debian

Debian is a computer operating system that uses the Linux kernel and GNU OS tools. It is a highly popular operating system that can be used as a desktop computer system or server operating system.

Many Linux distributions are based on Debian including Ubuntu, Xandros or Damn Small Linux

The standard installation of Debian uses the GNOME desktop environment which includes popular software programs such as Firefox, OpenOffice and tools for many other purposes like playing music or video and burning data to disks.

Different packages are offered, for instance a bare bones versions where the system administrator has to install the software manually after installation.

A prominent and popular feature of Debian is the APT package management system which allows Debian users to easily upgrade between releases.

You'll find bloggers talking about Debian at sites like Planet Debian and Debian Admin.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “debian”

• in Technology
  Debian Beckons Ubuntu Refugees to Come Home
  Unhappy Ubuntu users are looking for an alternative to Unity. Debian is calling you home.
  by goldnugget / on Nov 5, 2011
• in Technology
  Upgrade In-Place was Availble Long Before Apple Lion
  Distributing the upgrade of an operating system online was not introduced by Apple for the first time.
  by smaffulli / on Jul 20, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “debian”

 

• People Behind Debian: Josselin Mouette, founder of the Debian GNOME team

  
  apt-get install debian-wizard — Authority: 95
  Josselin Mouette is one the leaders of the pkg-gnome team, he takes sound technical decisions and doesn’t fear writing code to work-around upstream issues. He deserves kudos for the work he has put into packaging GNOME over the years. He can also be very sarcastic (sometimes he even enjoys participating to flamewars ...
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• SE Linux Status in Debian 2012-01

  
  etbe - Russell Coker — Authority: 99
  Since my last SE Linux in Debian status report [1] there have been some significant changes. Policy Last year I reported that the policy wasn’t very usable, on the 18th of January I uploaded version 2:2.20110726-2 of the policy packages that fixes many bugs. The policy should now be usable by most people for ...
  3 days ago

• Managing system package selections using custom meta packages

  
  Blog of Julian Andres Klode — Authority: 79
  Over the last years, I have developed a variety of metapackages for managing the package selections of the systems I administrate. The meta packages are organized like this: jak-standard Standard packages for all systems jak-desktop Standard packages for all desktop systems (GNOME 3 if possible, otherwise GNOME ...
  4 days ago

• Answering questions of Debian users on various support channels

  
  apt-get install debian-wizard — Authority: 95
  When you start your journey with Debian, you tend to have lots of questions. You’ll find some answers in various documentations but there always are remaining questions. Those can be asked on various support channels: on mailing lists ( debian-user@lists.debian.org for the English-speaking one); on IRC ...
  4 days ago

• Xnoise 0.1.31 - Media Player For Linux

  
  A Technology Blog For Newbies — Authority: 116
  Xnoise is a simple lightweight audio/video player with great speed and lots of features. Unlike Rhythmbox or Banshee, it uses a tracklist centric design. The tracklist contains a list of audio or video files that are played one-by-one without being removed (right side of window). It enables you to queue any track in ...
  4 days ago

• LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT 2.0 Support in Debian/Ubuntu

  
  Ubuntu-News - Your one stop for news about Ubuntu — Authority: 117
  A LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT 2.0 recently arrived at our house. Of course it only comes with proprietary support for Windows/Mac, so I set out to see what FOSS support for the hardware I could find. Read more here
  6 days ago

• Xibo Digital Signage in Raspberry Pi Emulator (Step 1)

  
  CNXSoft - Embedded Software Development — Authority: 115
  Xibo (pronounced eX-E-bO) is an open source, multi-display, multi-zone, fully scheduled digital signage client/server solution written in Python and dotNET. If you are not familiar with Xibo you can visit http://xibo.org.uk/ or/and read my introduction XIBO: An Open Source Digital Signage Server/Client. The ...
  1 week ago

• Zabbix 1.8.9 Debian Squeeze Backport

  
  Kev009.com — Authority: 85
  I was beginning to get hit by many bad things in the Debian Squeeze zabbix 1.8.2 package.  If you aren’t aware, zabbix is a nifty data center monitoring system and is only slightly annoying compared to most other systems which are very annoying to set up and use. Most notably, this package will safely run on ...
  1 week ago

• Review: Aptosid (Install and First Impressions)

  
  It's A Binary World 2.0 — Authority: 102
  I’ve installed Debian here and there on different computers in the last seven or so years that I’ve been using Linux.  I almost ended up being a Debian person, but the Fedora book at the bookstore was more comprehensive, so I was set along the Red Hat path.  On the one hand, I’ve often envied Debian both for ...
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• Epson WorkForce Pro GT-S50 Document Scanner Driver for Linux and Mac OSX

  
  Driver Look: One Stop Hardware Drivers Download — Authority: 112
  Epson WorkForce Pro GT-S50 Document Scanner Driver for Linux and Mac OSXEpson WorkForce Pro GT-S50 Document Scanner overview The high-volume business scanner for busy workgroups. The WorkForce Pro GT-S50 document image scanner offers an amazing value with its remarkable reliability, powerful performance and ...
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• ExTiX is a desktop Linux distribution and live CD based on Ubuntu.

  
  Linuxlandit & The Conqueror Worm — Authority: 97
  Previous versions of ExTiX were based on KNOPPIX/Debian. Version 7.0 of ExTiX was based on the Swiss Linux System Paldo. Version 8 of ExTiX was based on Debian Sid. ExTiX 9 x64 is a remaster of Ubuntu 11.10 released on 13 October 2011. The original system includes the Desktop Environment Unity with Gnome 3.2. After ...
  1 week ago

• Cross-compiling libavg 1.7 for ARM on Debian

  
  CNXSoft - Embedded Software Development — Authority: 115
  libavg is a high-level development platform for media-centric applications using Python as scripting language and written in C++ and I’ve already written a post to cross-compile libavg 1.6 in Ubuntu (with linaro cross toolchain) and using Beagleboard qemu image. Since I’ve doing some preparation work to have ...
  1 week ago

• Securing Your ISPConfig 3 Installation With A Free Class1 SSL Certificate From StartSSL

  
  HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials - — Authority: 480
  Securing Your ISPConfig 3 Installation With A Free Class1 SSL Certificate From StartSSL This tutorial shows how you can use a free Class1 SSL Certificate from StartSSL to secure your ISPConfig 3 installation and get rid of self-signed certificate warnings. The guide covers using the SSL certificate for the ...
  1 week ago

• Video, and More Details Emerge On the Tiny Raspberry Pi PC

  
  OStatic blogs — Authority: 526
  As noted here last week , the much talked about, tiny $25 Raspberry Pi computer is now in production. The low-cost device, which, judging from its specifications, will be surprisingly powerful, runs Linux via an ARM processor. It may be positioned as what One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) devices never quite were: a ...
  1 week ago

• Rights Issue to users and group

  
  nixCraft Linux Forum — Authority: 118
  I am facing some strange request from client for which I need help. I have below structure of people who are accessing Ubuntu server 8.0 with ThinPC Client to work inside the ERP accounts -- belongs to Accounts engineering -- belongs to Engineering pmanager -- belongs to Production Manager production -- ...
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• Howto Lockdown Ubuntu Gnome Desktop Users So That They Cannot Make Any Changes

  
  nixCraft Linux Forum — Authority: 118
  I am facing some strange request from client for which I need help. I have below structure of people who are accessing Ubuntu server 8.0 with ThinPC Client to work inside the ERP accounts -- belongs to Accounts engineering -- belongs to Engineering pmanager -- belongs to Production Manager production -- ...
  1 week ago

• Aligning Linux Distributions with Presidential Hopefuls

  
  The VAR Guy — Authority: 563
  Most politicians probably don’t use Linux. After all, some of them have barely figured out computers at all . But since the American presidential campaigning season is once again upon us, I’ve been wondering to myself lately: If the candidates did run Linux, which distribution would they choose? At the risk of ...
  1 week ago

• HP Deskjet F2188 All-in-One Printer Driver for Linux and Mac OSX

  
  Driver Look: One Stop Hardware Drivers Download — Authority: 112
  HP Deskjet F2188 All-in-One Printer Driver for Linux and Mac OSXHP Deskjet F2188 All-in-One Printer Driver for Linux (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE) and Mac OSX Download HP Deskjet F2188 All-in-One Printer Driver for Mac OSX HP DeskJet Full Feature Software and Drivers – Mac OS X v10.6 This download ...
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• ColorHug has arrived

  
  Michal ?iha?'s Weblog — Authority: 106
  Yesterday, Ive unpacked new toy - ColorHug . It came in small packet with CD (which is unfortunately not that useful as it should be ), mini USB cable and a letter from Richard Hughes. First attempt to use was of course just connect and make it work :-). The basic access works out of the box: $ ...
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• Music Player Daemon on OS X

  
  Into.the.Void. — Authority: 89
  I use a Mac Mini with OS X 10.5.8 as a media center connected to my TV and I wanted to install Music Player Daemon on it so I could control the music remotely from my laptop or phone. I mostly followed the OS X guide from MPD’s wiki to do it but I ran into some problems while trying to daemonize mpd. I got the ...
  1 week ago

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