About Debian GNU/Linux
The Debian project is at http://www.debian.org/. They strive to offer stable and reliable free open source software. Other links are provided below.
- Website: http://www.debian.org/.
- About: http://www.debian.org/intro/about.
- Package Manager: apt dpkg aptitude
- First release: 1.1 codename buzz. Released June 1996 (474 packages, 2.0 kernel, fully ELF, dpkg, dos)
- Current release: 4.0 codename etch. April 8th, 2007.
- Install guide: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual.
- Release notes: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/releasenotes.
- Install methods:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch02s02.html.en (x86).
See the install guide for other ports.
The win32 loader is unofficial (eg, us). - Packages: 18601 packages, 1728 maintainers, 41697 MB installed size, 13733 MB compressed size.
- Wikipedia: Debian.