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[–] [email protected] 98 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The word "Debian" was formed as a portmanteau of the first name of his then-girlfriend (later ex-wife) Debra Lynn and his own first name

[–] mindbleach 55 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Later ex-wife" is like three tenses of information at once.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

Peak efficiency

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Debra must be so pissed by now

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

“I’m sorry you merged WHAT upstream? No I don’t care if there’s a new glibc out there, the one we have works just fine.”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This explains a lot.