldots\\
-\textit{Machine Learning:} PyMVPA, scikits.learn, \ldots\\
-\textit{Imaging:} AFNI, FSL, Mricron, NiPy, Voxbo, \ldots\\
-\textit{Psychophysics:} PsychoPy, PyEPL, PyOptical, \ldots\\
-
-
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