Jaldhar H. Vyas is a consultant and Hindu priest who has been a member of the Debian Project since 1997, He lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, with his wife and daughter.
Linux is rapidly becoming a household name. More and more people are aware of
the various distributions that make up the Linux scene - but until now the
vaguely science-fictionish sounding Debian has not entered the public
consciousness in the way of names like Red Hat or SUSE. Through this article
I hope to help LinuxWorld Magazine readers enter the world of what many
consider to be Linux in its purest form. The Debian Project: History and
AimsIf you think Linux is hard to install today, pity the poor pioneers of
the early '90s. They had to scour the Internet to find software to run,
porting and integrating it themselves. There were a few fledgling
distributions that made the task easier, but Linux was still only for the
most dedicated and knowledgeable.
In 1993, an Indiana college student named Ian Murdock became dissatisfied
with the existing Linux offerings and... (more)
Jaldhar H. Vyas is a consultant and Hindu priest who has been a member of the Debian Project since 1997, He lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, with his wife and daughter.
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