Ian Murdock
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| Ian Murdock | |
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| Born | April 28, 1973  Konstanz, Germany |
| Residence |  Indiana, USA |
| Nationality | German-American |
| Known for | Debian |
Ian Murdock (born April 28, 1973, in Konstanz, Germany) is the founder of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution and the commercial Linux distributor Progeny.
He wrote the Debian Manifesto in 1993 while a student at Purdue University, where he earned his bachelor's degree in computer science in 1996. He named Debian after himself and his then-girlfriend Debra, now his wife, thus Deb(ra) and Ian.
Since joining Sun, he has led Project Indiana, which he describes as "taking the lesson that Linux has brought to the operating system and providing that for Solaris," making a full OpenSolaris distribution with GNOME and userland tools from GNU plus a network-based package management system [1]. However, this move has been controversial for various reasons [2].
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- ianmurdock.com (with Weblog)
- LinuxJournal article on Debian from 1994
- Linux Link Tech Show interview (audio), 2005
- Linux Link Tech Show interview (audio), 2006
| Preceded by none (founder) |
Debian Project Leader August 1993 – March 1996 |
Succeeded by Bruce Perens |
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| Infrastructure | Debian Manifesto · DCC Alliance · DebConf · Software in the Public Interest · Debian Free Software Guidelines · Debian Social Contract · Alioth |  |
| Software | dpkg · APT · aptitude · debconf package · Debian-Installer · Debian Iceweasel · Alien · Jigdo · dash | |
| Derivatives | Debian GNU/Linux · Debian GNU/Hurd · Custom Debian Distribution · GNU variants | |
| People | Ian Murdock · Bruce Perens · List of Debian Project Leaders | |
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| NAME | Murdock, Ian |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | computer scientist, open source developer, entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Konstanz, Germany |
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