Criando pacotes .deb para Debian e derivados

Creating .deb packages for Debian and derivatives

Distributing software for Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, and derivatives without a .deb means leaving the job half done: no dependency management, clean updates, or removal without leftovers. The good news: creating a decent .deb package is easier than its reputation suggests. In this complete guide, you will go from a handcrafted package with dpkg-deb to a package … Read more

A história de Ian Murdock: o fundador do Debian

The story of Ian Murdock: Debian's founder

In August 1993, a 20-year-old Purdue student was frustrated with Softlanding Linux System. Broken packages, a fragile installation, a distribution treated as an afterthought. Instead of continuing to patch SLS, Ian Ashley Murdock (Konstanz, April 28, 1973) announced that he would start from scratch — openly, in the spirit of GNU … Read more