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+\usepackage[compact,raggedright]{titlesec}
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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}
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%\section*{Understand Debian}
\columnbreak
-\subsection*{Debian suites}
+\subsection*{Three Debian suites}
% Debian distribution comes in 3 major flavors
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
a new name -- \emph{wheezy}.
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-\subsection*{Debian components}
+\subsection*{Three Debian components}
% Debian distribution comes in 3 major flavors
%Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG)\\
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})
\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}
% \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 <packagename>}
-\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}
%\item[GUI]
% Use \emph{Synaptic Package Manager}
\item[Software bug]
- reportbug X
+ \texttt{reportbug <packagename>}
\item[Community support]
%\begin{description}[nolistsep,leftmargin=1pc]
%\item[Mailing lists]
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