NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Ian Murdock

Ian Murdock

Born	April 28, 1973 (1973-04-28) (age 35) Konstanz, Germany
Residence	Indiana, USA
Nationality	German-American
Alma mater	Purdue University
Occupation	Programmer
Employers	Sun Microsystems
Known for	Debian

Ian Murdock (born April 28, 1973, in Konstanz, Germany) is the founder of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution and Progeny Linux Systems, a commercial Linux company. is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Konstanz (also sometimes in English Constance) is a district (Kreis) in the south of Baden-WÃ¼rttemberg, Germany. ... Purdue redirects here. ... Sun Microsystems, Inc. ... Debian is a free operating system. ... is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Konstanz in 1925 seen from the lake Schnetztor, a section of the former city wall Another gate from city wall Shops in Konstanz The KonzilgebÃ¤ude in Konstanz Konstanz (in English formerly known as Constance) is a university town of around 80,000 inhabitants at the western end of Lake... Debian, created by the Debian Project, is a widely used distribution of free software developed through the collaboration of volunteers from around the world. ... Progeny provides Linux platform technology. ... This article is about operating systems that use the Linux kernel. ...

He wrote the Debian Manifesto in 1993 while a student at Purdue University, where he earned his bachelor's degree in computer science in 1996. He named Debian after himself and his then-girlfriend Debra, now his wife, thus Deb(ra) and Ian. The Debian Manifesto is the original defining document of the Debian Linux Distribution. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Purdue redirects here. ... A bachelors degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three, four, or in some cases and countries, five or six years. ... Computer science, or computing science, is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their implementation and application in computer systems. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...

Since joining Sun, he has led Project Indiana, which he describes as "taking the lesson that Linux has brought to the operating system and providing that for Solaris," making a full OpenSolaris distribution with GNOME and userland tools from GNU plus a network-based package management system.^[1] OpenSolaris is an open source project created by Sun Microsystems to build a developer community around Solaris Operating System technology. ... This article is about the mythical creature. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... GNU (pronounced ) is a computer operating system composed entirely of free software. ...

References

^ The Unix Guardian-Q and A: Sun's Top Operating System Brass Talk OS Strategy

External links

ianmurdock.com (with Weblog)
LinuxJournal article on Debian from 1994
Linux Link Tech Show interview (audio), 2005
Linux Link Tech Show interview (audio), 2006

Preceded by none (founder)	Debian Project Leader August 1993 – March 1996	Succeeded by Bruce Perens

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Key figures in the history of free software

Rick Adams · Eric Allman · Brian Behlendorf · Keith Bostic · Alan Cox · Matthias Ettrich · Miguel de Icaza · Theo de Raadt · Jim Gettys · John Gilmore · Jon "maddog" Hall · Jordan Hubbard · Lynne and William Jolitz · Rasmus Lerdorf · Lawrence Lessig · Marshall Kirk McKusick · Eben Moglen · Ian Murdock · Tim O'Reilly · Keith Packard · Brian Paul · Bruce Perens · Eric S. Raymond · Bob Scheifler · Mark Shuttleworth · Richard Stallman · Linus Torvalds · Theodore Ts'o · Andrew Tridgell · Guido van Rossum · Larry Wall The Debian Project has had the following leaders: Ian Murdock (August 1993 â€“ March 1996), founder of the Debian Project Bruce Perens (April 1996 â€“ December 1997) Ian Jackson (January 1998 â€“ December 1998) Wichert Akkerman (January 1999 â€“ March 2001) Ben Collins (April 2001 â€“ April 2002) Bdale Garbee (April 2002 â€“ April 2003) Martin... Bruce Perens is a leader in the Open Source and Free Software community. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Rick Adams was an Internet pioneer and the founder of UUNET, which, in the mid and late 1990s, was the worlds largest Internet Services Provider (ISP). ... Eric Allman (born 1959) is a computer programmer. ... Brian Behlendorf (Born March 30, 1973) is one of the most respected leaders of the international open-source software movement. ... Member of the UCB Computer Science Research Group (CSRG) at the University of California, Berkeley, who created BSD. Worked at Berkeley Software Design, who produced BSD/OS (also known as BSDi), a commercial version of BSD. Now works at Sleepycat Software, who produce Berkeley DB. Author of nvi. ... Alan Cox at FOSS.IN/2005 Alan Cox (born 1968) is a computer programmer heavily involved in the development of the Linux kernel since its early days (1991). ... Matthias Ettrich (born June 14, 1972 in Bietigheim, southern Germany) is the computer scientist who founded the KDE project in 1996, when he proposed a consistent, nice looking free desktop-environment [sic] [1] for UNIX using the Qt GUI toolkit on USENET in 1996. ... Miguel de Icaza (born c. ... Theo de Raadt, (IPA pronunciation: ), born May 19, 1968 in Pretoria, South Africa, is a software engineer who lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ... Jim Gettys is a computer programmer. ... John Gilmore John Gilmore is one of the founders of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Cypherpunks mailing list, and Cygnus Solutions. ... Jon maddog Hall Jon maddog Hall is the Executive Director of Linux International [1], a non-profit organization of computer vendors who wish to support and promote the Linux operating system. ... Jordan K. Hubbard (born April 8, 1963 in Hawaii) is co-founder of the FreeBSD project. ... Lynne Greer Jolitz (B.S Physics, University of California at Berkeley) has been a founder of startups in Silicon Valley ranging from workstations to Internet multimedia. ... William Frederick(Bill) Jolitz (born 1957), commonly known as Bill Jolitz, co-wrote 386BSD in 1989 along with Lynne Jolitz. ... Rasmus Lerdorf (born November 22, 1968 in Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland) is a Danish-Canadian programmer and the author of the first version of the PHP web programming language. ... Not to be confused with Lawrence Lessing. ... Marshall Kirk McKusick (b. ... Eben Moglen is a professor of law and legal history at Columbia University, and is the founder, Director-Counsel and Chairman of Software Freedom Law Center, whose client list includes numerous pro bono clients, such as the Free Software Foundation. ... Tim OReilly at the MIX06 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada Tim OReilly (born 1954, Cork, Ireland) is the founder of OReilly Media (formerly OReilly & Associates) and supporter of the free software and open source movements. ... Keith Packard is a software developer, best known for his work on the X Window System. ... Brian Paul is a computer programmer who initially wrote (in August 1993), and continues to maintain the Open Source Mesa graphics library. ... Bruce Perens is a leader in the Open Source and Free Software community. ... Eric S. Raymond (FISL 6. ... Robert W. Scheifler (born 1954) is a computer scientist. ... Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African entrepreneur who was the second self-funded space tourist and first African in space. ... Richard Matthew Stallman (born March 16, 1953), often abbreviated rms,[1] is an American software freedom activist, hacker,[2] and software developer. ... Linus Benedict Torvalds (born December 28, 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish software engineer best known for initiating the development of the Linux kernel. ... Theodore Ted Tso is a software developer known for his contributions to the Linux kernel, in particular his contributions to filesystems. ... Tridge redirects here. ... Guido van Rossum Guido van Rossum is a Dutch computer programmer who is best known as the author of the Python programming language. ... Larry Wall Larry Wall (born September 27, 1954) is a programmer, linguist, and author, most widely known for his creation of the Perl programming language in 1987. ...

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Infrastructure	Debian Manifesto · DebConf · Software in the Public Interest · Debian Free Software Guidelines · Debian Social Contract · Alioth

Software	.deb format · dpkg · APT · aptitude · debconf package · Debian-Installer · Mozilla Corporation software rebranded in Debian · Alien · Jigdo · dash

Derivatives	Debian GNU/Hurd · Debian GNU/kFreeBSD · Custom Debian Distribution

People	Ian Murdock · Bruce Perens · List of Debian Project Leaders

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The Linux operating system

General

Adoption · Comparison of Windows and Linux · Criticism · GNU Project · History · Kernel (portability) · Linus's Law · GNU/Linux naming controversy · SCO and Linux · Tux Debian is a free operating system. ... The Debian Manifesto is the original defining document of the Debian Linux Distribution. ... Debconf is the yearly conference where developers of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system meet to discuss issues around the further development of the system. ... Software in the Public Interest, Inc. ... The Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG) are a set of guidelines that the Debian Project uses to determine whether a software license is free software license, which in turn is used to determine whether a piece of software can be included in the main, free software distribution of Debian. ... The Debian Social Contract is a document framing the core moral agenda of the Debian Project. ... Alioth is a GForge system set up in 2003[1] by the Debian project for development of free software and free documentation, especially software or documentation to do with Debian. ... deb is the extension of the Debian software package format and the most often used name for such binary packages. ... dpkg (short for Debian PacKaGe) is the base of the Debian package management system. ... The Advanced packaging tool, or APT, is a user interface that works with core libraries to handle the sometimes difficult process of installing software on Linux. ... aptitude is a front-end to APT. It displays a list of software packages and allows the user to interactively pick packages to install or remove. ... debconf is a software utility for performing system-wide configuration tasks on Unix-like operating systems. ... Debian-Installer is the official installer for Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu GNU/Linux. ... Alien is a computer program that converts between different Linux package formats. ... Jigdo (portmanteau of Jigsaw and download) is a download utility designed for the Debian distribution of GNU/Linux that downloads files from several mirrors in order to build an optical disk image. ... Debian Almquist shell (dash) is a POSIX-compliant Unix shell, much smaller than bash. ... Debian GNU/Hurd is the Debian Projects distribution of the GNU operating system (with GNU Hurd as its kernel). ... Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is GNU/kFreeBSD operating system made by Debian for i486-compatible computer architectures. ... A Custom Debian Distribution (also known as a CDD) is a subset of the Debian Linux distribution that is configured to support a particular target group out-of-the-box. ... Bruce Perens is a leader in the Open Source and Free Software community. ... The Debian Project has had the following leaders: Ian Murdock (August 1993 â€“ March 1996), founder of the Debian Project Bruce Perens (April 1996 â€“ December 1997) Ian Jackson (January 1998 â€“ December 1998) Wichert Akkerman (January 1999 â€“ March 2001) Ben Collins (April 2001 â€“ April 2002) Bdale Garbee (April 2002 â€“ April 2003) Martin... This article is about operating systems that use the Linux kernel. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For a broader comparison of closed source and Open Source software, see Comparison of open source and closed source. ... Criticism of Linux focuses on issues concerning use of the Linux operating system as a desktop workstation. ... The GNU logo, drawn by Etienne Suvasa The GNU Project was announced in 1983 by Richard Stallman. ... This timeline shows the development of the Linux kernel. ... The Linux kernel is a Unix-like operating system kernel. ... Originally written for Intels i386 processor, very early in its history, the Linux Kernel was re-coded for easy portability. ... Linus Law can refer to two notions, both named after Linus Torvalds. ... The GNU/Linux naming controversy is a dispute between members of the free and open source software community relating to the normative branding of the computer operating systems commonly referred to as Linux. ... The SCO-Linux controversies are a series of legal and public disputes between the software company SCO Group (SCO) and various Linux vendors and users. ... Tux, as originally drawn by Larry Ewing Tux (also known as Tux the Penguin) is the official mascot of the Linux kernel. ...

Linux Portal

Distribution

Distribution (comparison) · Live CD (comparison) · Live USB · Mini Linux · Package formats Image File history File links Tux. ... Image File history File links Portal. ... Ubuntu, a popular Linux Distribution A Linux distribution (also called GNU/Linux distribution and often simply distribution or distro) is a member of the Linux family of Unix-like computer operating systems. ... Technical variations include support for different hardware devices and systems or software package configurations. ... Gnoppix 0. ... A LiveDistro is a Linux distribution that is executed upon boot, without installation on a hard drive. ... A live USB is a USB flash drive containing a full operating system which can be booted. ... The standard MiniLinux logo The term Mini Linux (or Mini Linux Distribution) refers to any Linux distribution that fits on memory card or a small number of floppies, usually one or two. ... Linux package formats are the different file formats used to package software for various GNU/Linux distributions. ...

Applications

ALSA · Desktop · Devices · Embedded · Gaming · LAMP · Thin client A screenshot of alsamixer ALSA (an acronym for Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) is a Linux kernel component intended to replace the original Open Sound System (OSS) for providing drivers for sound cards. ... Desktop Linux, also Linux on the desktop (LOTD) is the application of the GNU/Linux operating system on a desktop computer. ... Because of the open source philosophy that linux brings to the software world, many people have ported the linux kernel to run on devices other than a computer. ... Embedded Linux is a Linux based embedded operating system used in cell phones, personal digital assistants, media player handsets and other consumer electronics devices. ... Linux gaming refers to playing and developing games for Linux operating systems. ... The acronym LAMP refers to a solution stack of software, usually free software / open-source software, used to run dynamic Web sites or servers. ... Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) is an add-on package for Linux that allows many people to simultaneously use the same computer. ...

People

Jono Bacon · Benjamin Mako Hill · Andrew Morton · Pamela Jones · Ari Lemmke · Ian Murdock · Hans Reiser · Scott James Remnant · Daniel Robbins · Mark Shuttleworth · Richard Stallman · Linus Torvalds · Patrick Volkerding · Warren Woodford · Matt Zimmerman Jono Bacon is a writer and developer based in the United Kingdom. ... Benjamin Mako Hill (b. ... Andrew Morton is a Linux kernel developer. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Ari Lemmke (born December 12, 1963) is the person who gave Linux its name. ... Hans Thomas Reiser (born December 19, 1963) is an American computer programmer famous for his contributions to free software in the field of file systems. ... Scott James Remnant is a free and open source software developer. ... Daniel Robbins is a software developer best known as the founder and former chief architect of the Gentoo Linux project. ... Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African entrepreneur who was the second self-funded space tourist and first African in space. ... Richard Matthew Stallman (born March 16, 1953), often abbreviated rms,[1] is an American software freedom activist, hacker,[2] and software developer. ... Linus Benedict Torvalds (born December 28, 1969 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish software engineer best known for initiating the development of the Linux kernel. ... Patrick Volkerding (born 1967) is the founder and maintainer of the Slackware Linux distribution. ... When I first started selling mepis on my website I did it the legal way. ... Matt Zimmerman is a technologist and free software and open source developer. ...

Media

Enterprise open source journal · Free Software Magazine · Linux.com · Linux Format · Linux Gazette · Linux Journal · Linux-Magazin · Linux Magazine · Linux Medical News · LWN.net · O3 Magazine · Phoronix Enterprise Open Source Journal (or EOSJ) is a computing magazine self-published online magazine. ... The cover of the April 2006 issue. ... Linux. ... Linux Format was the UKs first Linux-specific magazine, and is currently the best-selling Linux title in the UK. It is also exported to many countries worldwide. ... The Linux Gazette is the name of two different monthly Linux webzines, though LinuxGazette. ... Linux Journal is a monthly magazine published by SpecializedSystemsConsultants (SSC) of Seattle, first published in March 1994. ... The Linux Magazin is a German professional journal. ... Linux Magazin (ISSN 1432-640X) is a German professional journal. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... LWN.net is a computing news site with an emphasis on Free/Libre/Open-Source Software and software for Unix-like operating systems. ... The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. ... Phoronix is a technology website that offers product reviews, Linux distribution screenshots, interviews, and news while maintaining a pure Linux orientation. ...

Lists

Computers · Devices · Distributions · LiveDistros This page provides general information about notable Linux distributions in the form of a categorized list. ... This is a large list of LiveDistros. ...

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