From e6b2879aad44ceaa984c17a47a2b66926b08bf42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Hanke Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 15:53:33 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] My take on the Debian half. Gave to Andy for review. --- .../brochure/brochure_debian-neurodebian.tex | 89 +++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-) diff --git a/artwork/brochure/brochure_debian-neurodebian.tex b/artwork/brochure/brochure_debian-neurodebian.tex index 5e5fd54..d14a6b4 100644 --- a/artwork/brochure/brochure_debian-neurodebian.tex +++ b/artwork/brochure/brochure_debian-neurodebian.tex @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ } \usepackage{enumitem} % useful for control of listings -\usepackage[compact,raggedleft]{titlesec} +\usepackage[compact,raggedright]{titlesec} \usepackage{comment} \newcommand{\epigraph}[3]{\textit{#1}\linebreak \vspace{-1.5em} \begin{flushright}\hspace{5em}\ --\ #2\linebreak\small{#3} \end{flushright}} @@ -60,35 +60,35 @@ was founded by Ian Murdock in August 1993 with the goal to create an easy to install and maintain non-commercial GNU/Linux distribution that would be able to effectively compete in the commercial market. Since then Debian established itself as an -independent and unique project driven by more than 3,000 of -enthusiastic Debian developers and contributors all around the globe. -Principles of \emph{do-ocracy} and democracy backed up by evolving open -standards allowed Debian to deliver the comprehensive operating system largest not -only in its coverage of integrated software, but also in the +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 -Acknowledged quality and openness of Debian made it the choice for +Widely acknowledged 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 15,000 software products maintained to provide - a stable system for any field of application + 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 virus-free safe operation + 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 project decisions are voted for in public + Debian is governed by public democratic processes. \item[P\textnormal{opular}]\hfill\url{http://www.debian.org/users}\\ - Used by governments, companies, education institutions + Used by governments, companies, educational institutions \end{description} \begin{comment} @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Very (Special|Stable) Operating Platform %\section*{Understand Debian} \columnbreak -\subsection*{Debian suites} +\subsection*{Three Debian suites} % Debian distribution comes in 3 major flavors @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Very (Special|Stable) Operating Platform requiring the most recent versions of software %\item[Testing] \emph{Constantly changing future release candidate}\\ -\item[``Always-ready-to-release''] \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 @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ As soon as \emph{squeeze} gets released, \emph{Testing} will be given a new name -- \emph{wheezy}. \end{comment} -\subsection*{Debian components} +\subsection*{Three Debian components} % Debian distribution comes in 3 major flavors %Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG)\\ @@ -163,12 +163,12 @@ a new name -- \emph{wheezy}. 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[Not free \emph{en bloc}]\hfill\emph{contrib}\\ +\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 + 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}) @@ -178,34 +178,32 @@ a new name -- \emph{wheezy}. \subsection*{Debian is driven by enthusiastic experts} % could be simply 'Debian People' or 'Debian Community' -Debian is the only major Linux distribution developed -cooperatively solely by individuals through the Internet, in the -same spirit as Linux and other FOSS.\\ -Debian developers, teams and the community contribute to the -project not by writing new applications (in most cases), but by +Debian is the only major operating system developed +solely by volunteer individuals that 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 upstream developers +\item fixing and communicating bug reports to original developers \item assuring overall quality of the distribution -\item improving documentation and internationalization +\item improving documentation and translations \item providing user support \end{itemize} Packaged software in Debian have individual maintainers which are -often also the users of that software, so they are interested in its -reliable operation. Individual maintainers often join the teams, such -as Debian-Science or Debian-Med, based on the common field of -interest. +often also users of a particular software, and are therefore interested in its +reliable operation. Certain field of applications have dedicated maintainer +teams, such as Debian-Science or Debian-Med. %\columnbreak -\subsection*{HOWTO get Debian} +\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)] \url{http://debian.org/distrib} +\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} @@ -215,30 +213,25 @@ interest. % \url{http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer} % -\subsection*{HOWTO install software X} +\subsection*{How to install software} -\begin{description}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc,style=nextline] +GUI (Synaptic): \textit{Select and click ``Apply''}\\ +\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{shots/synaptic-fslview} -\item[GUI (Synaptic Package Manager)] -% \emph{Synaptic Package Manager} - Select X and click ``Apply''\\ - \includegraphics[width=0.95\columnwidth]{shots/synaptic-fslview} -\item[Command line] - apt-get install X -\end{description} +Command line: \texttt{apt-get install } -\subsection*{HOWTO upgrade the entire system} +\subsection*{How to upgrade the entire system} -\begin{description}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc,style=nextline] -\item[GUI (Synaptic Package Manager)] - Click ``Mark All Upgrades'', ``Apply'' -\item[Command line] - apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade -\end{description} +GUI (Synaptic): + +\quad\textit{Click ``Mark All Upgrades'', ``Apply''}\\ +Command line: + +\quad\texttt{apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade} -\subsection*{HOWTO get support} +\subsection*{How to get support} \url{http://www.debian.org/support} @@ -246,7 +239,7 @@ interest. %\item[GUI] % Use \emph{Synaptic Package Manager} \item[Software bug] - reportbug X + \texttt{reportbug } \item[Community support] %\begin{description}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc] %\item[Mailing lists] -- 2.39.2