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b'Does operating system (OS) choice even matter anymore to most people? Especially with the emergence of serverless and containers? Debian may not see its name up in lights much these days, but it\\u2019s still very much front, center, and relevant to what people are doing in Cloud environments. \\nToday, we\\u2019re talking to Elana Hashman, a Python packager and Debian developer. Everything inside a base operating system may not be interesting to end users, but such a collection of components is necessary to create a functioning Linux system.\\nSome of the highlights of the show include:\\n\\nAlternative Linux operating systems, including Amazon Linux 2\\nLevel of awareness about free software when choosing and distributing an OS \\nWhat is a Python packager? How do you become one?\\nPython is the new default language due to growth and adoption of its ecosystem\\nPackaging community off-putting to beginners; find someone who understands the system to guide you \\n\\nLinks:\\n\\nElana Hashman\\nElana Hashman on Twitter\\nElana Hashman on Mastodon\\nA tale of three Debian build tools\\nPython\\nPython Packaging Authority\\nPyCon\\nDebian\\nThe Debian Women Project\\nDocker\\nRed Hat\\nFortran\\nAmazon Linux 2\\nGo\\nPerl\\nSaltStack\\nOpenHatch\\nSCALE\\nJordan Sissel on Twitter\\nDigitalOcean'