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The History of Debian
For Debian's 30th birthday, this is its history. From its "official" inception in 1993 all the way to today in 2023 and beyond (to around 2027, if all goes well). Sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride.
From Season 4 Episode 2 - Bits From Debian
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmPXjMo_Dbk
Audio: https://linuxuserspace.show/402
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⭐⭐⭐⭐Producers ❤️
John Andersen, Bruno Parisi, Johnny, Dave Jones
⭐⭐⭐Co-Producers ❤️
Tim LePés
⭐⭐Super Users ❤️
Nicholas Omann, CubicleNate, sleepyeyesvince, LiNuXsys666, Jill Bryant & Steve Ryniker, Paul Burton, Eduardo Sanchez, Advait, Musical Coder, Larry Murphy, Bjørnar Hausken, Livet
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Eduardo PH, Kyle, Jon Guthery
The History of Debian
Before Debian there was Softlanding Linux
https://web.archive.org/web/20211215084534/https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.linux/c/Q4fxCi2g0kc/m/Z6vfd2aLSQwJ
August 16, 1993, Ian Murdock's announcement that started it all
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianHistory?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=Debian-announcement-1993.txt#CA-c114de97e513912ade3e21cedd1d833957c8edf6_13
January 1994, Ian releases the Debian Manifesto
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/manifesto
April 1, 1994, Ian was struggling to keep up with it all and needed a break
https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/1994/msg00005.html
March 1996, Ian steps down as Debian Project Leader. Leaving Bruce Perens to take up the job
https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/1996/msg00003.html
The FSF pulls sponsorship but later the FSF "resumed cordial relations"
https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.linux.misc/c/A30TG4KRx4Y/m/WKi_Yx0iuTAJ
https://www.debian.org/intro/cooperation
June 17, 1996, Debian 1.1 is released with the first ever codename based on Toy Story characters. It was named Buzz, after Buzz Lightyear
https://web.archive.org/web/19970616164301/http://www.debian.org/1.1/release.html
A list of all the Debian releases
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/releases.en.html
February 1, 1997, A board of directors had been elected for Software in the Public Interest
https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/1997/msg00000.html
February 20, 1997, Debian shows its intent to ratify a constitution
https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/1997/msg00005.html
July 1, 1997, Debian is really launched into space this time to monitor plant growth in microgravity, sending video and other data back home
https://www.debian.org/News/1997/19970626a
https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2186
December 2, 1998, Debian ratifies a Constitution
https://www.debian.org/devel/constitution.1.0
At the beginning of 1999, Wichert Akkerman was elected Debian Project Leader and started with giving Debian a permanent identity
Logo on debian.org as of April 14, 1997
https://web.archive.org/web/19970414140629im_/http://www.debian.org/Pics/debian.jpg
January 24, 1999, the logo license for Captain Blue-Eye, expired again
https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/1999/4/mail#mail2
February 4, 1999, a Logo contest announcement
https://www.debian.org/News/1999/19990204
May 3, 1999, the submissions were in. Captain Blue-Eye was thought to be too Linux-specific
https://www.debian.org/vote/1999/vote_0004
https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/1999/14/mail#mail1
June 8, 1999, The iconic swirl that we see today won the vote
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/1999/07/msg00005.html
July 6, 1999, dpkg version 2, which was hinted at by Ben Collins back in May, is now officially a thing and the specifications are out there boasting a more modular design
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/1999/07/msg00012.html
Debian weathered the Y2k storm with no major problems
https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2000/1/
⚠️ More history links at https://linuxuserspace.show/402 ⚠️
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By For Debian's 30th birthday, this is its history. From its "official" inception in 1993 all the way to today in 2023 and beyond (to around 2027, if all goes well). Sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride.
From Season 4 Episode 2 - Bits From Debian
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmPXjMo_Dbk
Audio: https://linuxuserspace.show/402
🌏Lemmy
https://lemmy.linuxuserspace.show
🌏TILvids
https://tilvids.com/a/linuxuserspace
🌍Reddit
https://linuxuserspace.show/reddit
🌎Discord
https://linuxuserspace.show/discord
🌏Telegram
https://linuxuserspace.show/telegram
🌍Matrix
https://linuxuserspace.show/matrix
🌎Twitch
https://linuxuserspace.show/twitch
🤝Support us on Patreon
https://patreon.com/linuxuserspace
⭐⭐⭐⭐Producers ❤️
John Andersen, Bruno Parisi, Johnny, Dave Jones
⭐⭐⭐Co-Producers ❤️
Tim LePés
⭐⭐Super Users ❤️
Nicholas Omann, CubicleNate, sleepyeyesvince, LiNuXsys666, Jill Bryant & Steve Ryniker, Paul Burton, Eduardo Sanchez, Advait, Musical Coder, Larry Murphy, Bjørnar Hausken, Livet
⭐Users ❤️
Eduardo PH, Kyle, Jon Guthery
The History of Debian
Before Debian there was Softlanding Linux
https://web.archive.org/web/20211215084534/https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.linux/c/Q4fxCi2g0kc/m/Z6vfd2aLSQwJ
August 16, 1993, Ian Murdock's announcement that started it all
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianHistory?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=Debian-announcement-1993.txt#CA-c114de97e513912ade3e21cedd1d833957c8edf6_13
January 1994, Ian releases the Debian Manifesto
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/manifesto
April 1, 1994, Ian was struggling to keep up with it all and needed a break
https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/1994/msg00005.html
March 1996, Ian steps down as Debian Project Leader. Leaving Bruce Perens to take up the job
https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/1996/msg00003.html
The FSF pulls sponsorship but later the FSF "resumed cordial relations"
https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.linux.misc/c/A30TG4KRx4Y/m/WKi_Yx0iuTAJ
https://www.debian.org/intro/cooperation
June 17, 1996, Debian 1.1 is released with the first ever codename based on Toy Story characters. It was named Buzz, after Buzz Lightyear
https://web.archive.org/web/19970616164301/http://www.debian.org/1.1/release.html
A list of all the Debian releases
https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/releases.en.html
February 1, 1997, A board of directors had been elected for Software in the Public Interest
https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/1997/msg00000.html
February 20, 1997, Debian shows its intent to ratify a constitution
https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/1997/msg00005.html
July 1, 1997, Debian is really launched into space this time to monitor plant growth in microgravity, sending video and other data back home
https://www.debian.org/News/1997/19970626a
https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2186
December 2, 1998, Debian ratifies a Constitution
https://www.debian.org/devel/constitution.1.0
At the beginning of 1999, Wichert Akkerman was elected Debian Project Leader and started with giving Debian a permanent identity
Logo on debian.org as of April 14, 1997
https://web.archive.org/web/19970414140629im_/http://www.debian.org/Pics/debian.jpg
January 24, 1999, the logo license for Captain Blue-Eye, expired again
https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/1999/4/mail#mail2
February 4, 1999, a Logo contest announcement
https://www.debian.org/News/1999/19990204
May 3, 1999, the submissions were in. Captain Blue-Eye was thought to be too Linux-specific
https://www.debian.org/vote/1999/vote_0004
https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/1999/14/mail#mail1
June 8, 1999, The iconic swirl that we see today won the vote
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/1999/07/msg00005.html
July 6, 1999, dpkg version 2, which was hinted at by Ben Collins back in May, is now officially a thing and the specifications are out there boasting a more modular design
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/1999/07/msg00012.html
Debian weathered the Y2k storm with no major problems
https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2000/1/
⚠️ More history links at https://linuxuserspace.show/402 ⚠️