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How it all started
It was in August 1993
when Ian Murdock started working on a new operating system which would be made openly; in
Since many people have asked: Debian iS
the spirit of Linux and GNU
He sent out an open invitation tO other software developers, asking them t0 contribute t0 a
pronounced / 'de bi an/. It's named after the creator of
software distribution based on the Linux kernel, which was relatively new back then. Debian was meant to be carefully
Debian, Ian Murdock; and his wife;
Debra
and conscientiously put together; and to be maintained and supported with similar care,
embracing an open design;
contributions
and support from the Free Software community:
It started as
small, tightly-knit group of Free Software hackers and gradually grew to become
large, well-organized community of developers, contributors, and users_
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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 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 nm debian org; and contributors debian org shows a list of all contributors and teams who work on the Debian distribution:
The Debian Project has a carefully organized structure: For more information on how the Debian project looks from the inside, please visit the Developers' Corner:
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