[ale] What divides Linux Distros?

Tod Fassl fassl.tod at gmail.com
Tue Feb 9 19:41:33 EST 2021


On 2/9/21 9:34 AM, Phil Turmel via Ale wrote:
> On 2/8/21 7:41 PM, Tod Fassl via Ale wrote:
>
>> I mean, I've seen people refuse to work on an open source project 
>> because they didn't like the name. Debian, that's a stupid name, why 
>> would I work on that? [That's a made up example but it captures the 
>> point.]
>
> Yeah! Who do Deb and Ian think they are?
>
> I think Ian's getting the short end of the deal, actually.  Deb is 
> everywhere throughout the project.  Hardly see Ian at all. Something 
> to that...
>
> (:
>

Well, you're aware that there really is a Deb as in Debian, right? Her 
name is Debra Lynnand she was Ian Murdock's girlfriend. They got married 
and then divorced. Then Ian killed himself in 2015, not because of Debra.


Man, life is strange.








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