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

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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
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 be too Linux-specific
June 8, 1999, The iconic swirl that we see today won the vote
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
Debian weathered the Y2k storm with no major problems

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[esra_erimez]

I don't know how I didn't know about this channel before. Binge watching your excellent content.

[foobar]

Great video! I started with SuSE 5? (i think), 6 CDs, a gigantic dead tree manual an no internet. Took 2 days....good times!

[DBarks]

2011 debian squeeze. My first time on Debian. Love at first sight ❤
Stable easy (except some drivers) well documented…

[Kkobviouslyroxxs]

hey guys, love the content and listen to it a lot. it would be great if kc2bez spoke a bit more, maybe if he reacted to the story or you guys split the big moments. just some ideas.

[Ybalrid]

I do not always agree with the way debian handles default configuration of some software, or the pace of new version releases being quite slow... But I have pretty much run all versions of Debian since Squeeze in various home server situations

These days tho I run I mostly run the Armbian fork on small Single Board Computers. I have 2 of them right now, dedicated to running Klipper (the 3d printer firmware) on a couple of Orange Pi 3 LTS boards, as Raspberry Pis were unobtainium due to the great silicon shortage...