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Newer page:	version 19	Last edited on Sunday, November 28, 2004 12:03:06 pm	by AristotlePagaltzis	Revert
Older page:	version 18	Last edited on Monday, August 23, 2004 2:16:12 pm	by PerryLorier	Revert

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Debian is a [GNU]/[Linux] distribution. The name comes from the founder of the project, Ian Murdock, and his wife, Debra. Hence "Deb" and "Ian".

-If you use ~~[Debian]~~ , you tend to love ~~[Debian]~~ . Why?

+If you use DebianLinux , you tend to love DebianLinux . Why?

__Non-commercial__ :

It's not controlled by a corporate entity.

__[APT]__ :

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<tt>apt-get upgrade</tt> every night and you'll be running the latest versions of everything.

__Very true to Linux__ :

Some purists dont like RedHat's directory structures.

-There are some reasons not to like ~~[Debian]~~ , the most obvious of which is that packages have to be uploaded into the repository before you can get them. You can always install things from source, or use other peoples' ''experimental'' .deb sources just by changing your AptSourcesList. See NewZealandLinuxMirrors for places in NewZealand to get [Deb]s/[ISO]s.

+There are some reasons not to like DebianLinux , the most obvious of which is that packages have to be uploaded into the repository before you can get them. You can always install things from source, or use other peoples' ''experimental'' .deb sources just by changing your AptSourcesList. See NewZealandLinuxMirrors for places in NewZealand to get [Deb]s/[ISO]s.

-The ~~[Debian]~~ PackageManagement format is [Deb]. See DebianPackaging on how to create these, or DebianPackageTools for how to use dpkg(8)/[APT]/other programs that install .deb packages.

+The DebianLinux PackageManagement format is [Deb]. See DebianPackaging on how to create these, or DebianPackageTools for how to use dpkg(8)/[APT]/other programs that install .deb packages.

debian.org have an [online FAQ | http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/]; we have a local DebianFaq as well as some handy DebianNotes.

Read about the different FlavoursOfDebian.

-For people who want to install ~~[Debian],~~ but are scared off by stories about ~~debian's~~ installer, there's [The Very Verbose Debian 3.0 Installation Walkthrough | http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2016].

+For people who want to install DebianLinux but are scared off by stories about its installer, there's [The Very Verbose Debian 3.0 Installation Walkthrough | http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2016].