the first LXNY meeting of 1997.
Bruce Perens, leader of the Debian GNU/Linux Project, will be at
Mariella's Pizza at 225 West 57-th Street in New York City at 6:30 pm on
January 25, 1997. Mariella's is near to Coliseum Books, and across the
street from the Duane Reade drugstore. Columbus Circle is near by. For
those who dare to bring a car into Manhattan, there do exist parking lots,
but we have been informed by the City of New York that there are no more
municipal parking lots.
Bruce will meet with as many as possible GNU/Linux/Unix/Other hackers,
users, and enthusiasts. Those who have never seen Linux in action are
also warmly invited to attend. Skeptics about the possibility of anarchy
as a mode of production are particularly welcome.
If possible rsvps from those intending to come should be sent to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] as soon as possible, so that we have some idea of how many
to expect. But come, even if you do not send an rsvp. If you are late
that is all right too.
What is Debian GNU/Linux?
Linux Distributions
Linux is a non-commercial variant of Unix, developed by volunteers all
over the world. Linux proper is an operating system kernel, not an
environment. The next layer around the kernel is called a distribution.
The distribution provides a system: installation/bootstrapping, assign-
ment of pathnames to files, coordination of packages, e.g., with shared
library (matching versions). There are a number of base distributions (my
terminology), including: Yggdrasil, Unifix, Tamu, SLS, Slackware, Red
Hat, MCC, Linux-FT, Debian, Craftworks. Some of these are sold directly,
some are sold by third party distribution companies such as Springer
Verlag, Linux Systems Labs, InfoMagic and iConnect, and some are
repackaged further, often combined with other packages and services, e.g.,
Caldera and WGS.
The Debian Project
The Debian Project, presently under the leadership of Bruce Perens, is,
like Linux itself, a non-commercial worldwide development effort. Debian
GNU/Linux is "a complete Unix-compatible operating system". Debian is
famous for developing a method for checking the dependencies among its
diverse packages and for providing a means to upgrade the system
selectively and "in place". The distribution is available for free from
Debian and many mirror sites, see the web site listed below for further
details, including a list of companies providing the distribution (e.g.,
on CD-ROM).
In short, Debian GNU/Linux is one of several Last Best Hopes of Humanity,
and comes of an ancient and honorable horde. Their web site address is:
http://www.debian.org
Michael Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jay Sulzberger, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Interim Committee for Visitors of Linux New York.
LXNY is Linux New York, New York's Linux organization.
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