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Happy 17th Birthday, Debian!

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the august-is-interesting dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Debian turns 17 today. Yes it has really come a long way from being Murdock's pet project back in 1993 to being the distribution on which the most popular Linux distribution, Ubuntu, is now based."

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  1. They grow up so fast by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    When did having birthday parties for software programs become all the rage? It's almost as disturbing as how so many of these programs are now teenagers. Here's some of the drama we'll be able to look forward to over the next year:

    - Internet Explorer will get its driver's license and crash its first car, because everyone knows how unstable it is.
    - Debian will join the Army rather than go to college, as mandated by the Debian Constitution. And because it has no friends.
    - OS X will pick a fight with Firefox on the elementary school playground after Firefox steals on WebKit's lunch money.
    - Windows will be that creepy adult chaperone that hangs around at, like, every high school dance because it wants to be cool.

  2. Re:Ubuntu this and Ubuntu that by kwabbles · · Score: 5, Funny

    Okay lemme make sure I have this straight...

    Premise 1:
    Being a Debian user for 15 years I'm sad to see it relegated to being only identified in the mainstream as something that a dumbed-down desktop distro is based on.

    Premise 2:
    Anyone who feels that way doesn't understand open source.

    Therefore:
    I don't understand open source.

    It's all crystal clear to me now. My eyes have been opened.

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    Just disrupt the deflector shield with a tachyon burst.
  3. Re:Thank you by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    2003 called. It wants its dipshit back. It's sending a reply-paid time machine for you to get in.

  4. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  5. Google by phrostie · · Score: 5, Funny

    What, and no custom page from Google?

    I feel unloved.

  6. This from a debian user by SmallFurryCreature · · Score: 5, Funny

    Men use Gentoo. REAL Men use Linux from scratch. REALLY REAL MEN, write their own OS.

    Debian is for wussies. Ubuntu is for wussies who at least have the balls to admit they are wussies.

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    MMO Quests are like orgasms:

    You may solo them, I prefer them in a group.

  7. Re:Ubuntu this and Ubuntu that by kwabbles · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dammit, you're supposed to keep arguing with me. Now what am I supposed to do with my Monday morning at work? Parse my syslogs?

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    Just disrupt the deflector shield with a tachyon burst.