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Debian introduces Derivatives Front Desk <a href="mailto:press@debian.org">press@debian.org</a><br>
June 29th, 2010 <a href="http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100629" target="_blank">http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100629</a><br>
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More collaboration among Debian-based distributions: the Derivatives Front Desk<br>
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The Debian Project has been promoting software freedom and delivering<br>
Free Software to users via its releases since 1993, when it was one of<br>
the first GNU/Linux distributions ever. It has spawned several<br>
distributions [1] which are nowadays based on the work done in Debian,<br>
as allowed and encouraged by Free Software customs. Such distributions<br>
are colloquially referred to as "derivatives"; according to<br>
DistroWatch, Debian currently enjoys more than 120 derivatives,<br>
including some of the most popular GNU/Linux distributions currently<br>
available.<br>
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1: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/iamurdock/3950212995/sizes/l/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/iamurdock/3950212995/sizes/l/</a><br>
2: <a href="http://distrowatch.com/" target="_blank">http://distrowatch.com/</a><br>
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The Debian Project encourages other distributions to base themselves on<br>
the volunteer work of Debian Developers and believes that it is through<br>
inter-distribution collaborative activities such as bug forwarding,<br>
joint maintenance teams, patch forwarding, etc. that Free Software is<br>
best served.<br>
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To that end, the Debian Project is happy to announce the opening of its<br>
Derivatives Front Desk, a forum where contributors to Debian-based<br>
distributions can meet and discuss the best ways to push their changes<br>
back to Debian or otherwise ask for help on how to interact with Debian<br>
development.<br>
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3: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DerivativesFrontDesk" target="_blank">http://wiki.debian.org/DerivativesFrontDesk</a><br>
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Developers of Debian-based distributions are hereby invited to join the<br>
<a href="mailto:debian-derivatives@lists.debian.org">debian-derivatives@lists.debian.org</a> [4] mailing list as the main<br>
discussion forum for derivatives. Additionally, the Debian Project<br>
encourages contributors of Debian-based distributions to mail inquiries<br>
about how to contribute back their changes to <a href="mailto:derivatives@debian.org">derivatives@debian.org</a>.<br>
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4: <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-derivatives/" target="_blank">http://lists.debian.org/debian-derivatives/</a><br>
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About Debian<br>
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The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly<br>
free, community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of<br>
the largest and most influential open source projects. Over three<br>
thousand volunteers from all over the world work together to create and<br>
maintain Debian software. Translated into over 30 languages, and<br>
supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the<br>
"universal operating system".<br>
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Contact Information<br>
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<a href="http://www.debian.org" target="_blank">www.debian.org</a> or send mail to <<a href="mailto:press@debian.org">press@debian.org</a>>.<br>
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