Debian GNU/Linux: 15 Years Old and at the Crossroads

Courtesy Linux Today  Mon, 08/18/2008 - 12:01

Datamation: "In the next release, which is due this fall, he estimates that Debian will include 23,000 packages and provide support for ten different architectures, ranging from i386 and amd64 to the powerpc or sparc -- figures that no other distribution even comes close to."


 

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