SOFTWARE DEBIAN

SOFTWARE DEBIAN 

SOFTWARE DEBIAN

Debian is a computer operating system composed of software packages released as free and open source software especially under the GNU General Public License and other free software licenses . primary form , Debian GNU / Linux , which uses the Linux kernel and GNU OS tools , is a popular and influential GNU / Linux distribution . It is distributed with access to repositories containing thousands of software packages ready for installation and use . Debian is known for strict adherence to the Unix and free software philosophies as well as using collaborative software development and testing process . Debian can be used as a desktop or server operating system ...

Debian Linux project governed by the Constitution and the Social Contract that establishes the governance structure of the project and explicitly states that the purpose of this project is the development of a free operating system .
Thus , the Debian Project is an independent decentralized organization ; was not supported by other companies such as GNU / Linux distributions such as Ubuntu , openSUSE , Fedora , and Mandriva . Development costs are all included in the package Debian 4.0 Etch ( 283 million lines of code ) .

Debian is known for an abundance of options . The current stable release includes over twenty five thousand software packages for twelve computer architectures . The architecture ranges from the Intel / AMD 32-bit/64-bit architectures commonly found in personal computers to the ARM architecture commonly found in embedded systems and the IBM eServer zSeries mainframes . The standout feature is the Debian APT package management system , repositories with large numbers of packages , strict policies regarding packages , and the high quality of releases . These practices make it easy upgrades between releases as well as automated installation and removal of packages .

The Debian standard install makes use of the GNOME desktop environment . It includes popular programs such as OpenOffice.org , Iceweasel (a rebranding of Firefox ) , Evolution mail , CD / DVD writing programs , music and video players , image viewers and editors , and PDF viewers . There are pre-built CD images for KDE , Xfce and LXDE as well . The remaining discs , the which span five DVDs or over thirty CDs , contain a currently available and all packages are not Necessary for a standard install . Another install method is via a net -install CD the which is much smaller than a normal install CD / DVD . It contains only the bare essentials needed to start the installer and downloads the packages selected during installation via APT . These CD / DVD images can be freely Obtained by web download , BitTorrent , jigdo or buying them from online retailers .

Perens left the project in 1998 before the release of the first glibc -based Debian , 2.0 .
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1999-2004
Projects elected new leaders and made ​​two more 2.x releases , each including more ports and packages. Advanced Packaging Tool is used for the first time and non - port the Linux kernel , Debian GNU / Hurd , begins . The first Linux distribution based on Debian , which Libranet , Corel Linux and Linux Stormix 's Storm , which began in 1999 . 2.2 release in 2000 dedicated to Joel Klecker , a developer who died of Duchenne muscular dystrophy .

SOFTWARE DEBIAN

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