The History of Debian

For Debian's 30th birthday, this is its history. From its "official" inception in 1993 all the way to today in 2023 and beyond (to around 2027, if all goes well). Sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride. From Season 4 Episode 2 - Bits From Debian Video:    • Bits from Debian (Season 4, Episode 2)   Audio: https://linuxuserspace.show/402 🌏Lemmy https://lemmy.linuxuserspace.show 🌏TILvids https://tilvids.com/a/linuxuserspace 🌍Reddit https://linuxuserspace.show/reddit 🌎Discord https://linuxuserspace.show/discord 🌏Telegram https://linuxuserspace.show/telegram 🌍Matrix https://linuxuserspace.show/matrix 🌎Twitch https://linuxuserspace.show/twitch 🤝Support us on Patreon   / linuxuserspace   ⭐⭐⭐⭐Producers ❤️ John Andersen, Bruno Parisi, Johnny, Dave Jones ⭐⭐⭐Co-Producers ❤️ Tim LePés ⭐⭐Super Users ❤️ Nicholas Omann, CubicleNate, sleepyeyesvince, LiNuXsys666, Jill Bryant & Steve Ryniker, Paul Burton, Eduardo Sanchez, Advait, Musical Coder, Larry Murphy, Bjørnar Hausken, Livet ⭐Users ❤️ Eduardo PH, Kyle, Jon Guthery The History of Debian Before Debian there was Softlanding Linux https://web.archive.org/web/202112150... August 16, 1993, Ian Murdock's announcement that started it all https://wiki.debian.org/DebianHistory... January 1994, Ian releases the Debian Manifesto https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/pr... April 1, 1994, Ian was struggling to keep up with it all and needed a break https://lists.debian.org/debian-annou... March 1996, Ian steps down as Debian Project Leader. Leaving Bruce Perens to take up the job https://lists.debian.org/debian-annou... The FSF pulls sponsorship but later the FSF "resumed cordial relations" https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.l... https://www.debian.org/intro/cooperation June 17, 1996, Debian 1.1 is released with the first ever codename based on Toy Story characters. It was named Buzz, after Buzz Lightyear https://web.archive.org/web/199706161... A list of all the Debian releases https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/pr... February 1, 1997, A board of directors had been elected for Software in the Public Interest https://lists.debian.org/debian-annou... February 20, 1997, Debian shows its intent to ratify a constitution https://lists.debian.org/debian-annou... July 1, 1997, Debian is really launched into space this time to monitor plant growth in microgravity, sending video and other data back home https://www.debian.org/News/1997/1997... https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/... December 2, 1998, Debian ratifies a Constitution https://www.debian.org/devel/constitu... At the beginning of 1999, Wichert Akkerman was elected Debian Project Leader and started with giving Debian a permanent identity Logo on debian.org as of April 14, 1997 https://web.archive.org/web/199704141... January 24, 1999, the logo license for Captain Blue-Eye, expired again https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/19... February 4, 1999, a Logo contest announcement https://www.debian.org/News/1999/1999... May 3, 1999, the submissions were in. Captain Blue-Eye was thought to be too Linux-specific https://www.debian.org/vote/1999/vote... https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/19... June 8, 1999, The iconic swirl that we see today won the vote https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel... July 6, 1999, dpkg version 2, which was hinted at by Ben Collins back in May, is now officially a thing and the specifications are out there boasting a more modular design https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel... Debian weathered the Y2k storm with no major problems https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/20... ⚠️ More history links at https://linuxuserspace.show/402 ⚠️ #Debian #Linux #History #OpenSource #Community #FOSS #Podcast