Happy Debian Day - going 30 years strong

By Liam Dawe - 16 August 2023 at 9:06 am UTC | Views: 28,207

Today is Debian Day and it's quite a special one, because the Debian Project has now been going for 30 years which is a very impressive milestone.

It's hard to imagine what the world would be without the likes of Debian. Think of all the things we wouldn't have! Not only is Debian a popular Linux distribution itself but it's also the foundation for Ubuntu and so all the rebuilds like Linux Mint and a great many more. Heck, even the original SteamOS was based on Debian (it's now using Arch as a base).

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Officially founded by Ian Murdock on August 16th, 1993 with this classic announcement — how time flies huh? This might make some readers feel old: I was only 5 years old when that announcement was made. Even during my 35 years I've seen the Linux desktop and Linux gaming go through many huge changes.

Here's to the next 30 years of a wonderful Linux distribution, may it have many more. And a big thank you to all developers working hard to ensure it's working well.

Feel free to get all nostalgic and share your stories in the comments.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.

Tags: Community, Distro News, Misc

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STiAT Aug 16, 2023

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I often thought of switching, but even in testing and unstable they're a year behind. I understand stability concerns, and have no issue with that on servers, but makes it not viable as a desktop.

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Purple Library Guy Aug 16, 2023

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Well, hurrah!

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Philadelphus Aug 16, 2023

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Coincidentally I just updated from Bullseye (Debian 11) to Bookworm (12) two day ago. 🙂 Been using Debian since 2015 at this point (my first, and so far only, distro hop [from Linux Mint Debian Edition 😆]).

Quoting: NeptNutzPPS - This graphic always blows my mind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution#/media/File:2023_Linux_Distributions_Timeline.svg

I find Linux distributions are great for when I need lots of names, like nicknaming Pokémon.

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dpanter Aug 16, 2023

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To celebrate, the Siduction crew dropped another fine release.
Just look at that wallpaper, it's Debian all the way down!

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whizse Aug 16, 2023

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Quoting: dpanterTo celebrate, the Siduction crew dropped another fine release.
Just look at that wallpaper, it's Debian all the way down!

Love the wallpaper and the quote!

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Arehandoro Aug 16, 2023

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Quoting: dpanterTo celebrate, the Siduction crew dropped another fine release.
Just look at that wallpaper, it's Debian all the way down!

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I'm tempted to install Siduction on my laptop if only for that wallpaper :O

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Purple Library Guy Aug 16, 2023

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Quoting: Arehandoro
Quoting: dpanterTo celebrate, the Siduction crew dropped another fine release.
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I'm tempted to install Siduction on my laptop if only for that wallpaper :O

It's freaking gorgeous.

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g000h Aug 17, 2023

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Thanks Ian Murdock (RIP) and the Debian developer community. Debian is my preferred distro too, and I've been using it for a long time (more than 2 decades). Reminds me I should probably make a donation to show my appreciation.

Just today (without knowing about the 30 year's anniversary) I upgraded virtually all my home systems, including two dist-upgrades from Debian 11 (bullseye) to Debian 12 (bookworm).

Four Raspberry Pi, three Laptops, two small form factor PCs, two desktop PCs, and 1 mobile phone running Droidian (basically Debian on mobile).

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I love choosing the extreme sides of Linux distros: Debian for servers and Arch for desktops.

It's quite amazing to use such impressive and free software.

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slaapliedje Aug 20, 2023

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I actually am wanting Debian to step up and replace RHEL as the new Enterprise Linux. This would be awesome, and there are a lot of reasons on a non-technical side why it should be! Will always be free, community based, and not any way some corporation could take it and run away with their toys.

Unfortunately there are some technical reasons why it isn't ready for that (mostly to do with anyone who has to do federal compliance stuff, which is almost thoroughly rpm/redhat based).

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