| guide | Today marks Debian Day, the 30th anniversary of the Debian GNU/ Linux general-purpose operating system founded by Ian Murdock and the community-supported Debian project. |
Believe it or not, from the late Ian Murdoch's announcement of the Debian project on August 16, 1993, to the first release of Debian GNU/Linux a month later on September 15 in an attempt to develop a "universal operating system" , 30 years have passed.
Last month, we just celebrated the 30th anniversary of Slackware, the oldest GNU/Linux distribution still actively maintained, and now it's time to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Debian GNU/Linux.
Today, 30 years later, Debian is used by millions of users around the world, either directly using the Debian GNU/Linux operating system or using one of its many derivatives, such as the very popular Ubuntu or Linux Mint.
Here's wishing the Debian project team a very happy birthday! Parties will be held in Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Czech Republic, Germany (CCCcamp), Portugal and Turkey. Welcome to https://wiki.debian.org/DebianDay/2023.
In the meantime, the Debian project will continue to work on current and future versions of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system to provide us with the best version possible.
They have just released Debian GNU/Linux 12.1 as the first stable update in the Debian GNU/Linux 12 "Bookworm" series, while they are hard at work on the next major release, Debian GNU/Linux 13 "Trixie", as the first A version that officially supports the RISC-V hardware architecture.