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Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 59000 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine.

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Debian 15 codename will be "duke" (lists.debian.org)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I really like the way Ubuntu handles it, basing the number on the release date. Your average person would have no idea how old Debian 10 is without googling it, but figuring out that Ubuntu 19.10 released in 2019 is trivial

[–] caseyweederman 6 points 1 month ago

Okay Natty Narwhal

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Even better, yes.