Debian:
Debian is a free, or Open Source, operating
system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic
programs and utilities that make your computer run. At the core of an operating
system is the kernel. The kernel is the most fundamental program on the
computer, does all the basic housekeeping and lets you start other programs.
Debian uses the Linux kernel, a free piece of software started by Linus
Torvalds and supported by (probably over 1000) programmers worldwide. A
large part of the basic tools that fill out the operating system come from
GNU, which are also free. Of course, the thing that people want is software;
tools to help them get what they want to do done, from editing documents
to running a business to playing games to writing more software. Debian
comes with over 4000 packages (precompiled software bundled up in a nice
format for easy installation on your machine) -- all of it free. |
Links:
- Debian GNU/Linux
- OpenLDAP Project
- Freshmeat
- Slashdot
- Team Redneck
Software:
- sXid
- Debian for SPARC Solaris
- DCE/DFS Patches for Linux
- Happ UGCI(tm) on Linux for Emulators
More Links:
- Fallin' Angels Dog Rescue
- Splint, the band
- Linux IEEE-1394
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