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”

 

• Packaging workflows

  
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  All recent articles on packaging using a version controlsystem should really appear over at Planet vcs-pkg . Feel free to justping me with a feed URL that is vcs-pkg-specific.
  4 days ago

• Streaming a camera to the local network

  
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  I have a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian (wheezy)with a UVC camera available as /dev/video0 . Ive been trying for three weeks to live-stream the picture fromthe camera onto the local network. I have tried crtmpserver and vlc , read several dozens of how-tos, butso far I have not been able to get a streaming ...
  4 days ago

• International Space Station switches to Debian 6.0 instead of Windows XP.

  
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  ISS crewman using a Linux Thinkpad with a cool Star Trek wallpaper. The International Space Station has migrated all of its computers from Windows XP to Debian GNU/Linux 6.0. This will greatly add to the security of the computers on the ISS and although it requires retraining Cosmonauts in the use of the computers; ...
  1 week ago

• Serveur dédié : mise à jour vers Debian 7 Wheezy

  
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  Hier soir, j’ai mis le serveur à jour : nous passons de Debian 6 (“Squeeze”) à Debian 7 (“Wheezy”) – vous l’aurez remarqué : chez Debian, les versions portent le nom de personnages de Toy Story :) Histoire de garder une trace de ce que je fais, voici les étapes que j’ai suivies. Contrairement ...
  1 week ago

• Always-Releasable Debian Means Shorter Waits

  
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  Lars Wirzenius has been around since the beginning. In fact, he was a friend of Linus who went to the same college where Linux was born. He co-founded the Linux Documentation Project and describes himself as a "hacker, programmer, and software developer," but Debian seems to be his passion. So, when he pens an ...
  1 week ago

• Download and test the latest Firefox Aurora for Andriod version is now available

  
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  The popular Web browser Firefox experiments for Android, The latest version of Firefox Aurora for Android is now available for Downloading and testing.  You can report any regarding the beta versions  issues here, which will be very useful for the development. The main feed backs which are  expected by the Firefox ...
  1 week ago

• scp: Do not Overwrite Existing File On Linux or Unix System

  
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  I am a new Linux user. I use scp to upload files to net-storage provided CDN company. I do not want to overwrite the existing files. How can I prevent overwriting of files when using scp command under Linux, Mac OS X or Unix like operating systems? Read answer to: " scp: Do not Overwrite Existing File On Linux or ...
  1 week ago

• Debian Linux üzerinde Snoopy Logger kurulumu

  
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  Bu uygulama sistemde yapılan tüm execve() syscall ları log dosyasına kayıt edebiliyor. https://github.com/renard/snoopylogger Kuruluma başlayalım. root@debian:~# cat /etc/issue Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 \n \l root@debian:~# uname -a Linux debian 3.2.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.2.41-2 x86_64 ...
  1 week ago

• Linux Takes Over International Space Station

  
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  Photo courtesy of NASA The International Space Station is now the first Linux platform in space. The United Space Alliance, the organization running the computers aboard the space station, announced that the Windows XP computers on the space station have been phased out in favor of Debian 6. The reasons for the ...
  1 week ago

• debian on debian kvm notes

  
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  Notes: Run a Debian Squeeze guest on a Debian Squeeze host using KVM. Install qemu-kvm , libvirt-bin , virtinst , bridge-utils # apt-get install qemu-kvm libvirt-bin virtinst bridge-utils Add root to the libvirt group. # adduser root libvirt Configure the bridge interface. This is an example ...
  1 week ago

• Getting Debian 7.0 ‘Wheezy’ Up and Running

  
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  Now that you have installed Debian 7.0 ‘Wheezy’ and got yourself comfortable with it, it’s now time to get some software installed on to your system system. The first things... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Downgrade from Debian SID to Stable from Jessie to Wheezy

  
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  Downgrade from Debian SID to Stable from Jessie to Wheezy Logo of the Debian GNU/kFreeBSD project Credit: Debian / Open Use Logo Licence . Downgrade from Debian SID to Stable from Jessie to Wheezy. This Tutorial describes the downgrade process you need to run to ge back stable rel after sid upgrade. Recently, ...
  1 week ago

• Ubuntu Linux: Install Wake On Lan Client For Server

  
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  H ow do I install wake on lan client under Ubuntu Linux desktop to wakeup Unix or Linux based servers? Read answer to: " Ubuntu Linux: Install Wake On Lan Client For Server "    
  2 weeks ago

• Debian + Openbox = CrunchBang Linux (Video)

  
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  "CrunchBang Linux is a Debian based distro with the Openbox window manager on top of it. So it is Debian under the hood with Openbox on the surface," says distro supporter Larry Cafiero. A glance through the #! (CrunchBang) forums showed an exceptionally fast response rate to problems posted there, so even if you ...
  2 weeks ago

• Move Faster and Easier with the latest Firefox beta version

  
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  Firefox is one of the best web browsers available in internet. It is fast, stable, secure and being updated in a regular basis. The latest news on Firefox is that they had released their latest beta version of Firefox  recently.Read more about Firefox versions here. Make your tasks more faster and easier than before ...
  2 weeks ago

• Debian 7.0 “Wheezy” released and download links included

  
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  After many months of constant development, the Debian project is proud to present its new stable version 7.0 (code name "Wheezy"). This new version of Debian includes various interesting features such as multiarch support, several specific tools to deploy private clouds, an improved installer, and a complete set of ...
  2 weeks ago

• How to enable sudo on Debian 7.0 with the visudo command.

  
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  The visudo command is used on Linux systems to edit the /etc/sudoers file; this ensures that there are no errors before the changes are written to the actual file. As you can see below; I have added my user homer to the sudoers file. This allows me to run commands with sudo; but will still Continue reading How to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Early Plans for Debian 8.0 Jessie Emerge

  
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  Following the release of Debian GNU/Linux 7.0, codenamed Wheezy, comes early news of "Jesse." While its still really really early, its never too soon to move on. So, while Jesse gets her attention, Wheezy and Squeeze backport rules are tightened. Alexander Wirt posted to the Debian developers announce list that ...
  2 weeks ago

• Debian Will Serve As The Default OS For Google Compute Engine

  
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  Google is bringing  Debian  to Google Compute Engine and is making it the default OS for developers using the service. Google will support both Debian 6.0 and 7.0, which was released this week. There are some pretty clear reasons why Google is making Debian the default OS. First of all, it’s free, said ...
  2 weeks ago

• Debian in space

  
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  One more step at being the universal operating system: getting Debian to space : Specifically, the International Space Station astronauts will be using computers running Debian 6 . Filed under: Debian GNU/Linux
  2 weeks ago

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