It’s been some time since I re-installed Debian over my Kubuntu install, so I thought I’d discuss some reasons why I changed back to Debian, what my experience was like, and some learning opportunities.
One reason I made the switch was because there was a utility newly packaged for Debian, Frama-C, which was not available in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Google Summer of Code’
Debian and A Graphical Environment
Posted in Computer Science, Software Engineering, User Friendliness, tagged Debian, GNOME, Google Summer of Code, KDE, System Administration, User Experience on 9 July 2009 | 6 Comments »
How You Define Yourself
Posted in Computer Science, Engineering, Peer Relationships, Relationships, tagged Community Dynamics, Equity, Gender Discrimination, Google Summer of Code on 29 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It was noted that many of the women on the list have blog addresses and other details that quickly self-identify the authors as female. There was discussion about whether this is a good thing or not, and the possible reasons behind it. Here is what I replied.
Experiences With Debian and Kubuntu
Posted in Computer Science, Customer Relationships, User Friendliness, tagged Best Practices, Debian, Engineering, Google Summer of Code, KDE, Support, User Experience on 16 June 2009 | 14 Comments »
For my Google Summer of Code project, I have been working with PerlQt4 bindings, which requires that I have Qt4 installed. While this is technically possible under a Win32 environment. Lots of people in the free software community vehemently oppose Windows, but while it has its flaws, I think overall the hardware support is still [...]
