On 2016-04-06 17:09, Paul Wise wrote: > On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 8:17 PM, Morten Bo Nielsen wrote: > >> I am searching for a way to cooperate with the Debian project. > ... >> Have there ever been thoughts on doing a Debian "academic alliance" >> style partnerships? > I don't recall any discussion around these themes. > >> My wish list >> 1) a contact person that could help me find relevant local/regional >> companies that use Debian > We have a list of companies using Debian on the website: > > https://www.debian.org/users/#com > > There are also some companies and individuals doing Debian consulting: > > https://www.debian.org/consultants/ > >> 2) course material that makes it easy for me to teach linux from a >> Debian point of view > We don't really have teaching material AFAIK, but perhaps some of our > user and developer documentation is useful to you: > > https://www.debian.org/doc/ > >> 3) some organizational structure where my students can contribute on >> their level > There are lots of opportunities for students and other newcomers to > contribute in various ways depending on their skill set. Probably the > most relevant here are the Outreachy and Google Summer of Code > internship programs. In addition, the how-can-i-help package can point > out issues that might be suitable for newcomers to tackle as well as > issues relating to the system it is installed on. > > https://www.debian.org/intro/help > https://wiki.debian.org/gsoc > https://wiki.debian.org/Outreachy > https://wiki.debian.org/how-can-i-help > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?tag=newcomer >
Thanks for all the feedback. I will spend some time going through your suggested links and other Debian related resources. There is a lot, and maybe it will not be hard work to compile and gift wrap a "Linux from scratch using Debian" course. As Ian suggests (cheekily...), it is a good candidate for a course that the students contribute to and help to find relevant material. I will get back to you, if/when I have looked into it. My biggest issue is related to how to find industry partners. Debian doesn't keep a record of it and keeping track of persons/companies doing downloads/updates is not something we want, so we will have do it differently. I don't have good ideas right now, but it is important for me to be able to document to my boss and collegues that Debian is relevant for the students :-) regards Morten Bo Nielsen ass. professor, IT engineering Lillebaelt Academy University of applied sciences Email: [email protected]
