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Debian Turns 15 Years Old
 
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Debian Turns 15 Years Old
 
Despite being only 15 years old, Debian is more mature than any of the other operating systems. And it is available for free to download and use.
 
 
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Saturday, August 16, 2008 Debian, one of the most popular and stable GNU/Linux operating systems has turned 15 today. In these last 15 years Debian has established itself as the most stable operating system. Most of the popular GNU/Linux distributions, like Ubuntu and Knoppix, are based on Debian.


There are many interesting facts about Debian which makes it even more adorable. Debian was announced on 16 August 1993 by Ian Murdock, who is now vice president of developer and community marketing at Sun.




The name Debian originates from Debora, the then girl friend of Ian, and 'ian' from Ian, thus forming Deb+ian.

All the versions of Debian are named after characters from the film Toy Story. There are always four versions one is old stable or the previous stable release. It is supported until 1 year after a new stable is released. Second one is (current) stable, third is testing and fourth being unstable. Since unstable version is the most bleeding edge and a bit experimental, it has been named after Sid, the emotionally unstable next-door neighbour boy who regularly destroyed toys. However, even the unstable or experimental version of Debian is more stable than any other 'stable' distro.

Debian is known for its conservative approach when it comes to stability and that is what makes it rock-solid stable. The old current version of Debain is called Sarge, current stable is Etch or version 4, which will be replaced by Lenny to be released later this year.

To celebrate the day, Debian fans are organising birthday parties all around the globe.

Some content courtesy: Wikipedia





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In the editor's defense he did say one of the most stable distros around and not the only most stable. Secondly I'm sure he meant out of all the other Linux distributions and not BSD nor Solaris. HBD Debian!
   
- echodots, Atlanta, 8/18/2008 11:11:11 PM  
     
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Happy Birthday to you debian you give me confidence and boost for *nix.love for Foss LONG LIVE DEBIAN
   
- keshav, NOIDA, 8/16/2008 8:48:46 PM  
     
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Unstable is the Sid branch, not Experimental.
   
- Michael, Dallas, 8/16/2008 5:12:32 PM  
     
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