Answer for: The funniest/strangest open source names

#8 Debian  

 
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Debian was begun in August 1993 by Ian Murdock, as a new distribution which would be made openly, in the spirit of Linux and GNU.
Debian comes from the names of the creator of Debian, Ian Murdock, and his wife, Debra.
http://www.debian.org/

 

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rootneg2 Member (Level 5): 4,781 points   2 years ago

For some reason everybody want's to pronounce it "Deeebian"...

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