thanks Shirish On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 9:02 AM, shirish शिरीष <shirisha...@gmail.com> wrote: > at bottom :- > > On 02/06/2016, Bernelle Verster <bernel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> hi >> >> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 6:36 AM, Keerthana Krishnan >> <contactkeerth...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Wow, that sounds like a great idea if done! It showcases the versatility >>> of >>> Debian beautifully, but is it possible to pull it together? >> >> I would like to try. :) I know nothing of any of this though (I'm a >> Debian and IT noob), so the first step would be to create a list of >> requirements, flesh out what exactly you're thinking (this would >> include support stuff, screens, plugpoints, extention cords, etc etc >> as well as the 'Debian stuff' - hardware, bandwidth etc etc etc). I >> can then take that to the local organisations and see what we can pull >> together (wrt equipment and volunteers). I would need something great >> to show them by ... this weekend? (Not final, but something that would >> sell the idea well) >> >> Perhaps, in the interest of time, the requirements need to be >> prioritised into 'have to have, this won't happen without it', and >> nice-to-haves. Shirish, could I ask you to make a start at it on a >> wiki page, that you link to from the Debian Day wiki please? >> Maybe https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf16/DebianDay_Hardware ? >> > > Dear Bernelle, > > The expert in this area would obviously be Jonas as he has been > working with embedded and is in know of much, much more and he would > be probably more aware of which devices can have debian in a jiffy and > which would require lot more work.
Jonas is also a purist, which is great, but I think in this context and with the time limit, we need to look at what is agreeable without being too ideological. Have a look at the ShowMeBox stuff, Jonas and others did a lot of work there. Unfortunately the ShowMeBox as it is currently envisaged may not make it to DebConf16, but this idea may incorporate some of it. https://wiki.debian.org/ShowMeBox > > Having said that, have made a crude page at > https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf16/DebianDay_Hardware > > Most of the contestants are from https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn > > Apart form the wired and wireless routers, there have been these > smartwatches and all which probably also could be made to work. There > is also the short-lived debian-mobile mailing list > https://lists.debian.org/debian-mobile/ after which <speculate>I think > a decision was made to put more efforts on getting android bits in > Debian main, probably because most upstream may not be active. > </speculate> > > Even if we can have a showcase of Android variants like Replicant and > f-droid and conversations around them, that might get some interest > going and I'm sure most DD's would have one or the other device which > has them. The same would be of most GNU/Linux groups as well. If we > are able to get some tablets hands-on even those will be good. I think the goal here would be to play, and get broader interest in hacking, open hardware. After the Open Weekend, this can become more technical and purist :) > > Incidentally, I'm planning to buy a new phone (around $100 - $125) > budget, so any recommendations to look at which is/could be ported to > Debian would be good to know. @Jonas - recommendations ? > > > > -- > Regards, > Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल > My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ > http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com > EB80 462B 08E1 A0DE A73A 2C2F 9F3D C7A4 E1C4 D2D8 _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
