Is Debian the first Linux distro?

Debian Linux Debian was one of the first Linux distros. It was first announced on August 16, 1993, by Ian Murdock, though the first stable version was released in 1996.

When was Debian first introduced?

Debian was begun in August 1993 by Ian Murdock, then an undergraduate at Purdue University. Debian was sponsored by the GNU Project of The Free Software Foundation, the organization started by Richard Stallman and associated with the General Public License (GPL), for one year — from November 1994 to November 1995.

What came before Debian?

Before Debian’s release, the Softlanding Linux System (SLS) had been a popular Linux distribution and the basis for Slackware. The Debian project released the 0.9x versions in 1994 and 1995. During this time it was sponsored by the Free Software Foundation for one year.

What is Debian buster?

Buster is the development codename for Debian 10. It was superseded by Debian Bullseye on 2021-08-14. It is the current oldstable distribution. Debian Buster Life cycle. Before the release.

What is Debian Wheezy?

Wheezy is the development codename for Debian 7.0. Wheezy received Long-Term-Support until 2018-05-31. Now it is archived, and no longer receives official security updates. It was superseded by Debian/Jessie on 2015-04-25.

When was Debian Buster released?

Production Releases

Version	Code name	Release date
10	Buster	2019-07-06
9	Stretch	2017-06-17
8	Jessie	2015-04-25
7	Wheezy	2013-05-04

When did Debian Buster come out?

6 July 2019
Debian 10 (Buster) was released on 6 July 2019, two years and a month after Debian 9 (Stretch).

What is Jessie Debian?

Jessie is the development codename for Debian 8. Jessie receives Long-Term-Support since 2018-06-17. It was superseded by Debian Stretch on 2017-06-17. It is the archived distribution per Official information about Debian releases. Debian Jessie Life cycle.