[Debian-au] Re: July DebSIG

[Craige McWhirter]

It's tonight, see you there!

On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 15:35, Craige McWhirter wrote:
> When: 
>         Wednesday, July 21, 7:00pm - 8:00pm 
> Where: 
>         James Squire Brewery
>         
> This month, Andrew Cowie will be discussing what Debian developers can
> learn from the successes of Gentoo. 
> 
> * Andrew just returned another one of his romps-around-the-world. This
> one included LinuxTag in Germany and GUADEC in Norway, and so will also
> share some of the views about Gentoo and Debian that he heard in
> conversation with European hackers.
> 
> * Despite the topic, Andrew is //not// anti-Debian - he's been using it
> for over 7 years. Rather, his aim is for the distributions, especially
> the community ones, to learn from each other so that the Linux ecosystem
> as a whole continues to thrive. A little co-operation, rather than
> religious hysteria. What a thought!
> 
> * An article on the unusual aspects which set Gentoo apart (and are the
> technical basis of Andrew's talk) will be appearing in a forthcoming
> issue of Linux Journal.
> 
> Along with the usual free-form discussions / debates that will precede
> and follow his talk, food, drink and internet access are available and
> people generally start wandering in from 18:30 for a good 'ol chin wag.
> 
> More Info: http://debian.slug.org.au/
> Maps: http://debian.slug.org.au/events/jsb.html
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