History Debian

1 history

1.1 founding (1993–98)
1.2 leader election (1999–2005)
1.3 sarge , later releases (2005–15)

history
founding (1993–98)

debian first announced on august 16, 1993, ian murdock, called system debian linux release . word debian formed portmanteau of first name of then-girlfriend debra lynn , own first name. before debian s release, softlanding linux system (sls) had been popular linux distribution , basis slackware. perceived poor maintenance , prevalence of bugs in sls motivated murdock launch new distribution.

debian 0.01, released on september 15, 1993, first of several internal releases. version 0.90 first public release, providing support through mailing lists hosted @ pixar. release included debian linux manifesto, outlining murdock s view new operating system. in called creation of distribution maintained openly, in spirit of linux , gnu.

the debian project released 0.9x versions in 1994 , 1995. during time sponsored free software foundation 1 year. ian murdock delegated base system, core packages of debian, bruce perens , murdock focused on management of growing project. first ports non-ia-32 architectures began in 1995, , debian 1.1 released in 1996. time , ian jackson, dpkg package manager essential part of debian.

in 1996, bruce perens assumed project leadership. perens controversial leader, regarded authoritarian , attached debian. drafted social contract , edited suggestions month-long discussion debian social contract , debian free software guidelines. after fsf withdrew sponsorship in midst of free software vs. open source debate, perens initiated creation of legal umbrella organization software in public interest instead of seeking renewed involvement fsf. led conversion of project a.out elf. created busybox program make possible run debian installer on single floppy, , wrote new installer. time debian 1.2 released, project had grown 2 hundred volunteers. perens left project in 1998.

ian jackson became leader in 1998. debian 2.0 introduced second official port, m68k. during time first port non-linux kernel, debian gnu/hurd, started. on december 2, first debian constitution ratified.

leader election (1999–2005)

from 1999, project leader elected yearly. advanced packaging tool deployed debian 2.1. amount of applicants overwhelming , project established new member process. first debian derivatives, namely libranet, corel linux , stormix s storm linux, started in 1999. 2.2 release in 2000 dedicated joel klecker, developer died of duchenne muscular dystrophy.

in late 2000, project reorganized archive new package pools , created testing distribution, made of packages considered stable, reduce freeze next release. in same year, developers began holding annual conference called debconf talks , workshops developers , technical users. in may 2001, hewlett-packard announced plans base linux development on debian.

in july 2002, project released version 3.0, code-named woody, first release include cryptographic software, free licensed kde , internationalization. during these last release cycles, debian project drew considerable criticism free software community because of long time between stable releases.

some events disturbed project while working on sarge, debian servers attacked fire , hackers. 1 of memorable vancouver prospectus. after meeting held in vancouver, release manager steve langasek announced plan reduce number of supported ports 4 in order shorten future release cycles. there large reaction because proposal looked more decision , because such drop damage debian s aim universal operating system .

sarge , later releases (2005–15)

debian 4.0 etch (2007)

the 3.1 sarge release made in june 2005. release updated 73% of software , included on 9,000 new packages. new installer modular design, debian-installer, allowed installations raid, xfs , lvm support, improved hardware detection, made installations easier novice users, , translated forty languages. installation manual , release notes in ten , fifteen languages respectively. efforts of skolelinux, debian-med , debian-accessibility raised number of packages educational, had medical affiliation, , ones made people disabilities.

iceweasel logo

in 2006, result of much-publicized dispute, mozilla software rebranded in debian, firefox forked iceweasel , thunderbird icedove. mozilla corporation stated software unapproved modifications not distributed under firefox trademark. 2 reasons debian modifies firefox software change non-free artwork , provide security patches. in february 2016, announced mozilla , debian had reached agreement , iceweasel revert name firefox; similar agreement anticipated icedove/thunderbird.

a fund-raising experiment, dunc-tank, created solve release cycle problem , release managers paid work full-time; in response, unpaid developers slowed down work , release delayed. debian 4.0 (etch) released in april 2007, featuring x86-64 port , graphical installer. debian 5.0 (lenny) released in february 2009, supporting marvell s orion platform , netbooks such asus eee pc. release dedicated thiemo seufer, developer died in car crash.

debian 6.0 squeeze (2011)

in july 2009, policy of time-based development freezes on two-year cycle announced. time-based freezes intended blend predictability of time based releases debian s policy of feature based releases, , reduce overall freeze time. squeeze cycle going short; however, initial schedule abandoned. in september 2010, backports service became official, providing more recent versions of software stable release.

debian 6.0 (squeeze) released in february 2011, introduced debian gnu/kfreebsd technology preview, featured dependency-based boot system, , moved problematic firmware non-free area. debian 7.0 (wheezy) released in may 2013, featuring multiarch support , debian 8.0 (jessie) released in april 2015, using systemd new init system. debian 9.0 (stretch) released in june 2017. @ present, debian still in development , new packages uploaded unstable every day.

throughout debian s lifetime, both debian distribution , website have won various awards different organizations, including server distribution of year 2011, best linux distro of 2011, , best of net award october 1998.

on december 2, 2015, microsoft announced offer debian gnu/linux endorsed distribution on azure cloud platform.