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How it all started
It was in August 1993, when Ian Murdock started working on
new operating system
Since many people have asked:
which would be made openly; in the spirit of Linux and GNU: He sent out an open
Debian is pronounced / debi an. It's
invitation
other software developers , asking them
contibute
software
named after the creator of Debian, Ian
distribution based on the Linux kernel, which was relatively new back then
Debian
Murdock and his wife , Debra
meant to be carefully and conscientiously put together; and
be maintained and
supported with similar
care , embracing an open design, contributions, and support
from the Free Software community:
started as
small , tightly-knit group of Free Software hackers and gradually
to become
arge, 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 word work on Debian in their
spare time. Few of US have actually met in person. Instead, we communicate primarily through email (mailing lists at lists debian org)
and IRC (channel #debian at irc debian org).
The complete list of official Debian members can be found on mdebiangg and contributorsdebianorg shows
list of all
contributors and teams who work on the Debian distribution:
The Debian Project has
carefully organized structure:
more information on how the Debian project looks from the inside, please
visit the Developers Comer
Read about our Philosophy
Individuals and Organizations supporting Debian
Apart from developers and contributors, many other individuals and organizations are part of the Debian community:
Hostingand hardware sponsors
Minor
ponsors
Developmentand senvicepartners
Consultants
Vendors_of Debian installation media
Computer vendors_offerng_pre-installed Debian machines
Merchandise vendors
Debian Users
grew -
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