Graphs of package installation
I subscribe to the debian policy mailing list which often has some really interesting posts. This is one that I thought people would like to see, it needs wider distribution. The reason is that it is a pretty clear set of graphs showing how a package gets installed on debian and the consequences of installer scripts. Go directly to the post by Manoj to read more about this. He is going to continue work on the graphs but in the state they are in now they are pretty useful to describe what happens.

N900 definitely increasing developer participation
While interesting articles from Reuters are one way to measure the hype around the new Maemo device, another way is to measure developer participation. There is some data to go on, though a lot is anecdotal. Firstly, I think we have seen increased traffic on the IRC channel (irc.freenode.net #maemo) with lots of new users of various backgrounds. That is an easy thing to do, to show up on IRC and ask some questions, but there are other signs of increased developer interest. Firstly, we are seeing lots of new apps come into garage, Maemo’s development platform. That is a positive thi