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Did you miss the Cambridge MiniDebconf? Don't worry, you can still watch the videos published by the Debian videoteam https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2023/MiniDebConf-Cambridge #debian #debconf #MiniDebConfCambridge

The 2023 Cambridge MiniDebconf has started! The ever-awesome DebConf video team have set up live streaming during the conference. For stream information and the conference schedule please see: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/gb/2023/MiniDebConfCambridge#Schedule #debian #debconf #MiniDebConfCambridge

Misc Developer News (#59): Britney option enabled, reportbug ftp.d.o/release.d.o/wnpp pseudo-packages, non-free-firmware autobuilt, reform.debian.net, and a new sparc64 porterbox. https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/11/msg00003.html

Debian Votes: A General Resolution torward an offical project statment has been initiated regarding the recent EU 'Cyber Resilience Act and Product Liability Directive' https://www.debian.org/vote/2023/vote_002

Debian is applying as a mentoring organization for the Google Summer of Code 2024 #GSoC - Call for proposals https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/11/msg00000.html

Pim van Pelt managed to get Debian running with the Linux kernel switchdev driver on a Mellanox 32x100G datacenter switch, excellent writeup at https://ipng.ch/s/articles/2023/11/11/mellanox-sn2700.html

Call for submission bids to host the DebConf24 Debian Developer Conference. https://bits.debian.org/2023/10/debconf24-call-for-bids.html

A Request for Comments [RFC] for the rsyslog.service is open for consideration, we welcome your input and comments. Come and be involved! #debian https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2023/10/msg00055.html

For those using Debian oldstable, don't forget the 11.8 release image is also available for download! https://www.debian.org

"Why is Debian the way it is?": A blogpost by Lars Wirzenius on both organizational and technical aspects of Debian: https://blog.liw.fi/posts/2023/debian-reasons/