\ndsection{Debian}
was founded by Ian Murdock in August 1993 with the goal
-to create an easy-to-install and maintain non-commercial GNU/Linux
+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
requiring the most recent versions of software.
%\item[Testing] \emph{Constantly changing future release candidate}\\
-\item[``Always-ready-to-release'']\hfill\emph{Testing} (now \emph{wheezy})\\
+\item[``Always-ready-to-release'']\hfill\emph{Testing} (now \emph{jessie})\\
% 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
of software.
%\item[Stable] \emph{Official release}\\
-\item[Official release]\hfill\emph{Stable} (now \emph{squeeze})\\
+\item[Official release]\hfill\emph{Stable} (now 7.2, \emph{wheezy})\\
% 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.\\
\emph{Testing} is assured to be robust. %, on average bi-yearly.
Complementary updates keep the
system secure. \\
- \emph{Stable} is the best choice where stability and security are of
+ \emph{Stable} is the best choice where reliability and security are of
primary importance.
\end{description}
\ndsubsection{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}
+Story animation, \emph{e.g.} sid, jessie, wheezy. \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}.
+\emph{jessie} is \emph{Testing}, and \emph{wheezy} is \emph{Stable}.
+As soon as \emph{jessie} gets released, \emph{Testing} will be given
+a new name.% -- \emph{jessie}.
\end{comment}
\ndsubsection{Three Debian components}
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
+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[Live CD/DVD] \url{http://www.debian.org/CD/live/}
\item[Run in a Virtual Machine] \url{http://neuro.debian.net/vm.html}
\item[Development version] \url{http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer}
+\item[Use in a cloud] \url{https://wiki.debian.org/Cloud}
\end{description}
% \ndsubsection{Get \emph{Testing/Unstable} Debian}
\ndsubsection{How to install software}
GUI (Synaptic): \textit{Select and click ``Apply''}\\
-\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{shots/synaptic-fslview}
+\begin{center}
+\vspace{-1.2em}
+\includegraphics[width=0.95\columnwidth]{shots/synaptic-fslview}
+\vspace{-0.7em}
+\end{center}
Command line: \texttt{apt-get install <packagename>}
\ndsubsection{How to get support}
+\hspace{1em}\url{http://www.debian.org/support}
+
\begin{description}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc,style=nextline]
-\item[Overview]
-\url{http://www.debian.org/support}
+%\item[Overview]
%\item[GUI]
% Use \emph{Synaptic Package Manager}
\ndsubsection{Software at your fingertips}
\begin{flushright}
-\vspace{-1em}
+\vspace{-0.5em}
\url{http://neuro.debian.net/pkgs.html}
+\vspace{-0.1em}
\end{flushright}
-\textit{Distributed computing:} Condor \\
-\textit{Electrophysiology:} BioSig, EEGLAB, Sigviewer, \ldots\\
+\textit{Distributed computing:} Condor, DMTCP, IPython, \ldots \\
+\textit{Electrophysiology:} BioSig, Neo, Sigviewer, \ldots\\
\textit{Machine Learning:} MDP, PyMVPA, sklearn, \ldots\\
-\textit{Neural Modeling:} Brian, PyNN, \ldots\\
-\textit{Imaging:} AFNI, FSL, Mricron, NiPy, SPM, \ldots\\
-\textit{Psychophysics:} PsychoPy, Psychtoolbox, \ldots\\
+\textit{Neural Modeling:} Brian, CNrun, PyNN, XPPAUT \ldots\\
+\textit{Imaging:} AFNI, CMTK, FSL, Mricron, NiPy \ldots\\
+\textit{Psychophysics:} PsychoPy, Psychtoolbox-3, PyEPL \ldots\\
\vspace{-0.8em}
% TODO: Environments... -- list avail cloud env using NeuroDebian
\ndsubsection{Work-in-progress}
\begin{description}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc,style=nextline]
\item[Increased coverage]
-\textit{Electrophysiology:} Fieldtrip, \ldots \\
-\textit{Neural Modeling:} NEURON, (NEST) \\
+\textit{Electrophysiology:} Fieldtrip \\
+\textit{Neural Modeling:} NEURON, (NEST), LFPy \\
\textit{Imaging:} DTI-TK, Freesurfer, XNAT, \ldots
% \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
+ Extended integration and regression testing\\
+ \url{http://testkraut.readthedocs.org}
\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}
+ \url{http://neuro.debian.net/datasets.html}\\
+ \url{http://github.com/neurodebian/datagit}
% yoh: see TODO above -- we can say that it is available already
%\item[Universal availability]
% % \begin{itemize}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc,topsep=0em]