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Debian Celebrates 30 years! (bits.debian.org)
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[-] Magister@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

I remember, I was 23yo and in a BSc Computer Science. At the time our teachers were more BSD, SVR4, Minix, and of course HP-UX, SunOS, AIX, IRIX, etc. They didn't like Linux, but us, students, would download kernel and gnu utilities on like 8 floppies, to install on 486, and then the 10 floppies for X11, what a nightmare it was, like Arch today :)

My first kernel install was v0.99. What a time :) I used Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, and now MX (still based on Debian) for a long time.

[-] GigglyBobble@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

what a nightmare it was, like Arch today

Disagree. Arch is smooth sailing in comparison. More like installing DOS in the early 90s.

[-] Magister@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I don't know, I installed Arch from the base archlinux-x86_64.iso followed the wiki and after boot I had a simple text login, I needed to configure ethernet network/systemd etc then install X and Xfce and all kind of stuff, like in the 90s :)

I installed DOS dozens of time, in the beginning it was two 5"1/4 floppies and super easy to install, but there was no GUI nor network

[-] breezelbub@l.shoddy.site 2 points 1 year ago

still, there's a lot less ./configure;make;make install involved than it was on mid-90s linux :D

[-] GigglyBobble@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You also had to manually cut your partitions, then to manually setup everything after install - himem, mouse, sound... It was mostly loading drivers and in Arch it's installing and configuring packages. Sure, it's more complex due to vastly more possibilities but the actual doing is pretty similar. And there was no wiki back then. ;)

[-] craigevil@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

Been using Debian Since Potato. Never had a real reason to use any other distro.

[-] lemann@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Are they still named after Toy Story characters? I have Debian running on my selfhosted gear but never really paid attention to the release names - just the numbers 😅

[-] unwantedpamphlet@mastodon.social 4 points 1 year ago

@lemann @craigevil we’re up to bookworm, a minor character from Toy Story 3.

[-] craigevil@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Yes. The current stable release is Bookworm. debian-distro-info --all buzz rex bo hamm slink potato woody sarge etch lenny squeeze wheezy jessie stretch buster bullseye bookworm trixie forky sid

[-] Elephantpurple7603@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

me too it's a distro that I love

[-] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Kinda weird how they kind of just dropped ian murdock's name in there without any further recognition of his tragic death

[-] MimicJar@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I mean, is it? Yes Ian passed tragically but is a celebration of Debian the place to bring that up? Also should Ian only be remembered alongside his tragic passing?

[-] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Fair points.

[-] jabjoe@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago

Love Debian. Been running Stable on servers, and Testing or SID on laptops/desktops, for over a decade. Same installs still running and upgrading. Love the DFSG and all the platforms supports.

I count Debian as proof humans are not irredeemable.

[-] detectivesniffles@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

i distro hop every now and then but i always find myself coming back to debian. love this distro

[-] ricdeh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, I have 6 GNU/Linux distributions running concurrently on a variety of drives and devices and Debian is one of my favourites :)

[-] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

RIP Ian. Wish he was around to see it today.

[-] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

I don't know why you're being downvoted. I guess people don't know that Ian Murdock was ghe creator of Debian, with the name coming from his own name and from the name of his partner at the time, Deborah, thus becoming Debian.

[-] GigglyBobble@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago

I'm confused. You start doubting what I said and continue to confirm my point...?

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