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yawaramin on April 5, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why the name?

Another fun that appears elsewhere but really does deserve to be in this list: Debian is named after Debra and Ian Murdock (he's the founder of the project, she was his girlfriend).

coyotebush on April 5, 2015 | [–]

This list appears to include only software packaged in Debian, but that fact does get a mention at https://www.debian.org/intro/about#history

geofft on April 5, 2015 | [–]

I've always wondered how Debra feels about that today. (Especially given that so many things abbreviate Debian as "deb" or "Deb-".)

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