Debian Turns 20

Posted by Soulskill on Friday August 16, 2013 @05:43AM from the and-many-more dept.

New submitter stderr_dk writes "According to Wikipedia, the initial release of Debian happened 16 August 1993. In other words, it's Debian's birthday and you're all invited. 'During the Debian Birthday, the Debian conference will open its doors to anyone interested in finding out more about Debian and Free Software, inviting enthusiasts, users, and developers to a half day of talks relating to Free Software, the Debian Project, and the Debian operating system.' Over the years, Debian has been forked a number of times. Some of the more well-known forks are Ubuntu and Knoppix. The latest release of Debian pure blend was Debian 7.1 'Wheezy' on June 15th 2013."

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Have they fixed their "Firefox" problem yet? by sqrt(2) · 2013-08-16 06:09 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Can I install Firfox with a simple apt-get command immediately after install? Or am I still stuck with the idiotic IceWeasel fork or a tedious install process involving adding new repos and keys for a totally different distro?
Would it be so hard to at least include it in their repo for people who want it even if it's not installed by default?

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Re:My Usual Pick by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-16 06:51 · Score: 0, Flamebait

The Slackware fanfaggots would tell you it's your fault for not being smart enough to manage packages yourself.