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.
Observed surface forms (5)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Debian Project | 4 |
| Ubuntu | 2 |
| Debian (indirectly via Ubuntu) | 1 |
| Debian GNU/Hurd | 1 |
| Debian GNU/Linux m68k | 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/ ⓘ |
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Debian Project
this entity surface form:
Debian (indirectly via Ubuntu)
this entity surface form:
Debian GNU/Hurd
this entity surface form:
Ubuntu
this entity surface form:
Debian Project
this entity surface form:
Debian Project
this entity surface form:
Ubuntu
subject surface form:
LXQt
this entity surface form:
Debian GNU/Linux m68k