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Debian is a highly popular [[GNU]]/[[Linux]] [[distribution]]. It is different from commercial distributions, maintained by the open source community. |
Debian is a highly popular [[GNU]]/[[Linux]] [[distribution]]. It is different from commercial distributions, maintained by the open source community. |
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Its strength lies in its superior package management. With it, it is possible to update a running system over the internet. Hence it is secure and up-to-date without being forced to buy a new version. One can choose between three trees: stable, testing and unstable. So it's up to oneself how stable or experimental |
Its strength lies in its superior package management. With it, it is possible to update a running system over the internet. Hence it is secure and up-to-date without you being forced to buy a new version. One can choose between three trees: stable, testing and unstable. So it's up to oneself how stable or experimental one's own system is. Also Debian is available for 12 different hardware platforms. |
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There are many distributions that build upon Debian, e.g. |
There are many distributions that build upon Debian, e.g. |
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Revision as of 21:12, 14 February 2005
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Description
Debian is a highly popular GNU/Linux distribution. It is different from commercial distributions, maintained by the open source community.
Its strength lies in its superior package management. With it, it is possible to update a running system over the internet. Hence it is secure and up-to-date without you being forced to buy a new version. One can choose between three trees: stable, testing and unstable. So it's up to oneself how stable or experimental one's own system is. Also Debian is available for 12 different hardware platforms.
There are many distributions that build upon Debian, e.g.
Assets and drawbacks
+ Stable main tree
- Inappropriate for newbies
- Difficult installation
- Partly difficult configuration
Links
| [1] | http://www.debian.org | Debian homepage |