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Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian uses the Linux kernel (the core of an operating system), but most of the basic OS tools come from the GNU project; hence the name GNU/Linux.
"After 24 months of constant development, the
Debian project is proud to present its new stable
version 6.0 (code name 'Squeeze'). Debian 6.0 is a
free operating system, comin ...
"The Debian Project is pleased to announce the
official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 5.0
(code-named 'Lenny') after 22 months of constant
development. Debian GNU/Linux ...
Alexander Reichle-Schmehl has announced the
availability of the fifth revision of Debian
GNU/Linux 4.0 "Etch", a security and critical
bug-fix update of the project's current ...
Officially released on 8-Apr-2007, Debian 4.0 rev.
0, codename etch, has a laundry list of changes
which all add up to a nice solid distribution.
Due to the procedures use ...
The 'in-between' distribution of Debian. Not quite
stable, but not unstable. Debian is the dedicated
100% open-source Linux distribution which uses the
famous apt-get package ...
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