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Operating system: Linux: Debian: History: Where does the name 'Debian' come from?

Mar 6th, 2005 06:48
Knud van Eeden,

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--- Knud van Eeden --- 13 November 2003 - 09:30 pm -------------------

Operating system: Linux: Debian: History: Where does the name 'Debian' 
come from?

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The name Debian comes from the names of its founder,

Ian Murdock,

and his wife,

Debra.

[Internet: source: http://www.wikipedia.org/Debian]

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16 August 1993, a computer science student at Purdue University named 
Ian
Murdock sent a message to the comp.os.linux.development newsgroup.

http://www.linux-
mag.com/online/iv_progeny_01.html&h=229&w=156&prev=/images%3Fq%3DIan%
2BMurdock%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN

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Internet: see also:

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Operating system: Linux: Debian: Founder: Picture: Ian Murdock
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=www.linux-
mag.com/online/img/murdock.png&imgrefurl=http://www.linux-
mag.com/online/iv_progeny_01.html&h=229&w=156&prev=/images%3Fq%3DIan%
2BMurdock%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN

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Search engine: Google: Search for 'Ian Murdock'
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Ian%20Murdock

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