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Debian Operating System is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system. This operating system is called Debian GNU/Linux, or simply Debian for short. Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel.
Linux is a completely free piece of software started by Linus Torvalds and supported by thousands of programmers worldwide. Of course, the thing that people want is application software: programs to help them get what they want to do done, from editing documents to running a business to playing games to writing more software.
Debian comes with over 8000 packages (precompiled software that is bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine) - all of it free. Its a bit like a tower. At the base is the kernel. On top of that are all the basic tools.
Next is all the software that you run on the computer. At the top of the tower is Debian -- carefully organizing and fitting everything so it all works together.
Among versions of Linux, Debian is fairly unique, unlike most distributions it isnt backed by any for profit venture and instead is an all volunteer organization. There is no for profit company, or business plan behind Debian, it is a wide ranging project along the lines of GNU. Debian also provides the basis for a number of other Linux distributions, such as Lindows, Xandros, Libranet, and Knoppix.
The linchpin of Debian is a combination package management system and distribution network called forth by the mighty apt-get command. What makes this network so exceptional is that the dpkg-deb files which make up Debian packages contain information on their underlying dependencies so installing a package from the Debian network will call up all of its dependent packages.
As an example, installing a KDE application would make sure that KDE, X windows, and everything underneath was already installed on the system, and if the prerequisite packages werent already installed than the packages would automatically be downloaded and installed from the Debian network.
Enhancements:
- The Debian project has updated the stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (codename Sarge). This update mainly adds security updates to the stable release, along with a few corrections to serious problems. In preparation for the upcoming release of Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (codename Etch), Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 will be moved to the oldstable part of the archive. Users who would like to continue using Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 are advised to update their sources.list network sources to refer to sarge instead of stable. Please note that this update does not constitute a new version of Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 but only updates some of the packages included.

Debmarshal is a Debian repository management system. The project is designed to manage a set of local release tracks of modified and additional packages on top of a full public repository (eg. Ubuntu/dapper, Debian/sid ...).

The local database is Berkeley DB for speed. Packaged file overlaps and undeclared dependency problems can be detected. Multiple labels and permanent numbered snapshots are a feature of debmarshal managed repositories.

The GNU Hurd project is a set of servers running on top of the GNU Mach microkernel. Together they build the base for the GNU operating system.

Currently, Debian is only available for Linux, but with Debian GNU/Hurd we have started to offer GNU/Hurd as a development, server and desktop platform, too. However, Debian GNU/Hurd is not officially released yet, and wont be for some time.

The Hurd is under active development, but does not provide the performance and stability you would expect from a production system. Also, only about every second Debian package has been ported to the GNU/Hurd. There is a lot of work to do before we can make a release.

Until then, you can participate in the development if you want. Depending on your experience and time commitment, you can help us in many different ways. For example, we need experienced C hackers to develop and implement new features and to fix bugs and debug the system.

If you are not very experienced in C programming, you can still help: Either by testing the existing systems and reporting bugs, or by trying to compile some unported software you have experience with. Also writing documentation is important, or maintaining the web pages.

Debian::Package::HTML is a Perl module that generates a webpage information (and Linda/Lintian checks) about a Debian binary or source package using HTML::Template

SYNOPSIS

use strict;
use Debian::Package::HTML;
my $package = Debian::Package::HTML->new(%packageHash);
$package->output(%contextHash);

This module outputs a webpage using HTML::Template templates which resumes the information of a normal build environment for a package in Debian (source files, binary packages and changelogs) using Linda/Lintian for sanity checks. It is useful for making unified presentation webpages for those packages which are being sponsorized by someone in Debian.

debian-updates is a simple script that sends an email or displays console messages if any relevant Debian security updates become available. debian-updates is ideal for running from cron.

Debian Live Etch is a Live Linux distribution based on Debian 4.0. Although Debian Live is about creating your own customized Live system, we offer some prebuilt images.

Currently, builds for the three desktop environments GNOME, KDE and Xfce as well as the standard system are available. Builds based on testing are created every week and the ones based on unstable are build daily.