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The Debian Project
Before diving right into the technology, let us have a look at what the Debian Project is, its objectives, its means, and its operations.
What Is Debian?
<primary>association</primary>
<primary>Debian Project</primary><secondary>project</secondary>
<emphasis>CULTURE</emphasis> Origin of the Debian name
Look no further: Debian is not an acronym. This name is, in reality, a contraction of two first names: that of Ian Murdock, and his girlfriend at the time, Debra. Debra + Ian = Debian.
Debian is a GNU/Linux distribution. We will discuss what a distribution is in further detail in <xref linkend="sect.role-of-distributions" />, but for now, we will simply state that it is a complete operating system, including software and systems for installation and management, all based on the Linux kernel and free software (especially those from the GNU project).
When he created Debian, in 1993, under the leadership of the Free Software Foundation (<acronym>FSF</acronym>), Ian Murdock had clear objectives, which he expressed in the <emphasis>Debian Manifesto</emphasis>. The free operating system that he sought would have to have two principal features. First, quality: Debian would be developed with the greatest care, to be worthy of the Linux kernel. It would also be a non-commercial distribution, sufficiently credible to compete with major commercial distributions. This double ambition would, in his eyes, only be achieved by opening the Debian development process just like that of Linux and the GNU project. Thus, peer review would continuously improve the product.

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