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\noindent
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\url{http://www.debian.org}
-\section*{Debian GNU/Linux}
-\subsection*{The Universal Operating System}
+%\section*{Debian GNU/Linux}
+
+\section*{The Universal Operating System}
+\hrule
\end{center}
+\vspace{-1em}
+
+\section*{Debian}
+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
+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
+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.
+% Current installer of Debian has been translated more that to 60 languages.
+% (12 ??? officially supported architectures).
+% Well appreciated
+The high quality and openness of Debian made it the foundation of choice for
+more than 120 derivative GNU/Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu and
+Mint.
+
+\subsection*{Debian is}
+\begin{description}[nolistsep,leftmargin=0.8em]
+\item[V\textnormal{ersatile}]\hfill\url{http://packages.debian.org}\\
+ Over 15000 software packages maintained by experts to provide
+ a stable system for \textit{any} field of application.
+\item[S\textnormal{ecure}]\hfill\url{http://www.debian.org/security}\\
+ Security updates guarantee safe operation.
+%\item[S]table
+% \item[S\textnormal{imple}]\blank\\
+% Single command is enough to install or upgrade single
+% software or the entire system at once
+\item[O\textnormal{pen}]\hfill\url{http://www.debian.org/social_contract}\\
+ All software is free and open-source (FOSS).\\
+ Debian is governed by public democratic processes.
+\item[P\textnormal{opular}]\hfill\url{http://www.debian.org/users}\\
+ Used by governments, companies, educational institutions
+\end{description}
+\begin{comment}
+Original: Very Special Old Pale
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+Could also stand for
+Very (Special|Stable) Operating Platform
+\end{comment}
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+%\section*{Understand Debian}
\columnbreak
+\subsection*{Three Debian suites}
+
+% Debian distribution comes in 3 major flavors
+
+\begin{description}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc,topsep=1em]
+
+%\item[Unstable] \emph{Constantly changing distribution}\\
+\item[Development]\hfill\emph{Unstable} (always \emph{sid})\\
+ Never \emph{released}, constantly evolving platform to integrate new
+ versions of software in Debian.\\
+ %entry point for the software to appear in Debian.\\
+ Despite its name, \emph{Unstable} is a good platform for those
+ 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})\\
+% 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
+% quality. Immediate updates are provided only
+% to assure secure and robust performance. \\
+ \emph{Testing} provides a good balance between stability and recency
+ of software
+
+%\item[Stable] \emph{Official release}\\
+\item[Official release]\hfill\emph{Stable} (now \emph{lenny})\\
+ % Software verified to be well tested and secure,
+ % Very stable (hence the name) and secure
+ % but might be lacking the most recent versions.\\% of the software.\\
+ % of not the most recent versions. \\
+ \emph{Stable} is released ``when it is ready'', \emph{i.e.} when
+ \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
+ primary importance.
+\end{description}
+
+\begin{comment}
+\subsection*{It has names}
+
+The code names of Debian releases are names of characters from the Toy
+Story animation, e.g. sid, squeeze, lenny. \emph{Unstable}
+flavor always called \emph{sid}, while a new name chosen for every
+upcoming release and assigned to \emph{Testing} to become a code name
+of the release when it becomes \emph{Stable}.\\ At the moment
+\emph{squeeze} is \emph{Testing}, and \emph{lenny} is \emph{Stable}.
+As soon as \emph{squeeze} gets released, \emph{Testing} will be given
+a new name -- \emph{wheezy}.
+\end{comment}
+
+\subsection*{Three Debian components}
+
+% Debian distribution comes in 3 major flavors
+%Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG)\\
+%\url{http://www.debian.org/social_contract}
+
+\begin{description}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc,topsep=1em]
+\item[Free as in freedom]\hfill\emph{main}\\
+ % This is the actual Debian with full support.\\
+ All software in \emph{main} is distributed under FOSS licenses
+ compliant with Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG) to assure
+ complete freedom to use, modify, and (re-)distribute
+\item[Wanna-be free]\hfill\emph{contrib}\\
+ FOSS depending on \emph{non-free} 3rd party software
+% Software which, despite being free itself, depends on
+% \emph{non-free} 3rd party software, rendering it useless without
+\item[Somewhat free]\hfill\emph{non-free}\\
+ Software under restrictive licenses available at no charge
+ % removing some freedoms
+ % (\emph{e.g.} non-commercial use only), but which is allowed to be
+ % used for free and re-distributed (\emph{e.g. NVidia drivers})
+\end{description}
+
+
+\subsection*{Debian is driven by enthusiastic experts}
+% could be simply 'Debian People' or 'Debian Community'
+
+Debian is the only major operating system developed
+solely by volunteer individuals who collaborate via the Internet.
+Debian developers, teams or individual contributors improve the operating
+system not by writing new applications (in most cases), but by
+\begin{itemize}[nolistsep,topsep=0em,leftmargin=1pc]
+\item integrating existing software into Debian
+\item fixing and communicating bug reports to original developers
+\item assuring overall quality of the distribution
+\item improving documentation and translations
+\item providing user support
+\end{itemize}
+
+Packaged software in Debian have individual maintainers who are
+often also users of a particular software, and who are therefore interested in its
+reliable operation. Certain fields of applications have dedicated maintainer
+teams, such as Debian-Science or Debian-Med.
+
+%\columnbreak
+\subsection*{How to get Debian}
+
+%\subsubsection*{Stable}
+\begin{description}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc,style=nextline]
+\item[Install on a hard-drive] \url{http://get.debian.net/}
+\item[Boot from CD/USB] \url{http://get.debian.net/live/}
+\item[Run in a Virtual Machine] \url{http://neuro.debian.net/vm.html}
+\item[More options (e.g. buy pre-installed machine)] \url{http://debian.org/distrib}
+\item[Testing/Unstable version] \url{http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer}
+\end{description}
+
+% \subsection*{Get \emph{Testing/Unstable} Debian}
+%
+% Install on a hard-drive or in a Virtual Machine\\
+% \url{http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer}
+%
+
+\subsection*{How to install software}
+
+GUI (Synaptic): \textit{Select and click ``Apply''}\\
+\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{shots/synaptic-fslview}
+
+Command line: \texttt{apt-get install <packagename>}
+
+
+
+\subsection*{How to upgrade the entire system}
+
+GUI (Synaptic):
+
+\quad\textit{Click ``Mark All Upgrades'', ``Apply''}\\
+Command line:
+
+\quad\texttt{apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade}
+
+\subsection*{How to get support}
+
+\url{http://www.debian.org/support}
+
+\begin{description}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc,style=nextline]
+%\item[GUI]
+% Use \emph{Synaptic Package Manager}
+\item[Software bug]
+ \texttt{reportbug <packagename>}
+\item[Community support]
+ %\begin{description}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc]
+ %\item[Mailing lists]
+ \url{http://www.debian.org/MailingLists}\\
+ \url{http://forums.debian.net}\\
+ \url{http://ask.debian.net}
+ %\end{description}
+\item[Commercial support]
+ \url{http://www.debian.org/consultants}
+\end{description}
+
+\begin{comment}
+\section*{Reasons to choose Debian}
+\paragraph{It is maintained by its users}
+
+If something needs to be fixed or improved, we just do it.
+
+\paragraph{Unparalleled support}
+
+Mail sent to the mailing lists often gets answers within 15 minutes (or less),
+for free, and by the people who developed it. Compare that to typical phone
+support: hours spent on the phone, for money, only to get someone who doesn't
+know the system well enough to even understand your question.
+
+\paragraph{You wouldn't be alone in your choice}
+
+A wide range of organizations and individuals use Debian. See our Who's Using
+Debian? page for a description of some high-profile sites which use Debian, and
+have chosen to submit a short description of how they use Debian and why.
+
+\paragraph{The best packaging system in the world.}
+
+Tired of old files from software three versions old cluttering your system? Or
+installing a piece of software only to find it causes your system to crash
+because of software conflicts? Dpkg, Debian's endured packaging system, takes
+care of these issues for you.
+
+\paragraph{Easy installation}
+
+If you have heard that GNU/Linux is difficult to install, then you haven't
+tried Debian lately. We are constantly improving the installation process. You
+can do the installation directly from CD, DOS, floppies or even over the
+network.
+
+\paragraph{Incredible amounts of software}
+
+Debian comes with over 25000 different pieces of software. Every bit of it is
+free. If you have proprietary software that runs under GNU/Linux, you can still
+use it - in fact, there may even be an installer in Debian that will
+automatically install and set up everything for you.
+
+\paragraph{Packages well integrated}
+
+Debian surpasses all other distributions in how well its packages are
+integrated. Since all software is packaged by a coherent group, not only can
+all packages be found at a single site, but you can be assured that we have
+already worked out all issues regarding complicated dependencies. While we feel
+that the deb format has some advantages over the rpm format, it is the
+integration between the packages that makes a Debian system more robust.
+
+\paragraph{Source code}
+
+If you are a software developer, you will appreciate the fact that there are
+hundreds of development tools and languages, plus millions of lines of source
+code in the base system. All of the software in the main distribution meets the
+criteria of the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG). This means that you can
+freely use this code to study from, or to incorporate into new free software
+projects. There are also plenty of tools and code suitable for use in
+proprietary projects.
+
+\paragraph{Easy upgrades}
+
+Due to our packaging system, upgrading to a new version of Debian is a snap.
+Just run apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade (or aptitude update; aptitude
+dist-upgrade in newer releases) and you can upgrade from a CD in a matter of
+minutes or point apt at one of the over 300 Debian mirrors and upgrade over the
+net.
+
+\rotatebox{90}{\includegraphics[height=.9\columnwidth]{distro-dev}}
+\rotatebox{90}{Description}
+
+\paragraph{Multiple architectures and kernels}
+
+Currently Debian supports an impressive number of CPU architectures: alpha,
+amd64, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, and sparc. It also
+runs on GNU Hurd and FreeBSD kernels besides Linux, and with the debootstrap
+utility you will be hard-pressed to find a device that can't run Debian.
+
+\paragraph{Bug tracking system}
+
+Debian's bug tracking system is publicly available. We don't try to hide the
+fact that software doesn't always work the way users want. Users are encouraged
+to submit bug reports and are notified when and why the bug was closed. This
+system allows Debian to respond to problems quickly and honestly.
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\section*{Acknowledgements}
+\end{comment}
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\url{http://neuro.debian.net}
-\section*{NeuroDebian Project}
-\subsection*{The Universal Research Environment}
-
+%\section*{NeuroDebian Project:}
+\section*{The Universal Research Platform}
+\hrule
\end{center}
-\section*{What is NeuroDebian}
+\section*{NeuroDebian is}
-\section*{What is in NeuroDebian}
+a Debian project aiming to provide 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 universal operating system in their day-to-day research activities.
+The NeuroDebian repository
+(\url{http://neuro.debian.net}) offers the latest research software for
+all Debian suites (and various releases of Ubuntu).
+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.
+These advantages make NeuroDebian increasingly popular among
+neuroscientists and scientific software developers.
-Icons for FSL, Caret, AFNI, etc
+\subsection*{NeuroDebian is NOT}
-%\columnbreak
+yet another Debian GNU/Linux derivative distribution. All work done
+by the NeuroDebian project targets the official Debian operating system. This
+approach helps to increase the longevity of the project by relying on the
+efforts of thousands of Debian contributors.
-\section*{How to get NeuroDebian}
-\begin{itemize}
-\item Debian/Ubuntu -- Repository
-\item Others -- Virtual Appliance
-\end{itemize}
+\subsection*{Benefits from Debian integration}
-\section*{Developers oriented information}
+\begin{itemize}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc]
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+% rephrase to outline the benefit, not burden
+\item Debian standards and policies guarantee quality and robustness
-%\columnbreak
+\item Debian centralized bug tracking system provides a unified
+ single-point of entry for bug reporting and troubleshooting for any
+ software in Debian
-\section*{Who is using NeuroDebian}
+\item Debian makes software available through a world-wide distribution
+ network, thus offloading bandwidth demands
-\noindent
-\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{usage_worldmap}
+\item Other Debian enthusiasts take care about large-scale aspects of
+ deployment, quality assurance, porting and integration at the level
+ of the entire distribution:
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+\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
+ 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
+\end{description}
+
+\item Neuroscience software becomes 1st-class citizen within Debian
+ project, which guarantees its availability, longevity, smooth
+ installation and upgrades
+
+\item Participation in the Debian community helps to assure Debian's
+ aptness for the neuroscientific software demands
+
+\end{itemize}
-\section*{Future\ldots}
+\subsection*{NeuroDebian software coverage}
+\begin{flushright}
+\vspace{-0.5em}
+\url{http://neuro.debian.net/pkgs.html}
+\vspace{-1em}
+\end{flushright}
+\textit{Electrophysiology:} BioSig, Sigviewer, Brian, \ldots\\
+\textit{Machine Learning:} PyMVPA, scikits.learn, \ldots\\
+\textit{Medical Imaging:} AFNI, FSL, Mricron, NiPy, Voxbo, \ldots\\
+\textit{Psychophysics:} PsychoPy, PyEPL, PyOptical\\
-\begin{description}[leftmargin=1em]
-\item[Wider coverage]:\\
- BioSig, NEURON, FreeSurfer, etc.
-\item[Assured interoperability]:\\
- Intergration- and regression- testing
+%\columnbreak
+
+\subsection*{How to get NeuroDebian}
+\begin{description}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc]
+\item[Debian/Ubuntu]\url{neuro.debian.net} repository
+\item[Others] NeuroDebian Virtual Machine
+% Here place a left-top corner of OSX with seamless mode
+\end{description}
+\begin{comment}
+\subsection*{Developers oriented information}
+
+%\columnbreak
-\item[Snapshotting]
+\subsection*{Who is using NeuroDebian}
-\item[Data as 1st class citizen]
+\noindent
+%\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{usage_worldmap}
-\item[Universal Availability]:\\
- \begin{itemize}
- \item New versions of Virtual Appliance
- \item Cloud computing images
- \end{itemize}
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+\end{comment}
+
+\def\blank{\hspace{0em}\vspace{-1em}}
+\columnbreak
+\subsection*{Work-in-progress}
+
+\begin{description}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc,topsep=1em,style=nextline]
+
+\item[Expanded coverage]\blank
+ \begin{description}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc,topsep=0em,style=nextline]
+ \item[Electrophysiology] BioSig, Brian, NEURON, \ldots
+ \item[Matlab/Octave toolboxes] SPM, EEGLAB, \ldots
+ \end{description}
+\vspace{0.5em}
+\epigraph{Having FreeSurfer integrated into the Debian operating system by the NeuroDebian team would have enormous benefits for us, and for the thousands of users of FreeSurfer across the world.}{Prof. Bruce Fischl}{Director, Computational Core at Martinos Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA}
+\item[Improved quality assurance]
+ Extended integration and regression testing
+\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]
+ \url{http://neuro.debian.net/datasets.html}
+\item[Universal availability]\blank
+ % \begin{itemize}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc,topsep=0em]
+ % \item Virtual Appliance enhancements
+ %\item
+ Cloud computing
+ %\end{itemize}
\end{description}
-\section*{Endorsements}
+\subsection*{Testimonials}
+\begin{flushright}
+\vspace{-0.5em}
+\url{http://neuro.debian.net/testimonials.html}
+\vspace{-1em}
+\end{flushright}
-some quotes from letters of support
+\epigraph{The approach taken with NeuroDebian is plainly the most appropriate
+approach to software distribution for the dominant platform in brain
+image analysis, and I have great confidence that this project will be
+a major asset to the neuroscience community in facilitating the
+distribution of stable software, improving the reliability and
+replicability of analyses, and in helping to improve software
+development practices.}{Prof. Daniel Y. Kimberg}{Director, Data
+Processing Facility, Center for Functional Neuroimaging, University of
+Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA}
-\section*{Acknowledgements}
+\subsection*{Acknowledgements}
-We are grateful to all Debian developers and contributors for the
-development of Debian OS, and to Prof. Jim Haxby (PBS Department,
+NeuroDebian is grateful to all Debian developers and contributors for the
+development of Debian OS, and to Prof. James V. Haxby (PBS Department,
Dartmouth College) for his continued support and endless supply of
-Italian espresso.
+Italian espresso (\url{http://neuro.debian.net/coffeeart.html}).
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