> > > 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. > > It started with me having only dialup access at home. My solution > is purchase of *COMPLETE* distro on DVD. That logically was one > of motivations for NOT considering any distro using a rolling > release model. > > > > > 2. Do you mean no Local Area Network or no local user group networking? > > I was reffering to LANs. But there is also a dearth of Linux > users in rural SW MO ;/ > > > > > 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? > > Quantity? Yes. > Quality? Well-l-l, it varies ;( > Actually this is the area where I have hopes of contributing > something. Some information is just too scattered. Also some > documentation assume the reader "just knows" some things. > > > > > 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? > > No. I believe everything I want exists. > > > > > 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. > > Taking all of what you've said into consideration, the closest thing that I know of to a Debian brainstorming group is the Debian Users Group on LinkedIn. I'm a member along with about 9,000 other folks.
Perhaps that is helpful? Best of luck with your project! _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
