[ale] What divides Linux Distros?

Phil Turmel philip at turmel.org
Tue Feb 9 21:22:56 EST 2021


Did not know that.  Life is strange, indeed.

On 2/9/21 7:41 PM, Tod Fassl wrote:
> 
> 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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