Debian (/ˈdɛbiən/) is a free and open source Linux distribution, developed by the Debian Project, which was established by Ian Murdock in August 1993....
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September 2024. "DebianForky - Debian Wiki". "Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 'Hamm' Released". 24 July 1998. Retrieved 10 November 2023. "Debian GNU/Linux 2.1r5 Released"...
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kernel before Linux-libre also became an official GNU package. Debian GNU/Hurd was discussed for a release as technology preview with Debian 7.0 Wheezy,...
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containing the Linux kernel use the name that the FSF prefers, such as Debian, Trisquel and Parabola GNU/Linux-libre. Others claim that GNU/Linux is a useful...
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Linux distributions exist, many based directly or indirectly on other distributions; popular Linux distributions include Debian, Fedora Linux, Linux Mint...
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Wily. Based on Debian Based on Debian Based on Ubuntu "List of Free GNU/Linux Distributions – GNU Project – Free Software Foundation". Gnu.org. Retrieved...
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"Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" Installer Now Lets Users Enable Debian Pure Blends". Gibbs, Mark (3 October 2014). "Better Know an OS: Debian GNU/Linux"...
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youth and casual users. MiniOS - a debian based live system with various Desktop Environments. Parabola GNU/Linux-libre - an Arch-based lightweight system...
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first-hand) is that Linux systems should be considered GNU systems with Linux as the kernel. Proffitt, Brian (July 12, 2012). "Debian GNU/Linux seeks alignment...
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distribution ships with Debian-Installer". Debian. 2004-06-21. Retrieved 2015-04-27. "Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 released". Debian. 2005-06-06. Retrieved 2015-04-27...
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package management system they are based on. Debian (a portmanteau of the names "Deb" and "Ian") Linux is a distribution that emphasizes free software...
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was referred to as a "free UNIX clone", and the Debian project began calling its product Debian GNU/Linux. In May 1996, Richard Stallman published the editor...
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Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X, or LGX (pronounced igg-drah-sill), is an early Linux distribution developed by Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated, a company founded...
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in addition to the Linux kernel. Commonly, it includes a package manager, an init system (such as systemd, OpenRC, or runit), GNU tools and libraries...
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Devuan (category Debian-based distributions)
Devuan is an open source, Debian-based Linux distribution that aims to maintain compatibility with other init systems and avoid lock-in by systemd. Devuan...
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CrunchBang Linux (abbreviated #!) is an unmaintained Linux distribution derived from Debian by Philip Newborough (who is more commonly known by his username...
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The Open Source Definition (redirect from Debian Free Software Guidelines)
sentence "We promise to keep the Debian GNU/Linux Distribution entirely free software" into "We promise that the Debian system and all its components will...
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under the GNU General Public License. When the Linux kernel proved to be a viable solution, development of GNU Hurd slowed, at times alternating between stasis...
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Runlevel (redirect from Linux Runlevels)
Retrieved 2011-04-21. "Slackware Linux Runlevels". Retrieved 2013-06-11. "Gentoo Linux Runlevels". Retrieved 2013-06-11. "Debian runlevel manpage". Retrieved...
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software programs licensed under the GPL include the Linux operating system kernel and the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). David A. Wheeler argues that...
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for Debian and derived distributions such as Ubuntu. Dragora GNU/Linux-Libre dyne:bolic GNU Guix System Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre Parabola GNU/Linux-libre...
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GitLab". minicom(1) – Linux User Commands Manual Bill McCarty (September 1999). "11.7 Using minicom and seyon". Learning Debian GNU/Linux. O'Reilly & Associates...
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relations between Debian and Mozilla thaw". PC World. Retrieved 12 June 2016. "IceWeasel History". Parabola Wiki. Parabola GNU/Linux-libre Hackers. 25...
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development of GNU Guix is intertwined with the GNU Guix System, an installable operating system distribution using the Linux-libre kernel and the GNU Shepherd...
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MX Linux is a Linux distribution based on Debian stable and using core antiX components, with additional software created or packaged by the MX community...
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Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre uses pacman as the package manager and some patchsets from the Debian development though stopping using patchsets from Debian beyond...
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Richard Stallman (redirect from Gnu founder)
installed on a Debian GNU/Linux system, and reports those that are from the non-free tree. Stallman disagrees with parts of Debian's definition of free...
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Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a component of Microsoft Windows that allows the use of a GNU/Linux environment from within Windows, foregoing the...
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Volkerding) and Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X, among others. Similarly, Ian Murdock's frustration with SLS led him to create the Debian project. The system consists...
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Almquist shell (redirect from Debian Almquist shell)
Xu ported ash from NetBSD to Debian Linux. In September 2002, with release 0.4.1, this port was renamed to Dash (Debian Almquist shell). Xu's main priorities...
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