Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 30th Apr 2007 12:40 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"How many developers run for the post of leader of the Debian GNU/Linux project and cite as part of their platform a desire to make Debian sexy again? None that I know of - except Sam Hocevar who won the recent election for leader of the project. One among eight who put forward their cases to the 1043-odd developers who are eligible to vote, Hocevar modestly puts his election down to 'luck'. He says it is a vote for change."
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Anthony Towns failed to impress me, but this guy seems to have a good head on his shoulders and communicates well. He wants to steer the ship rather than stay the course or replace the rudder.
I think the key to restoring the glory days of Debian is collaboration. Debian needs to be a central hub of the free software community, if not the hub. It should have a mandate to develop tools that help the community collaborate. It should serve as a model for how to develop and deliver high-quality free software. It should set the bar as an unfocused distribution and let others elaborate in their respective areas.
Red Hat and Novell will continue to do their own thing, and there will always be various niche distribution projects going at it on their own. But for the most part, Debian is the platform on which the rest of the community is based. It's the supermarket for distributions, the bio-ooze out of which innovative new distributions grow. Debian isn't a blast from the past, it's the way forward. Debian is sexy because it brought us Ubuntu, perhaps the sexiest distribution project we've seen in a long time. Debian will continue to be the basis of new derivatives more than any other mother distribution.
Debian should have an important role in the proliferation of Linux-based devices, including PCs. Why would an OEM like Dell go with a Red Hat-based solution when Debian has proven itself to be the most flexible platform for creating targeted Linux products? Wherever a differentiating software platform is a requirement, Debian should be atop the list of solutions.
Debian's success is important to everybody that uses free software, regardless of your distro of choice. I wish Sam the best of luck in his new position and hope to see great things from the project going forward.