anniversary

Happy 20th birthday to Debian. The distribution that spawned Ubuntu and Linux Mint.

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This Linux distribution was started by Ian Murdock. He named Debian after his then-girlfriend Debra Lynn, therefore the distribution gained the name of Debian. Nowadays with the many derived distributions that use the Debian apt packaging system; the legacy of this distribution will live on long after the anniversary. We will not see the end … Read more

20 years of Linux, interview with Linus Torvalds.

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There is a story over on Slashdot about the 20 year anniversary of the Linux operating system.  Linux has come a long way in the 20 year history and now it is a very robust and reliable operating system. Since Linus Torvalds needed a free version of the proprietary UNIX operating system that existed at … Read more