[Fsuk-manchester] Manchester Free Software Talk : An Introduction To The Debian Project by Leslie I'Anson - Tuesday, 16th February

[Leslie I'Anson]

Greetings all,

This month's Manchester Free Software talk will take place on Tuesday,
16th February. Please read on for more details...


The Talk
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This month's talk, delivered by Leslie I'Anson, has one simple
objective which is to answer the following question:

"From the literally hundreds of GNU/Linux distributions in existence,
what makes Debian special?"

Leslie has been using some form of the GNU/Linux operating system as
his primary desktop environment since the Summer of 2007 and since
then he has experimented with a multitude of different distributions;
form the "easy-to-use" ( i.e Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE) to the
down-right "hardcore" ( LFS, Slackware, Gentoo and Arch). All in all,
Leslie's estimates that he's used over twenty different incarnations
of this popular free software platform.

However, one distribution keeps drawing him back - Debian (which
indecently was Leslie's first ever experience of a free software
operating system). Believing that he has finally settled down with his
one true love, Leslie attempts to explain why this is and, as you will
no doubt discover, the rational behind this decision is far from
purely technical.

So join us if you will for, what will (hopefully) be, an entertaining
and enlightening introduction to both Debian as operating system and
as a project.


Cryptography Un-Workshop
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As a special treat, Robert Burrell Donkin will be following this
month's talk with what he is dubbing a "Cryptography Un-Workshop".
Robert's plain is to use this opportunity to gauge the level of
interest before possibly embarking on a full-blown, audience-led,
un-conference style, interactive talk and workshop later in the year.


The Location
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The meeting will take place at the usual time, 7pm, at the Lass
O'Gowrie pub on Charles Street in Central Manchester. We will be
located in the Salmon Room upstairs, although there will be people
around a little earlier downstairs (probably sampling the food and
drinks on offer). Just ask at the bar if you can't find us. Their
website[1] has full details of how to get there and the fine selection
of food and drink available. The venue also provides wifi.


More Information
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General information about Manchester Free Software meetings can be
found on our websites[2][3][4].

If you would like five minutes to tell us about something, please
contact us at <address@hidden>.

[1]: http://www.thelass.co.uk/
[2]: http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Manchester/Meetings
[3]: http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Manchester/2010-01-19
[4]: http://manchester.fsuk.org/blog/meetings/