Infobox OS logo File Debian OpenLogo.svg Debian logo 50px screenshot File Debian.png 300px Screenshot of Debian 6.0 Squeeze caption Debian GNU Linux 6.0 Squeeze with GNOME developer Debian Project family ... title Debian Installer 6.0 Release Candidate 1 published accessdate 2011 01 13 publisher Debian ... information publisher Debian accessdate 2009 02 28 ref website URL www.debian.org Debian IPAc en ... by Free Software? publisher The Debian Project work Debian official website accessdate 2009 12 01 ref Debian GNU Linux , which includes the GNU OS tools and Linux kernel , ref cite web url http debian.org index.en.html title What is Debian? publisher The Debian Project work Debian official website ... packages ready for installation and use. Debian is known for relatively strict adherence to the philosophies of Unix philosophy Unix and free software ref http www.debian.org social contract Debian Social Contract on Debian homepage ref as well as using collaborative software development and testing processes. ref name debfaq def cite web url http www.debian.org doc manuals debian faq ch basic defs.en.html s whatisdebian title The Debian GNU Linux FAQ Definitions and overview publisher Debian accessdate 2008 05 12 ref Debian can be used on a variety of hardware, from Network attached storage ... as a base for many other distributions. Organization The Debian Project is governed by the Debian ... cite web url http www.debian.org devel constitution title The Debian Constitution publisher Debian accessdate 2008 05 18 ref ref name socialcontract cite web url http www.debian.org social contract title Debian Social Contract publisher Debian accessdate 2008 11 21 ref Debian is developed ... 20101215 title Debian 6.0 Squeeze to be released with completely free Linux Kernel publisher Debian ... A Brief History of DebianDebian Releases publisher Debian accessdate 2008 10 31 ref the owner of the Debian ... www.spi inc.org accessdate 2008 05 12 ref Thus, the Debian Project is an independent decentralized ... more details
Orphan date March 2010 In the Debian jargon, unstable is the development distribution of Debian . It is codenamed sid ref Some refer to sid as an acronym for Still In Development , but this is an unofficial backronym that is not often used. ref after the boy next door who broke toys in Toy Story . As unstable never becomes testing , this codename is permanent, contrary to the codenames of stable Debian stable and testing Debian testing , which have volatile codenames for instance, stable is As of 2011 alt currently known as Debian Releases Squeeze , but was Etch Debian Lenny before Debian 6.0 was released . unstable has some newer packages, but suffers from an unusually high number of serious Software bug bugs , as many packages are new. In development periods, the number of bugs considered Release Critical by the Debian project in unstable is typically between 2 and 3 times as many as the number in testing . unstable is targeted at Debian developers for building packages to be uploaded to unstable , and other Debian users that know Debian well in general, master Debian package management, are good for Debugging reporting bugs , want to help the Debian project, and have some machines on which they don t depend. Footnotes Portal Free software reflist External links http www.debian.org releases unstable Debian s definition of unstable Category Debian linux stub nl Unstable Debian zh DebianDebian sid ... more details
Alioth is a FusionForge system run by the Debian project for development of free software and free documentation, especially software or documentation to do with Debian. Most of the projects hosted by Alioth are packaging existing software in the deb file format Debian format . However there are some notable non Debian projects hosted, like Scanner Access Now Easy SANE project. ref cite web title Alioth SANE Scanner Access Now Easy Project Info publisher Alioth url http alioth.debian.org projects sane accessdate 2007 09 03 ref History Alioth was announced in March 2003 ref http lists.debian.org debian devel announce 2003 03 msg00024.html Introducing Alioth SourceForge for Debian . 29 March 2003. ref . Originally Alioth was to be hosted on the SourceForge Enterprise Edition SourceForge code base the Free Software version of GForge was chosen later as it avoided the need to duplicate effort spent on rebranding SourceForge. ref http lists.debian.org debian devel announce 2003 04 msg00006.html Update on alioth . 12 April 2003. ref Since 2009 Alioth runs a GForge descendant called FusionForge . Alioth administrators include Rapha l Hertzog and Roland Mas. ref cite web title Alioth Site Admin Project Info publisher Alioth url http alioth.debian.org projects siteadmin accessdate 2007 09 03 ref External links http alioth.debian.org Official website References references Debian Category Debian Linux stub ar es Debian Alioth it Debian Alioth ja Alioth Debian ... more details
ref improve date April 2012 The Debian Med project is a Debian Pure Blend created to provide a co ordinated operating system and collection of available free software packages that are well suited for the requirements for medical practice s and medical research research . Packages Debian Med includes packages of Free Software in the categories http debian med.alioth.debian.org tasks practice Medical practice and Patient management http debian med.alioth.debian.org tasks bio Molecular Biology and Medical Genetics http debian med.alioth.debian.org tasks imaging Medical imaging http debian med.alioth.debian.org tasks data Drug databases http debian med.alioth.debian.org tasks psychology Psychology and several others Availability Debian Med packages have been included in Ubuntu and derivative operating system distribution repositories. ref cite web title debian med 1.3ubuntu1 source package in Ubuntu url https launchpad.net ubuntu source debian med 1.3ubuntu1 publisher Ubuntu ref See also Electronic health record Health informatics References reflist External links http www.debian.org devel debian med Debian Med Homepage of the Project http people.debian.org tille debian med talks Debian Med talks http wiki.debian.org DebianMed Wiki page with further information for users and developers. Related projects Ubuntu Med a Kubuntu operating system customization with an Electronic health record EHR and additional software packages incorporated into it http www.euspirit.org Project EU Spirit European portal for open source based software in medicine http www.openmed.org Open Med Support for free medical software German Category Debian based distributions Category Bioinformatics software Category Bioinformatics Category Computational science Category Free healthcare software cs Debian Med ... more details
Infobox software name title logo File logo caption screenshot File Debian Installer graphical etch.png 270px caption collapsible author Debian Project developer Debian Install System Team released Start date YYYY MM DD df yes no discontinued latest release version 6.0.4 Squeeze latest release date release date and age 2012 01 28 latest preview version latest preview date Start date and age YYYY MM DD df yes no frequently updated DO NOT include this parameter unless you know what it does programming language C programming language C operating system Debian , loading from Microsoft Windows is supported via win32 loader Debian win32 loader platform size language 87 Languages status active genre OS installer license GNU General Public License GPL website URL http www.debian.org devel debian installer Debian Installer is the installation program for Debian . It was originally written for the Debian 3.1 release codename sarge , although the first http www.debian.org devel debian installer News 2004 20040621 release version of a Linux distribution it was used with was Skolelinux Venus 1.0 . It is also one of two official installers available for Ubuntu operating system Ubuntu the other being called Ubiquity software Ubiquity itself based on parts of debian installer which was introduced in Ubuntu 6.06 codename Dapper Drake . It makes use of cdebconf a reimplementation of Debconf software package debconf in C programming language C to perform configuration at install time. Originally ... in Debian 4.0 codename etch . Since Debian 6.0 codename Squeeze , it uses Xorg instead of DirectFB ... Debian win32 loader Wubi installer Wubi External links http www.debian.org devel debian installer Project home page linux stub Install software stub Debian Category Debian Category Linux installation software ar de Debian Installer es Debian Installer it Debian Installer ja Debian pl Debian Installer ru Debian Installer ... more details
part of the official Debian distribution. Influences win32 loader strongly relies on projects such as Nullsoft Scriptable Install System NSIS , GNU GRUB GRUB 2 , loadlin and Debian Installer to perform ... selects x86 64 flavor of Debian whenever supported, completely transparently to the user. Detects a number of settings from Windows environment timezone, proxy settings, etc and feeds them to Debian ... passed on to Debian Installer via preseeding . Similar projects Topologilinux uses coLinux to run ... Reflist External links http packages.debian.org squeeze win32 loader Package description in Debian http goodbye microsoft.com The network version homepage http cdn.debian.net debian tools win32 loader stable win32 loader.exe The network version exe http cdn.debian.net debian tools win32 loader stable ... software Category Windows only free software ru Win32 loader uk Win32 loader Debian ... more details
Image Debian System Cover.png thumb 180px The Open Source Press book cover Image Debian System NoStarch Cover.png thumb 180px The No Starch Press book cover The Debian System is a 2005 non fiction book written by Martin Krafft which deals exclusively with Debian GNU Linux , detailing its internal workings. The book is mostly for the experienced users seeking in depth technical knowledge, rather than for beginners. The author s native language is German language German but he decided to write it in Debian s de facto language which is English. The book was written for publication by Open Source Press and later licenced for co publication by No Starch Press . The English version is thus released under two different ISBN s ISBN 978 3 937514 07 9, available only in central Europe . ISBN 978 1 59327 069 8, available worldwide, notable for its Book cover cover featuring a surfing cow . Due to popular demand, the book was later translated to German, Japanese language Japanese , and French language French . A Chinese language Chinese translation is in the works, and other language s are planned http www.opensourcepress.de index.php?26&backPID 178&tt products 52 German edition , ISBN 978 3 937514 17 8, translated by Ute Hertzog and Martin Krafft http book.mycom.co.jp book 4 8399 1897 X 4 8399 1897 X.shtml Japanese edition , ISBN 978 4 8399 1897 2, translated by Kenshi Muto and Junichi Uekawa . http www.editions eyrolles.com Livre 9782212119046 French edition , ISBN 978 2 212 11904 6, translated by Rapha l Hertzog and Roland Mas The book is dedicated to Aline Krafft s girlfriend at the time , and the musician Peter Gabriel . External links http debiansystem.info Official home page http www.opensourcepress.de index.php?26&backPID 15&tt products 16 Open Source Press page of the book http nostarch.com debian.htm No Starch Press page of the book DEFAULTSORT Debian System, The Category Debian Category 2005 books Category No Starch Press books Category Books about Linux ... more details
A Debian Pure Blend in short DDD Debian packages Debian configured from Debian distribution media fact date March 2012 is a subset of the Debian Linux distribution GNU Linux distribution that is configured to support a particular target group out of the box. The changes are integrated to the official Debian archives, e.g. Debian Jr. A Debian Pure Blend can contain multiple flavors or profiles e.g. Debian Edu has flavors for main server, workstation, and thin client server . Most of the distributions based on Debian, for example Knoppix or Sacix , are not Debian Pure Blends. Existing Blends http www.debian.org devel debian jr Debian Junior Debian for children from 1 to 99 Clarify date September 2011 Debian Med Debian in Health Care Debian Edu Debian for Education http wiki.debian.org DebianGis Debian GIS http wiki.debian.org DebianScience Blend Debian Science http www.debian.org devel debian accessibility Debian Accessibility Project Inactive Blends DeMuDi Debian Multimedia Distribution fact date March 2012 Debian Desktop Debian GNU Linux for everybody fact date March 2012 Debian Lex Debian GNU Linux for Lawyers Debian NP Debian GNU Linux for Non profit Organisations fact date March 2012 Debian Enterprise fact date March 2012 See also http blends.alioth.debian.org blends Detailed paper about Debian Pure Blends http wiki.debian.org DebianPureBlends Debian Wiki Blends article http lists.debian.org debian blends Blends mailing list Debian Category Debian based distributions Linux distro stub ar it Debian Pure Blend ... more details
Debian GNU kFreeBSD is an operating system released by the Debian project. It uses the Kernel computer science kernel of FreeBSD combined with a GNU based userland. The majority of software in Debian GNU kFreeBSD is built from the same sources as Debian GNU Linux. The k in kFreeBSD is an abbreviation for kernel of , which refers to the fact that only the kernel of FreeBSD operating system is used. From the perspective of the debian infrastructure and package management debian GNU KfreeBSD is treated as ports of debian currently kfreebsd i386 and kfreebsd amd64 . The Debian GNU kFreeBSD base system is fully functional, but there still a few major bugs that need to be fixed and packages that need to be ported to the system. The kfreebsd ports of debian were included with debian 6.0 squeeze as a technology preview . External links Portal free software http www.debian.org ports kfreebsd gnu Debian GNU kFreeBSD irc irc.debian.net debian kbsd Debian GNU kFreeBSD IRC chatroom on OFTC Category Debian Category FreeBSD Category Free software operating systems Category Debian based distributions Ging unix stub ar ca Debian GNU kFreeBSD de GNU Varianten Debian GNU kFreeBSD es Debian GNU kFreeBSD fr Debian GNU kFreeBSD ru Debian GNU kFreeBSD sv Debian GNU kFreeBSD zh Debian GNU kFreeBSD ... more details
primary sources date August 2011 Debian GNU Hurd is the Debian project s distribution of the GNU operating system , using the GNU Hurd microkernel . Its developers are hoping to be able to release Debian GNU Hurd for the next major release of Debian , wheezy . Debian GNU Hurd has been in development since 1998, ref cite mailing list title debian hurd lists.debian.org is up url http lists.debian.org debian hurd 1998 07 msg00000.html accessdate 10 September 2009 ref but still has not been officially released. Over 70 ref cite web title Bits from the Debian GNU Hurd porters url http lists.debian.org debian devel announce 2012 02 msg00002.html accessdate 2 May 2012 ref of the software packaged for Debian ..., and as such is not ready for use in production systems. The overwhelming majority of Debian users run Debian GNU Linux , rather than Debian GNU Hurd. The Debian GNU Hurd developers are hoping to be able to release it for the next major release of Debian , wheezy , ref https www.gnu.org software ... hurd Debian GNU Hurd project page, read 15 August 2011. ref which is planned to be sometime around 2013. Debian GNU Hurd is distributed on a live CD . The CD uses the IA 32 architecture, making it compatible with IA 32 and x86 64 PCs. The current version of Debian GNU Hurd is L1 as of 2011. On February 15, 2011 the Debian installer based image was updated to squeeze d i packages. On June 11, 2011 various bugs of the Debian installer based image were fixed, there is no known issue except that GNOME ... Hurd variants Arch Hurd References Reflist External links http www.debian.org ports hurd Debian ... Wiki News Aggregator GNU Debian DEFAULTSORT Debian Gnu Hurd Category Debian GNU Hurd Category Microkernel based operating systems free software stub ar es Debian GNU Hurd fr Debian GNU Hurd ia Debian GNU Hurd it Debian GNU Hurd lt Debian GNU Hurd ja Debian GNU Hurd pl Debian GNU Hurd pt Debian GNU Hurd ru Debian GNU Hurd zh Debian GNU Hurd ... more details
Multiple issues onesource February 2008 refimprove February 2008 The Debian Social Contract is a document which frames the moral agenda of the Debian project. The values outlined in the Social Contract provide the basic principles for the rules set forth in the Debian Free Software Guidelines . Those guidelines serve as the basis for the Open Source Definition . Debian believes that the makers of a free software operating system should provide certain guarantees when a user entrusts them with control of a computer. These guarantees include Ensuring that the operating system remains open and Free. Giving improvements back to the community which made the operating system possible. Not hiding problems with the software or organization. Staying focused on the users and the software that started the phenomena. Making it possible for the software to be used with non free software. External links http www.debian.org social contract Debian Social Contract and the Free Software Guidelines Debian Category Debian Social Contract ar es Contrato Social de Debian fr Contrat social Debian hu Debian t rsadalmi szerz d s ja Debian pl Umowa spo eczna Debiana ... more details
primarysources date June 2010 Infobox Software name Debian Almquist shell logo developer status latest release version 0.5.7 latest release date release date 2011 07 08 latest preview version latest preview date operating system size programming language genre POSIX compliant Unix shell license BSD license , GNU General Public License website http gondor.apana.org.au herbert dash The Debian Almquist shell dash is a Unix shell , much smaller than Bash Unix shell Bash , but it is still aiming at POSIX compliance. It requires less disk space, but it is also less feature rich . History Dash is a direct descendant of the NetBSD version of the Almquist shell ash . It was ported to Linux by Herbert Xu in early 1997. It was renamed to dash in 2002. Dash, like ash, executes shell script s faster than Bash and depends on fewer libraries. It is believed ref http packages.debian.org dash ref to be more reliable in the case of upgrade problems or disk failures. Dash may be used as a shell on installation ... their compatibility with POSIX syntax Dash is a modern replacement for ash in Debian and was expected to be the default bin sh for Debian Lenny. ref http release.debian.org lenny goals.txt Release goals for Debian Lenny ref ref http lists.debian.org debian devel announce 2008 04 msg00002.html Release ... herbert dash Dash home http packages.debian.org stable dash Debian package overview http bugs.debian.org cgi bin pkgreport.cgi?users debian release lists.debian.org&tag goal dash Debian bugs tagged goal dash Dash as default bin sh in http wiki.debian.org DashAsBinSh Debian , https launchpad.net ... http wiki.debian.org Shell Shells in DebianDebian Unix Shells DEFAULTSORT Debian Almquist Shell Category Debian Category Unix shells Category Ubuntu operating system Unix stub ca Debian Almquist shell cs Debian Almquist shell el Almquist Debian es Debian Almquist Shell fr Debian Almquist shell it Debian Almquist shell ja Debian Almquist shell ru Debian Almquist shell zh Debian Almquist ... more details
The Debian Free Software Guidelines DFSG is a set of guidelines that the Debian Project uses to determine ... a piece of software can be included in Debian. The DFSG is part of the Debian Social Contract . The guidelines ... to all to whom the program is redistributed. License must not be specific to Debian, basically a reiteration ... title Debian Social Contract publisher Debian date 2004 04 26 ref History The DFSG was first published together with the first version of the Debian Social Contract in July 1997. ref name 1997 msg00017 cite web author Bruce Perens url http lists.debian.org debian announce debian announce 1997 msg00017.html title Debian s Social Contract with the Free Software Community work debian announce mailing ... Debian developers at the time. The Open Source Definition was created by modifying the text of the DFSG ... guidelines for Debian, the Four Freedoms document was unknown. ref In November 1998, Ian Jackson .... Jackson stated ref Ian Jackson http lists.debian.org debian devel 1998 11 msg01944.html Draft new DFSG , debian devel mailing list ref that the problems were loose wording and the patch clause. As of 2011 ... Contract which were considered to affect the parts of the distribution covered by the DFSG. The Debian ... debian vote 2004 01 msg00692.html Re Candidate social contract amendments part 1 editorial 3rd draft , debian vote mailing list ref The rule is this resolution only changes the letter of the law ... written. However, the change of the 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 be free ... debian devel 2004 04 msg01929.html Social Contract GR s effect on Sarge , debian devel ... on the debian legal mailing list. When a Debian Developer first uploads a package for inclusion in Debian ... with the social contract. The team sometimes confers with the debian legal list in difficult cases ..., etc., greatly muddies the second definition. Thus, to break the confusion, in June 2004 the Debian ... more details
Infobox software name Debbugs title Debian bug tracking system logo File screenshot caption collapsible ... system Debian platform Linux size language status genre issue tracking system license GNU General Public License website URL http www.debian.org Bugs The Debian bug tracking system , or Debbugs , is the bug tracking system used by the Debian project. Its unique feature is that it doesn t have any form ... written by Ian Jackson , former Debian project leader, from January 1998 to December 1998. It consists ... Reporting title Reporting bugs in Debian publisher Debian Project accessdate 2010 07 22 ref that people use the reportbug program, when reporting bugs in Debian. Features According to Ian Jackson, the Debian ... projects besides Debian. The system runs on Unix like operating system s such as Unix and Linux . Debbugs ... of Debbugs is the Debian s main bug tracking system. ref cite web url http www.debian.org Bugs title Debian bug tracking system publisher Debian Project accessdate 2010 06 07 ref As of January 1997, the Debian Project s instance of debbugs had handled 16000 reports over the past 3 4 years, and had a database of 5000 reports totalling 90Mb. As of 2009, Debian s instance had consisted of a total ... 2010 06 07 ref As of 2010 June , the Debian debbugs instance had handled over 580,000 bug reports. ref cite web url http bugs.debian.org cgi bin bugreport.cgi?bug 580000 title Debian Bug report logs 580000 publisher Debian Project date 2010 05 02 accessdate 2010 06 07 ref The GNU Project has deployed ... website Launchpad recognizes and integrates with Debian s debbugs instance. ref cite web url https launchpad.net bugs bugtrackers debbugs title Bug trackers Debian Bug tracker publisher Ubuntu accessdate ... External links http www.debian.org Bugs Debian bug tracking system http bugs.debian.org debbugs source Source for Debian bug tracking system References references Bug tracking systems DEFAULTSORT Debian Bug Tracking System Category Bug and issue tracking software Category Debian Category Free ... more details
Image Debian source package.png right frame A typical input of the Debian build tools three files constituting the source package the bottom and the unpacked source tree with a code debian code subdirectory added there by the package maintainer. The Debian build toolchain is a collection of software utilities used to create Debian source packages code .dsc code and Deb file format Debian binary packages ... are used in the Debian project and also in Debian based distributions such as Ubuntu operating system ... tar archives called tarballs. Debian is a binary oriented distribution, meaning that its code ... that the software expects. The Debian build toolchain thus needs instructions on how to use the upstream ... debian code subdirectory, which is added to the source tree for the software being packaged by the package ... the maintainer made to the upstream sources in redistributable form. Source packages A typical Debian ... released in tarball form, or if the maintainer needs to remove files not compatible with the Debian ... source made by the package maintainer. This includes the entire code debian code directory. Any modified files outside it are aggregated into patch files inside the code debian patches code directory ... package named code foo code with upstream version 1.2.3 and Debian revision 4 can consist of the following ... debian.tar code . This is a unified diff that contains the code debian code directory and any changes to the upstream source that aren t managed by a patch system. The code debian code directory The code debian code directory contains files used by code dpkg buildpackage code to create both binary and source ..., the Debian tools use an entire subdirectory with multiple files. Three files are required ... code . A fourth file, code copyright code , is mandated by the Debian policy, but is a legal requirement rather than a technical one. By design, all files in the code debian code directory are text files, most of which are human readable and edited with a simple text editor. code debian changelog ... more details
Rootstrap is set of shell scripts for installing Debian Linux . External links http linuxappfinder.com package rootstrap Rootstrap on LinuxAppFinder Category Debian Linux stub ... more details
Orion is a system on a chip manufactured by Marvell Technology Group and used in network attached storage . Based on the ARM architecture , it has on chip support for Ethernet , Serial ATA SATA and Universal Serial Bus USB , and is used in hardware made by Hewlett Packard and D Link among others. ref http www.cyrius.com debian orion Debian on Marvell Orion ref It is supported by the Lenny release of Debian Debian GNU Linux . ref http www.debian.org News 2009 20090214 Debian GNU Linux 5.0 released ref References reflist Compu hardware stub Category ARM architecture Category Electronic design Category Microtechnology Category Network attached storage ... more details
No footnotes date June 2010 lowercase title deb file format Infobox file format name Debian package icon ... .deb tt mime application x deb type code uniform type magic owner Debian released latest release version ... Gdebi.png 250px thumb GDebi installing a .deb package deb is the filename extension extension of the Debian ... file binary package s. Like the Deb part of the term Debian , it originates from the name of Debra, erstwhile girlfriend and now ex wife of Debian s founder Ian Murdock . Debian packages are also used in distributions based on Debian, such as Ubuntu operating system Ubuntu and List of Linux distributions Debian based others . Debian packages are standard Unix ar Unix ar archives that include ... Tool apt aptitude software aptitude or Gdebi. Debian packages can be converted into other packages and vice versa using Alien computing alien , and created from source code using CheckInstall or Debian Package Maker. Some core Debian packages are available as udeb s micro debs , and are typically used only for bootstrapping a Debian installation. Although these files use the udeb filename extension ... are not installable on a standard Debian system. Implementation Since Debian 0.93, a deb file is implemented as an Ar Unix ar archive. Canonical contents of this archive are three files tt debian binary tt deb format version number. This is 2.0 for current versions of Debian. tt control.tar.gz tt ... installable files. The tt debian binary tt file must be the first entry in the archive, otherwise it will not be recognized as a Debian package. See also List of archive formats AppStream Debian ... doc debian policy Debian Policy Manual http www.debian.org doc FAQ ch pkg basics Debian FAQ Basics of the Debian package management system http www.everyjoe.com newlinuxuser howto use dpkg ... Apache Ant Ant task and Apache Maven Maven plugin to build Debian packages. http code.google.com p ant deb task ant deb task An Apache Ant Ant task that allows you to create Debian .deb packages ... more details
IceWeasel can refer to Debian Iceweasel, a web browser that is part of Mozilla Corporation software rebranded by the Debian project GNU IceCat , a web browser formerly known as GNU IceWeasel Stoat , Mustela erminea , also known as the ermine or short tailed weasel, which appears white in its winter coat. disambig ... more details
Notability date February 2011 Unreferenced date February 2011 Progeny Linux Systems is a defunct company which provided Linux platform technology. Their Platform Services technology supported both Debian and RPM based Linux distribution RPM based distributions for Linux platforms. Progeny Linux Systems was based in Indianapolis. Its CTO was John H. Hartman. Ian Murdock , the founder of Debian , was the founder and Chairman of the Board. Progeny created an operating system called Progeny Componentized Linux . Progeny eventually announced via a post to their mailing lists on 1 May 2007 that they were ceasing operations. Progeny Componentized Linux Image Progeny30pr2 en Screenshot.png thumb right Progeny 3.0 Developer Edition PR2 Progeny Componentized Linux , usually called Progeny Debian , is a defunct free operating system . Progeny announced in a post to its various mailing lists on 1 May 2007 that they were ceasing operations, and shut down their website. Progeny Debian was an alternative to Debian 3.1. Furthermore, it was based upon the Linux Standard Base LSB 3.0, adopting technology such as the Anaconda installer ported from Red Hat, Advanced Packaging Tool APT , and Discover. Progeny Debian aimed to be a model for developing a component based Linux. Use dmy dates date February 2011 Category Debian based distributions Category Linux companies Category Discontinued Linux distributions linux distro stub de Progeny es Progeny Debian fr Progeny Debian hu Progeny ja Progeny Debian no Progeny pt Progeny Debian ru Progeny Componentized Linux ... more details
Dr. Martin Michlmayr is a Debian developer working on quality management . Michlmayr became a member of the Debian project in 2000 and soon began work as an Application Manager for membership New Maintainer applications. He subsequently worked as a member of the Front Desk which coordinates the New Maintainer process. He also became involved in identifying inactive maintainers whose Software package installation packages should be reassigned created overviews of Software bug bugs in Debian and coordinated keysigning to improve Debian s web of trust . ref cite web url http www.debian.org vote 2003 platforms tbm title Platform for Martin Michlmayr, 2003 publisher Debian date accessdate 2011 11 26 ref In March 2003 he was elected as the List of Debian Project Leaders Debian Project Leader , ref http www.linux.org news 2005 01 05 0001.html Interview Debian Project Leader Martin Michlmayr Linux Online ref and a year later he was reelected to that position. ref cite web language German url http www.pro linux.de artikel 2 602 title Interview mit dem Debian Projektleiter Martin Michlmayr publisher Pro Linux date accessdate 2011 11 26 ref He was succeeded by Branden Robinson in April 2005. He continues to work on quality management in Debian, and has also been working on the ARM architecture ARM and MIPS architecture MIPS porting ports . Michlmayr obtained a Doctor of Philosophy from the University ... www.osnews.com story 14147 Building the Whole Debian Archive with GCC 4 1 Building the Whole Debian Archive with GCC 4.1 OS News http www.desktoplinux.com news NS4199843436.html Debian Lenny installer ... Marketwire S start succession box title Debian Project Leader after Branden Robinson before Bdale Garbee years March 2003 &ndash March 2005 S end Debian Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata ... DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Michlmayr, Martin Category Debian Project leaders Category Living people Category Debian people compu bio stub ar es Martin Michlmayr it Martin Michlmayr ... more details
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title What is Debian? accessdate 2007 07 22 author The Debian Project authorlink Debian date 2007 07 11 work About Debian quote Debian uses the Linux kernel the core of an operating system , but most ... purposes and installations guides for LiveCD and conventional installation. Debian GNU Hurd is under development and is aiming for official release in Debian 7.0 Wheezy. It is not considered yet ... support. ref https www.gnu.org software hurd news.html GNU Hurd news ref About two thirds of the Debian packages have been ported to Hurd. ref http wiki.debian.org Debian GNU Hurd Debian Wiki Debian ... notable official use of this term for a distribution is Debian GNU Linux. BSD variants anchor Debian GNU kFreeBSD Debian GNU kFreeBSD is an operating system for IA 32 and x86 64 computer architectures. It is a distribution of GNU with Debian package management and the kernel of FreeBSD . The k in kFreeBSD is an abbreviation for kernel of ref cite web url http wiki.debian.org Debian GNU kFreeBSD FAQ Q.Whatdoesthe.27k.27in.22kFreeBSD.22standfor.3F title Debian GNU kFreeBSD FAQ ref , and reflects ... was officially released with Debian Squeeze 6.0 on February 6, 2011 ref cite web url http www.debian.org News 2011 20110205a title Debian 6.0 Squeeze released ref . One Debian GNU kFreeBSD live ... The Ging FAQ ref visible anchor Debian GNU NetBSD was an experimental port of Debian GNU Linux user ... with the exception of libc OpenSolaris libc is used and Debian s packaging and organisation with the OpenSolaris ... ports kfreebsd gnu Debian GNU kFreeBSD http www.debian.org ports netbsd Debian GNU NetBSD irc irc.oftc.org debian kbsd debian kbsd on OFTC http glibc bsd.alioth.debian.org ging Ging live CD Debian GNU ... more details
1978, Melbourne , Australia is a computer programmer who was a long time Debian release manager, ftpmaster team member and later the Debian Project Leader from 17 April 2006 until 17 April 2007 . He .... Debian Anthony Towns joined the Debian Project in early 1998. He made significant contributions to the Debian bug tracking system ref cite web url http bugs.debian.org title Debian bug tracking system ... scripts as he wrote ifupdown ref cite web url http packages.qa.debian.org i ifupdown.html title Debian ... became the Debian release manager, replacing Richard Braakman, and going on to release Debian GNU Linux ... packages in the Debian archive, later the same year, Anthony Towns implemented testing , ref cite web url http www.debian.org devel testing title Debian testing distribution publisher Debian.org date accessdate 2011 12 10 ref a new method of propagating Debian packages from unstable to frozen and then on to stable . Towns continued as the release manager through the release of Debian GNU ... somewhat, as the preparation of Debian GNU Linux 3.1 sarge was only completed in 2005. In 2004, he decided ref cite web url http lists.debian.org debian devel 2004 04 msg01929.html title Social Contract GR s Affect on sarge publisher Lists.debian.org date accessdate 2011 12 10 ref that the Debian Free Software Guidelines apply to documentation, firmware and other things in Debian, interpreting ... 10 ref This prompted various other actions, cf. Debian Free Software Guidelines Non software content . Leadership He ran for the position of Debian Project Leader DPL in 2005, but was defeated by Branden ... 001 title Debian Project Leader Elections 2005 publisher Debian.org date 2005 04 17 accessdate 2011 12 10 ref He ran again in 2006, and was elected as the new Debian Project Leader on 9 April 2006, beginning his term on 19 April 2006. ref cite web url http www.debian.org vote 2006 vote 002 title Debian ... debian devel announce 2006 04 msg00015.html title Bits from the DPL author Towns, Anthony ... more details
primary sources date March 2012 Infobox software name Lintian latest release version 2.5.4 operating system Linux license GNU General Public License website http lintian.debian.org Lintian is a helper tool used in conjunction with code dpkg code , the Debian package management system . It checks Debian Software package installation software packages for common inconsistencies and errors. As of Mar. 16th 2012, the latest version complies to Debian standards version 3.9.3. In 2009, the Debian FTP masters announced that they use Lintian would automatically reject packages uploaded to Debian. They acknowledged that some of the issues diagnosed by Lintian had rare exception, which could be overridden by the maintainer. ref http lists.debian.org debian devel announce 2009 10 msg00004.html ref The idea to use Lintian as an automatic rejection mechanism was proposed already in 1998 by Christian Schwarz, when he annonced the creation of Lintian. ref http lists.debian.org debian devel 1998 01 msg01503.html ref Linda was another application that was intended to overcome many difficulties with lintian. It was written in Python programming language Python and was faster than current versions of Lintian. However, Lintian was better known and underwent many fixes to overcome past difficulties. ref http lists.debian.org debian devel announce 2008 03 msg00009.html Misc development news 5 Bot generated title ref See also Portal Free software dpkg deb file format Debian build toolchain lint software lint , the original C language source code analysis program Lintian is not based on lint source code References references External links http lintian.debian.org Official website Category Dpkg Install software stub pl Lintian ... more details
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