Debian

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Debian is a widely used, community-driven Linux distribution known for its stability, extensive package repository, and role as the basis for many other operating systems such as Ubuntu.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Debian Project 4
Ubuntu 2
Debian (indirectly via Ubuntu) 1

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Linux distribution
Unix-like operating system
free and open-source operating system
basedOn Linux
surface form: Linux kernel
bugTracker Debian Bug Tracking System
communityDriven true
developer Debian self-linksurface differs
surface form: Debian Project
follows Debian Free Software Guidelines
foundedBy Ian Murdock
governedBy Debian Constitution
Debian Free Software Guidelines
surface form: Debian Social Contract
hasArchitectureSupport amd64
arm64
armel
armhf
i386
mips64el
ppc64el
riscv64 (recent releases)
IBM System z
surface form: s390x
hasDesktopEnvironmentOption GNOME desktop environment
surface form: GNOME

KDE Plasma desktop environment
surface form: KDE Plasma

LXQt desktop environment
surface form: LXQt

MATE
Xfce
hasInitSystem Gentoo Linux
surface form: OpenRC (alternative in some derivatives/setups)

systemd (default on most architectures)
sysvinit (alternative)
hasLogo Debian swirl logo
hasMotto The Universal Operating System
hasNonFreeRepositorySection contrib
non-free
hasPackageCount over 50,000 packages in the repository (approximate)
hasPackageFormat .deb
hasPackageManager APT
hasReleaseBranch experimental
stable
testing
unstable
hasRepositorySection main
hasSecurityTeam Debian Security Team
hasVotingSystem General Resolution voting by developers
initialReleaseDate 1993-08-16
isUpstreamFor Devuan
Kali Linux
Linux Mint
surface form: Linux Mint (via Ubuntu and directly)

MX Linux
Raspbian / Raspberry Pi OS
Ubuntu
knownFor extensive package repository
stability
strict free software guidelines
license primarily GNU General Public License
namedAfter Debra Lynn (Ian Murdock’s then-girlfriend) and Ian Murdock
originCountry global (no single country)
providesSecurityUpdatesFor stable release
releaseModel time-based with feature freeze
supportsInstallationMedia DVD ISO
live images
netinst ISO
supportsKernel FreeBSD
surface form: FreeBSD kernel (historically via Debian GNU/kFreeBSD)

GNU Hurd
surface form: Hurd (via Debian GNU/Hurd)

Linux
supportsReleaseType desktop
embedded systems
server
supportsUpdateMethod apt
apt-get
synaptic (graphical)
unstableCodename sid
uses dpkg as low-level package tool
website https://www.debian.org/

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this entity surface form: Debian Project
Kali Linux basedOn Debian
Linux Mint basedOn Debian
Trisquel derivesFrom Debian
this entity surface form: Debian (indirectly via Ubuntu)
Debian developer Debian self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Debian Project
GNU Hurd distribution Debian
this entity surface form: Debian GNU/Hurd
Linux hasDistributions Debian
Linux hasDistributions Debian
this entity surface form: Ubuntu
Fink inspiredBy Debian
this entity surface form: Debian Project
this entity surface form: Debian Project
Sugar operatingSystem Debian
Sugar operatingSystem Debian
this entity surface form: Ubuntu
subject surface form: LXQt
this entity surface form: Debian GNU/Linux m68k
GNU GRUB usedBy Debian
SELinux usedIn Debian