Package: debian-handbook Version: 6.0+20120509 Severity: minor Hi Raphaël, I've just finished reading the appendices of the book. That to say, I've just reached the end of the book! :-)
Thanks again to you and Roland for writing this book, for translating it into English and for releasing it in a DFSG-free manner! Here's my list of proposed modifications and fixes for the two appendices. Section A.4. Linux Mint ----------------------- | Linux Mint includes a large amount of proprietary software so as | to ensure the best possible user experience. For example: Adobe | Flash and multimedia codecs. I would not say that as if it were a good thing! I personally consider it as a serious flaw, but let's at least drop the positive connotation and state it in a more neutral way: + Linux Mint includes a large amount of proprietary software for + users that want to install such non-free packages. For example: Adobe + Flash and multimedia codecs. Section A.5. SimplyMEPIS ------------------------ | This distribution was originally based on Debian; it went to Ubuntu | for a while, then came back to Debian, which allows its developers | to focus on adding features without having to stabilize packages | coming from Debian's Unstable distribution. It's not clear to me what allows developers to focus on adding features. Going to Ubuntu? Or coming back to Debian? If the latter, as the structure of the sentence seems to imply, please clarify how basing the derivative distribution on Debian allows to avoiding the need to stabilize packages coming from Debian Unstable... Quite the opposite seems to be true! Section A.7. Damn Small Linux ----------------------------- | This can be useful for using Debian on an aging computer. I think that the actual reason why DSL is useful on old machines is not explained clearly. As far as I know, it has nothing to do with business card CDs, which are mentioned in the previous sentence. I would clarify as follows: + Damn Small Linux mostly includes lightweight software tools; + this can be useful for using a Debian-like system on an aging + computer. Section B.1.5. System Information: Memory, Disk Space, Identity --------------------------------------------------------------- | Its -h option (for human readable) converts the sizes into a more | legible unit (usually megabytes or gigabytes). s/megabytes/mebibytes/ s/gigabytes/gibibytes/ The --si option could be worth mentioning as an alternative (this option really displays data in decimal multiples: megabytes, gigabytes, and so on...) | the -m and -g options, and displays its data either in megabytes | or in gigabytes, respectively. s/megabytes/mebibytes/ s/gigabytes/gibibytes/ Section B.5.4. Libraries ------------------------ | graphical toolkits, Gtk+ and Qt, Since the two mentioned toolkits are not the only ones, I would say: + graphical toolkits, such as Gtk+ and Qt, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
