
The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
30 years of Debian (Interview)
Aug 17, 2023 · 1 hr 31 min · 87.8 MB
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This week we’re talking with Jonathan Carter who’s on his fourth term as Debian Project Lead (DPL) and we’re talking about 30 years of Debian!
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- Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
- Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
- A Brief History of Debian
- Debian Free Software Guidelines
- The Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG)
- DPL Platform (2022)
- Debian project leaders
- About Debian
- debconf.org
- PinePhone
- Software in the Public Interest (SPI)
- Changelog Interviews #237: Reproducible builds and secure software
- hackclub.com
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en.wikipedia.orgDPL Platform (2022)
debian.orgDebian project leaders
en.wikipedia.orgAbout Debian
debian.orgdebconf.org
debconf.orgPinePhone
pine64.orgSoftware in the Public Interest (SPI)
spi-inc.orghackclub.com
hackclub.comPRs welcome!
github.com
- 0:00This week on The Changelog
- 1:24Sponsor: Sentry
- 4:57Start the show!
- 6:17Debian Project Lead (DPL)
- 10:03From Ubuntu to Debian
- 15:09How does Debian work?
- 17:59On-ramping marginalized contribs
- 19:51Formulization of Debian
- 23:04Stability of Trusted Organizations (TOs)
- 27:55Who is "Bookworm"?
- 31:54Sponsor: Tailscale
- 35:30Free as in freedom (and beer)
- 41:20What is a Linux distribution?
- 45:30We need OS choice on mobile
- 50:14Proxmox builds on Debian
- 55:11Linux on Apple hardware
- 58:59Feels on Ubuntu
- 1:01:57Feels on Arch
- 1:03:30The state of the enterprise Linux standard
- 1:06:18Why not Debian?
- 1:15:29What it takes to run for DPL?
- 1:17:44Jonathan's day job
- 1:21:07The human history of Debian
- 1:27:13Consider Hackclub's model
- 1:28:38Wrapping up
- 1:29:09Outro