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Started by sunrat , Aug 16 2018 11:29 PM
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#1 OFFLINE   sunrat

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Posted 16 August 2018 - 11:29 PM

August 16 1993, Ian Murdock announces Debian on comp.os.linux.development.
What a long strange trip it's been. Well, probably only 10 years for me.

https://bits.debian....bian-is-25.html

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Posted 17 August 2018 - 06:35 AM

I seen that, very cool :thumbsup:  :clap2:
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Posted 17 August 2018 - 12:44 PM

Happy Birthday to my 2nd favorite Linux. :)
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Posted 17 August 2018 - 02:54 PM

Although I have been fishing in the Debian ecosystem for more than a decade - starting with Ubuntu - it's only been the last couple of years that I have actually run Debian itself.
I use it on my Thinkpad T430. Initially I ran Debian Sid but that was a bit too cutting edge for me. Now I have Debian stable.
I couldn't use vanilla out of the box Debian though. I need some non-free firmware to get the wifi working on the Thinkpad. Also, I added Google Chrome. I have some Gnome Shell Extensions too - just to make Gnome 3 a bit more palatable.
As an Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and MX-17 user it is great to run the real deal. The netinstall feature is one of the best I have ever used.
Because Debian needs some tweaking to get stuff like wifi working in many cases I still think of it as an enthusiast's distro.
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Posted 17 August 2018 - 06:33 PM

I recompiled my first and only kernel when I was using Debian Woody....I had no idea what I was doing but it worked when I rebooted!  Happy Birfday Debian!

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Posted 18 August 2018 - 11:17 AM

I've done many things in my life where I didn't have a clue what I was doing... yet, most of the time, it worked out. ;)
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Posted 18 August 2018 - 08:38 PM

View PostV.T. Eric Layton, on 18 August 2018 - 11:17 AM, said:

I've done many things in my life where I didn't have a clue what I was doing... yet, most of the time, it worked out. ;)
Indeedly doo. See my sig. ;)
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