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Debian Linux Turns 25 (betanews.com)
BrianFagioli writes: Debian is one of the most important open source projects ever. The Debian Linux operating system is extremely popular in its own right, but also, it is used as the base for countless other distributions. Ubuntu, for instance -- one of the most-used distros -- is Debian-based. Even Linux Mint, which is based on Ubuntu, also has a Debian edition. Not to mention, Raspbian -- the official Raspberry Pi OS -- which is based on Debian too.
Today, Debian is celebrating a very important milestone -- a 25th birthday! Yes, it is seriously that old -- its development was announced on August 16, 1993. When the late Ian Murdock announced 25 years ago in comp.os.linux.development, the imminent completion of a brand-new Linux release, [...] the Debian Linux Release', nobody would have expected the 'Debian Linux Release' would become what's nowadays known as the Debian Project, one of the largest and most influential free software projects. "Its primary product is Debian, a free operating system (OS) for your computer, as well as for plenty of other systems which enhance your life. From the inner workings of your nearby airport to your car entertainment system, and from cloud servers hosting your favorite websites to the IoT devices that communicate with them, Debian can power it all," says Ana Guerrero Lopez of Debian. Further reading: Slackware, Oldest Actively Maintained GNU/Linux Distribution, Turns 25.
Today, Debian is celebrating a very important milestone -- a 25th birthday! Yes, it is seriously that old -- its development was announced on August 16, 1993. When the late Ian Murdock announced 25 years ago in comp.os.linux.development, the imminent completion of a brand-new Linux release, [...] the Debian Linux Release', nobody would have expected the 'Debian Linux Release' would become what's nowadays known as the Debian Project, one of the largest and most influential free software projects. "Its primary product is Debian, a free operating system (OS) for your computer, as well as for plenty of other systems which enhance your life. From the inner workings of your nearby airport to your car entertainment system, and from cloud servers hosting your favorite websites to the IoT devices that communicate with them, Debian can power it all," says Ana Guerrero Lopez of Debian. Further reading: Slackware, Oldest Actively Maintained GNU/Linux Distribution, Turns 25.
And on Nov. 3, UNIX will turn 47.
Yes... and on Jan 19th, 2038, it turns -68!
Yeah, what's this "Debian turns 25" crap? Debian died the moment they picked up systemd. At least to me. Devuan all the way (when forced to use Linux). Meanwhile, FreeBSD still feels 100x better to administer and tinker with versus Linux. Linux is strong in proprietary vendor support for things like 3D graphics cards and a few other edge cases like Infiniband cards. However, overall, the secret is getting out that Linux has lost it's cool and gone corporate long ago, completed by it's stunning stupidity in design due to Lennart Pottering style missteps. Going to conventions, talking at trade shows, hanging out at the hacker & maker spaces, yep.... my informal poll suggests Linux is best for corporate bean counting assholes who need to run RHEL to run Oracle or else Chinese crap-hardware makers who can make that shitty Broadcom or Marvell hardware function for 10 minutes without locking up using Linux. The cool kids moved on to BSD just like they always have (I remember the same phenomenon in the 1990s, too). Linux used to at least make good training wheels, and have better package management, but no longer. It's become too polluted with crap that a sane IT pro will just have to unlearn or be forever cursed and burdened with meanwhile BSD has become too excellent to ignore.