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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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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Linux hasDistributions Debian
Linux hasDistributions Debian
this entity surface form: Ubuntu
Sugar operatingSystem Debian
Sugar operatingSystem Debian
this entity surface form: Ubuntu
Debian developer Debian self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Debian Project
Kali Linux basedOn Debian
SELinux usedIn Debian
Linux/m68k supportsUserland Debian
this entity surface form: Debian GNU/Linux m68k
Trisquel derivesFrom Debian
this entity surface form: Debian (indirectly via Ubuntu)
LXQt desktop environment packageAvailableOn Debian
subject surface form: LXQt
open-source movement associatedWithOrganization Debian
this entity surface form: Debian Project
Linux Mint basedOn Debian
Fink inspiredBy Debian
GNU Privacy Guard notableUser Debian
this entity surface form: Debian Project
GNU GRUB usedBy Debian
GNU Hurd distribution Debian
this entity surface form: Debian GNU/Hurd
Benjamin Mako Hill memberOf Debian
this entity surface form: Debian Project
Dash usedBy Debian
systemd usedByDistribution Debian
Debian Constitution appliesTo Debian
this entity surface form: Debian Project
Debian Constitution isPublishedBy Debian
this entity surface form: Debian Project
Debian Free Software Guidelines appliesTo Debian
this entity surface form: Debian operating system
Debian Free Software Guidelines publisher Debian
this entity surface form: Debian Project
Debian Free Software Guidelines maintainedBy Debian
this entity surface form: Debian Project
Debian Free Software Guidelines firstPublishedBy Debian
this entity surface form: Debian Project
APT operatingSystem Debian
APT developer Debian
this entity surface form: Debian project
APT introduced Debian
this entity surface form: Debian 2.1 Slink
Ian Murdock notableWork Debian
Ian Murdock creatorOf Debian
Ian Murdock memberOf Debian
this entity surface form: Debian Project
Ian Murdock founded Debian
this entity surface form: Debian Project
Debra Lynn (Ian Murdock’s then-girlfriend) and Ian Murdock founded Debian
subject surface form: Ian Murdock
Debra Lynn (Ian Murdock’s then-girlfriend) and Ian Murdock developerCommunity Debian
subject surface form: Debian
this entity surface form: Debian Project
Debra Lynn (Ian Murdock’s then-girlfriend) and Ian Murdock maintains Debian
subject surface form: Debian Project
Xfce isAvailableOn Debian
MATE supportedOn Debian
Ubuntu basedOn Debian
Raspbian / Raspberry Pi OS basedOn Debian
subject surface form: Raspberry Pi OS
Raspbian / Raspberry Pi OS basedOn Debian
subject surface form: Raspbian
Raspbian / Raspberry Pi OS maintainsCompatibilityWith Debian
subject surface form: Raspberry Pi OS
this entity surface form: Debian repositories
MX Linux basedOn Debian
this entity surface form: Debian Stable
Devuan basedOn Debian
Debian Bug Tracking System usedBy Debian
this entity surface form: Debian Project
Debian Bug Tracking System operatedBy Debian
this entity surface form: Debian Project