The perceived poor maintenance and prevalence of bugs in SLS motivated Murdock to launch a new distribution. Before Debian's release, the Softlanding Linux System (SLS) had been a popular Linux distribution and the basis for Slackware. The word 'Debian' was formed as a portmanteau of the first name of his then-girlfriend (later ex-wife) Debra Lynn and his own first name. Founding (1993–1998) ĭebian was first announced on August 16, 1993, by Ian Murdock, who initially called the system 'the Debian Linux Release'. Debian's unstable trunk is named after Sid, a character who regularly destroyed his toys.

History Debian version history ĭebian distribution codenames are based on the names of characters from the Toy Story films. When the sponsorship ended, the Debian Project formed the nonprofit organization Software in the Public Interest to continue financially supporting development. Because of this, the Free Software Foundation sponsored the project from November 1994 to November 1995. Since its founding, Debian has been developed openly and distributed freely according to the principles of the GNU Project. New distributions are updated continually, and the next candidate is released after a time-based freeze. The project is coordinated over the Internet by a team of volunteers guided by the Debian Project Leader and three foundational documents: the Debian Social Contract, the Debian Constitution, and the Debian Free Software Guidelines. Debian is also the basis for many other distributions, most notably Ubuntu.ĭebian is one of the oldest operating systems based on the Linux kernel. The Debian Stable branch is the most popular edition for personal computers and servers. The first version of Debian (0.01) was released on September 15, 1993, and its first stable version (1.1) was released on June 17, 1996.

KDE Plasma available on Debian's websiteĭebian ( / ˈ d ɛ b i ə n/), also known as Debian GNU/Linux, is a Linux distribution composed of free and open-source software, developed by the community-supported Debian Project, which was established by Ian Murdock on August 16, 1993.Long-term support in stable edition, rolling release in unstable and testing editions

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