DebConf6: Hot, spicy, and working hard to satisfy Debian users

Oh boy. Leave to Debian users to have their own conference! Kidding, just kidding. No, seriously I am curious as to whether the conference was truly based around Debian or instead more around Ubuntu?

OAXTEPEC, MEXICO — The 7th annual Debian Developers Conference (DebConf6) brought close to 300 Debian developers, package maintainers, and other interested parties to Mexico’s government-owned Oaxtepec Vacational Center last week.

Admission was free, including lodging and food (and in some case travel expenses) for those who could not afford to pay their own way, which meant that almost any active Debian participant who could get time off from work and was willing to travel to Mexico was welcome. There was a fair amount of partying, but even more serious work, much of which was aimed at making Debian more user-friendly. There was also plenty of discussion about how “Debian derivatives” should interact with the primary Debian organization. Much of this discussion centered on Ubuntu, and on differences in how Debian and Ubuntu handle technical and social challenges, especially after Ubuntu founder/benefactor Mark Shuttleworth delivered his Ubuntu annual report to the assembled Debian masses on Monday, May 15.

Soon after he finished his informal discussion with about 110 Debianistas, Shuttleworth flew to San Francisco to stand on a stage and share some love with Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz Tuesday at Sun’s JavaOne conference in front of a much larger audience…. Source: NewsForge

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