People: Who we are and what we do
Howii all staned
Developers nd Contributots
Individuals and Organizations supporting Debian
Debian Users
How it all started
It was in August 1993,when Ian Murdock started working on a new operating system which would
Since many people have asked: Deb
be made openly; in the spirit of Linux
GNU; He sent out an open invitation t0 other software
pronounced / de.bi.an/. It's named after
developers,
them t0 contribute t0 a software distribution based on the Linux kernel, Which
creator of Debian, Ian Murdock;
his
Was
relatively new back then. Debian was meant to be carefully
conscientiously put together;
Debra;
and to be maintained and supported with similar care, embracing an open design, contributions, and
support from the Free Software community:
It started as a small; tightly-knit group of Free Software hackers and gradually
to become
large, well-organized community of developers,
contributors, and users
Read the complete History
Developers and Contributors
Debian is an all-volunteer organization. More than thousand active developers spread around the World work on Debian in their spare time. Few
actually met in person. Instead , we communicate primarily through email (mailing lists at lists debian org) and IRC (channel #debian at irc debian
The complete list of official Debian members can be found on nmdebian org, and contributors debian org shows a list of all contributors and tean
work on the Debian distribution.
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