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system ideals

Our ideals for systems we use and design, and some example underlying consequences.

  • Must be Free
    • Must comply with Debian Free Software Guidelines
  • Must be stable
    • Should be a pure subset of Debian stable (e.g. no backports)
  • Should be secure
    • Avoid packages not supported by the security team
  • Should be maintained
    • Avoid packages listing "QA team" as maintainer
    • Avoid packages validated against years-old Debian Policy
  • Should be localized
    • User-facing packages should support swedish
  • Should be simple
    • User-facing packages should have a uniform style
    • Web-based services should all appear on a single website, with a unifying front page and/or overarching menu
    • A single desktop environment should be used
  • Should require zero administration
    • Package update should all happen automatically
    • Avoid services needing technical attention
      • Avoid PHP-based code
  • Should be eco friendly
    • Usable with cheap computers
    • Usable with old computers
    • Should have low electricity consumption
    • Avoid packages requiring heavy computing
      • Avoid OpenGL as requirement (optional use is fine)
        • Avoid desktop environments GNOME, KDE
    • Avoid packages requiring massive memory
      • Avoid Java-based code
      • Avoid LibreOffice
      • Avoid web browsers Chromium, Firefox

For each "Should", document reasons for each exception made.