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About the name of the distribution — "Debian"

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== Pronunciation ==

/ˈdɛbiən/

== Origin ==

Debian = Debra + Ian

Ian is the creator of the Debian distribution.

Debra was Ian's girlfriend.

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== See also ==

 * [[https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/the-debian-project.html#sect.what-is-debian|What Is Debian?]] in [[https://debian-handbook.info/|The Debian Administrator's Handbook]].
 * [[WikiPedia:Ian_Murdock|Ian in Wikipedia]]

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