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  • Re: Requests for my bachelor thesis

    From Roberto =?iso-8859-1?Q?C=2E_S=E1nch@21:1/5 to Igor Lewandowski on Sat Mar 9 14:10:02 2024
    Hello Igor,

    On Sat, Mar 09, 2024 at 11:21:40AM +0000, Igor Lewandowski wrote:
    Good morning,
    I am a third year undergraduate history student from Adam Mickiewicz
    University in Poznan, Poland. My bachelor thesis is related to Linux
    distributions. The full name of the bachelor thesis is "The phenomenon of
    the emergence of GNU/Linux operating system distributions as a historical
    phenomenon. Research problems, sources and specificity of the issue." I
    wanted to ask if you as a distribution developer collect data for example
    IP type, interest of people from different countries in your work for
    company, foundation data. Also, would it be possible to provide data that
    I could, with the permission of the creators of the distribution, use in a
    research paper as well as an undergraduate thesis. In compiling the
    database, I used the website "Distrowatch", but there is a problem that
    the dates of the first distributions are incorrect, I also ask if it would
    be possible to give a concrete calendar of the first and subsequent
    distributions, along with technical changes. I kindly ask that my requests
    and queries be granted.
    Yours sincerely
    Igor Lewandowski, 3rd year, History, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań,
    Poland.

    While this may not directly answer your question, you may find the 2022
    Debian Developer survey able to help you gain context about how the
    Debian Project functions. This, by extension, impacts a number of the
    factors which are within your research interest.

    https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/04/msg00001.html

    Best wishes on your research efforts.

    Regards,

    -Roberto

    --
    Roberto C. Sánchez

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  • From rajudev@21:1/5 to Igor Lewandowski on Sun Mar 10 06:20:01 2024
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    On March 9, 2024 4:51:40 PM GMT+05:30, Igor Lewandowski <igolew1@st.amu.edu.pl> wrote:
    Good morning,
    Hi Igor

    I am a third year undergraduate history student from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. My bachelor thesis is related to Linux distributions. The full name of the bachelor thesis is "The phenomenon of the emergence of GNU/Linux operating
    system distributions as a historical phenomenon. Research problems, sources and specificity of the issue." I wanted to ask if you as a distribution developer collect data for example IP type, interest of people from different countries in your work for
    company, foundation data. Also, would it be possible to provide data that I could, with the permission of the creators of the distribution, use in a research paper as well as an undergraduate thesis. In compiling the database, I used the website "
    Distrowatch", but there is a problem that the dates of the first distributions are incorrect, I also ask if it would be possible to give a concrete calendar of the first and subsequent distributions, along with technical changes.


    For a good flow of chart of distributions and which is derived out of what major distribution, you can take a look at this timeline


    https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Linux_Distribution_Timeline.svg

    Each node in the above timeline also has clickable links to the respective projects website if they exist.

    For details on Debian and distributions based on Debian, you could look into the Debian Derivatives list at

    https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives

    https://wiki.debian.org/Derivatives/CensusFull


    I kindly ask that my requests and queries be granted.
    Yours sincerely
    Igor Lewandowski, 3rd year, History, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland.

    --
    Raju Devidas

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  • From Wouter Verhelst@21:1/5 to Igor Lewandowski on Sat Apr 6 09:52:30 2024
    Hi Igor,

    Late answer here, but I thought it might still be useful:

    On Sat, Mar 09, 2024 at 11:21:40AM +0000, Igor Lewandowski wrote:
    Good morning,

    I am a third year undergraduate history student from Adam Mickiewicz
    University in Poznan, Poland. My bachelor thesis is related to Linux
    distributions. The full name of the bachelor thesis is "The phenomenon
    of the emergence of GNU/Linux operating system distributions as a
    historical phenomenon. Research problems, sources and specificity of
    the issue." I wanted to ask if you as a distribution developer collect
    data for example IP type, interest of people from different countries
    in your work for company, foundation data. Also, would it be possible
    to provide data that I could, with the permission of the creators of
    the distribution, use in a research paper as well as an undergraduate
    thesis. In compiling the database, I used the website "Distrowatch",
    but there is a problem that the dates of the first distributions are
    incorrect, I also ask if it would be possible to give a concrete
    calendar of the first and subsequent distributions, along with
    technical changes. I kindly ask that my requests and queries be
    granted.

    Debian maintains a "history" document that you might find useful:

    https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/

    Good luck with your thesis,

    --
    w@uter.{be,co.za}
    wouter@{grep.be,fosdem.org,debian.org}

    I will have a Tin-Actinium-Potassium mixture, thanks.

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