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    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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    Linux distributions exist, many based directly or indirectly on other distributions; popular Linux distributions include Debian, Fedora Linux, Linux Mint...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    Musix GNU+Linux is a discontinued live CD and DVD Linux distribution for the IA-32 processor family based on Debian. It contained a collection of software...
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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Mobian (category Debian)
    Mobian is a project to port the Debian Linux distribution running the mainline Linux kernel to smartphones and tablets. The project was announced in 2020...
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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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    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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