archive mirror that was used to show the full selection of available software
and the simplicity of installation and upgrade procedures. The mirror
was provided from an external harddrive by a commodity router box
-running Debian-based DebWrt_ distribution.
+running the Debian-based DebWrt_ distribution.
All machines were connected to our own local wired network to avoid problems
with conference center's free wireless network (poor at best). Finally, we had
several hundred `tri-fold flyers`_ with general Debian facts on one side, and
A number of visitors were involved in free software development -- at various
levels. We talked to a Debian ftpmaster, a Gentoo developer, various developers
of neuroscience-related software that is already integrated in Debian and many
-more whose work still needs to be packaged. We got visited by representatives of
+more whose work still needs to be packaged. We were visited by representatives of
companies looking for support to get their open-source products into Debian.
The vast majority, however, were scientists looking for a better research
platform for their labs. That included the struggling Phd-student, as well as