On August 16, 2018, the Debian Project celebrated its 25th anniversary since its founding by Ian Murdock. Ian announced the first Debian Linux Release 25 years ago, sending an email to comp.os.linux.development.
The first email announced that he was working on a new distribution and was looking for suggestions. He called the distribution Debian Linux Release, and he developed it from scratch, although he was inspired by the Softlanding Linux System (SLS).
“When Ian Murdock announced 25 years ago in comp.os.linux.development, “the imminent completion of the Debian Linux Release,” no one would have expected that what is now known as the Debian Project, one of the largest and most powerful free software projects, would become,” said Ana Guerrero Lopez.
25 years later, the Debian GNU/Linux operating system is used by millions of users around the world and is supported on more than ten architectures. It is one of the most recognized and popular Linux operating systems for personal computers and servers. It is no coincidence that some of the most popular Linux operating systems are based on the distribution, such as Ubuntu, SparkyLinux, Kali, MX and many others.
The latest version of Debian GNU/Linux 9.5 “Stretch” was released in mid-July 2018 and brought at least 100 security updates and 91 different fixes. The Debian GNU/Linux 9 “Stretch” series is the last stable version of the operating system that was released last year on June 17 and will be supported for the next three years until July 2020. After that, it will have an additional two years of support as Debian LTS.
Let us wish the Debian Project and all those involved good luck in their work, and let us say that we are looking forward to seeing the next major release of the distribution. Debian GNU/Linux 10 Buster is expected to be released in mid-2019.
The stable version of Debian is the one I use on my work computers. Of course, I also use testing versions of the same distribution, as as I have mentioned from time to time, testing versions of Debian are much more stable than others that are released as stable.
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