Coming up in this episode
- An NVMe for me
- The Shure Next To You
- Of course, the History of Debian
- Our Thoughts of it over the monthSSSS
0:00 Cold Open
1:04 A Few Good Deals
16:14 The History of Debian | The Beginning
18:00 The History of Debian | 1993 - 1994
22:23 The History of Debian | 1995 - 1998
26:15 The History of Debian | 1999 & Y2k
31:11 The History of Debian | 2001 - 2009
36:40 The History of Debian | 2010 - 2020
42:39 The History of Debian | 2021 - 2027
45:33 A Month of Debian 12 Thoughts
1:13:24 - Next Time | Fedora Silverblue & Topics
1:18:03 Stinger
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The History of Debian
- Before Debian there was Softlanding Linux.
- August 16, 1993, Ian Murdock's announcement that started it all.
- January 1994, Ian releases the Debian Manifesto.
- April 1, 1994, Ian was struggling to keep up with it all and needed a break.
- March 1996, Ian steps down as Debian Project Leader. Leaving Bruce Perens to take up the job.
- The FSF pulls sponsorship but later the FSF "resumed cordial relations".
- 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. A list of all the Debian releases.
- February 1, 1997, A board of directors had been elected for Software in the Public Interest.
- February 20, 1997, Debian shows its intent to ratify a constitution.
- July 1, 1997, Debian is really launched into space this time to monitor plant growth in microgravity, sending video and other data back home.
- December 2, 1998, Debian ratifies a Constitution.
- 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
- January 24, 1999, the logo license for Captain Blue-Eye, expired again.
- February 4, 1999, a Logo contest announcement!
- May 3, 1999, the submissions were in. Captain Blue-Eye was thought to b
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