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Debian Founder's 2015 Death Ruled A Suicide (theregister.co.uk)

Posted by BeauHD on from the closure dept.

gosand writes: According to a story on The Register, the death of Ian Murdock in late 2015 has been ruled a suicide. This news brings some closure to the sad ending of his life. An interesting note from the article that I never knew before: "he was the Ian in Debian; his girlfriend at the time, Debra Lynn, was the Deb." Debian has truly been a cornerstone in the Linux world, and the founder will be missed. The medical report was obtained on Wednesday by CNN journalists.

3 of 160 comments (clear)

  1. Very Sad. Get over it by chromaexcursion · · Score: -1, Troll

    Get over it!

  2. Re: This is a great loss by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    And he commited an even greater crime, he forced systemD down every Debian users throats.

  3. Antisocial aspergers alcy dies... weather follows. by Viol8 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Oh, but wait! He started a Linux distro! Clearly then the man deserves beatification , nay , sainthood to be worshipped by tin foil hat fanboys for all eternity... or at least until the next community death occurs when they'll forget all about him.