top | item 25447911 (no title) nertzy | 5 years ago It’s pretty funny that anyone would complain about a Linux distribution being named after a developer’s given name.I mean, it’s Linux. discuss order hn newest wwright|5 years ago Debian also did this. Fnoord|5 years ago Irony being they (Ian and Deborah) split up, Ian quit Debian and worked for Sun (arguably a competitor back then), Docker, ..., and unfortunately committed suicide.The good news? Debian's still going strong. load replies (1) jabbany|5 years ago I feel like this is a fact that's much less well known :)(Debian is actually a portmanteau of Deb(ra) + Ian...) unknown|5 years ago [deleted]
wwright|5 years ago Debian also did this. Fnoord|5 years ago Irony being they (Ian and Deborah) split up, Ian quit Debian and worked for Sun (arguably a competitor back then), Docker, ..., and unfortunately committed suicide.The good news? Debian's still going strong. load replies (1) jabbany|5 years ago I feel like this is a fact that's much less well known :)(Debian is actually a portmanteau of Deb(ra) + Ian...) unknown|5 years ago [deleted]
Fnoord|5 years ago Irony being they (Ian and Deborah) split up, Ian quit Debian and worked for Sun (arguably a competitor back then), Docker, ..., and unfortunately committed suicide.The good news? Debian's still going strong. load replies (1)
jabbany|5 years ago I feel like this is a fact that's much less well known :)(Debian is actually a portmanteau of Deb(ra) + Ian...)
wwright|5 years ago
Fnoord|5 years ago
The good news? Debian's still going strong.
jabbany|5 years ago
(Debian is actually a portmanteau of Deb(ra) + Ian...)
unknown|5 years ago
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