> > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 08:50:33 -0600 > From: Richard Owlett <[email protected]> > Subject: [PLUG] Linux (pref Debian) brainstorming group - does one > exist? > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > I'm working on a personal project has some rather odd (OK already > WEIRD ;) goals and constraints. I wish to ask questions without > getting referrals to "How to ask a question" or "don't do that" etc. > > My constraints (some external, some by definition) and > restricting goals include > 1. no wide-band access to internet > 2. no local networking > 3. initial experiments shall be based on Debian Squeeze from > purchased set of DVDs > 4. a single user system as in - one keyboard, one display, one > mouse, one explicitly > specific operator > 5. system shall as minimal as possible > 6. while using structure of apt, all package dependencies > shall be explicit. That > not only means not using recommends/suggests but also > packages will not be loaded > only because they are labelled "essential". > > This is an invitation to "tell me where to go" <GRIN> > Thank you > > I've been a passionate user and believer of all things Debian for the past decade and I find your project quite interesting. I have a few clarifying questions.
1. Broadband access is loosely defined as communication bandwidth of at least 256 kbps. Greater than dial-up but lesser than satellite avg. bandwidth. - Why this constraint? If it's about constraining the ease of internet searching there are debian specific mailing lists or IRC for using low bandwidth and/or intermittent internet access. 2. Do you mean no Local Area Network or no local user group networking? 3. There's a lot of documentation available, some of it in the Debian repositories and some of it on the web like the Debian wiki. Could all of this documentation be loaded onto the computer before the project starts? 4. My impression is that you're trying to figure out how development of Debian can happen with limited access to information. Is this accurate? If so, another thing that could be done is to install development tools and open source software so that you could ask questions and look for existing code examples or non-existing code examples. I think that this is greatest benefit of the Debian social contract and FOSS. The opportunity and resources for self-study. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
