| 1 | #use wml::emdebian::mainpage title="The Universal Embedded Operating System" |
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| 2 | #use wml::emdebian::recent_list |
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| 3 | # #include "$(ENGLISHDIR)/releases/info" |
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| 4 | |
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| 5 | <h2>What is emdebian?</h2> |
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| 6 | |
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| 7 | <hr /> |
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| 8 | |
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| 9 | <p>Welcome to EmDebian.org. Embedded Debian is a project to make Debian |
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| 10 | GNU/Linux a mainstream choice for embedded projects.</p> |
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| 11 | |
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| 12 | <p>Debian's multiarchitecture support, vendor independence, social contract |
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| 13 | and huge software base make it an attractive choice for all sorts of |
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| 14 | systems, but the main distribution is very much aimed at systems with at |
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| 15 | least desktop resources (big hard discs, plenty of memory). Embedded Debian tries to strip |
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| 16 | Debian down to be a much smaller system whilst keeping all the good things.</p> |
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| 17 | |
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| 18 | <p>It is also an open development environment to cover the multitude of |
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| 19 | possible ways of building small GNU/Linux systems. Different methodologies |
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| 20 | are appropriate depending on the resources and functionality of the target system and the |
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| 21 | development environment. Embedded Debian exists to encourage work on all |
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| 22 | possible methods that build from Debian's coherent source tree or use its |
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| 23 | multi-architecture build tools. The common thread is free software and open |
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| 24 | development. The various development threads are organised as sub-projects.</p> |
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| 25 | |
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| 26 | <p>Read more about <a href="about/index.html">our technical approach</a>.</p> |
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| 27 | |
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| 28 | <p>Embedded Debian is currently very much a work-in-progress: plenty of |
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| 29 | people are already using Debian in their devices and systems, but there is |
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| 30 | huge potential to make doing this easier. We already have tools and policy, |
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| 31 | but more work is needed to have full distributions ready to build or |
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| 32 | download. Anyone with an interest in this area is very welcome to <a |
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| 33 | href="help.html">help</a>.</p> |
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| 34 | |
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| 35 | <hr /> |
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| 36 | |
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| 37 | <h2>News</h2> |
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| 38 | |
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| 39 | <p><:= get_recent_list('News/$(CUR_YEAR)', '6', '$(ENGLISHDIR)', '', '\d+\w*' ) :></p> |
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| 40 | |
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| 41 | <p>For older news items see the <a href="$(HOME)/News/">News Page</a>. |
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| 42 | The best way to keep up-to-date is to subscribe to the <a |
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| 43 | href="support.html#mailinglist">debian-embedded mailing list</a>.</p> |
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