Debian Names and Releases
The Debian projects has choosen characters from the Disney/Pixar
animation "Toy Story" as resource for names of their releases. This
decision reflects the current situation, Bruce Perens was leader of
the Debian project and worked at Pixar Animation Studios at that time.
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Debian 1.1 alias buzz
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| Released at | June 1996 | | Kernel | 2.0 | | Binary packages | 474 | | Source packages | 474 | |
Captain Buzz Lightyear is the astronaut.
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Debian 1.2 alias rex
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| Released at | December 1996 | | Kernel | 2.0 | | Binary packages | 848 | | Source packages | 848 | |
Rex is the nice dinosaur.
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Debian 1.3 alias bo
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| Released at | July 1997 | | Kernel | 2.0 | | Binary packages | 974 | | Source packages | 974 | |
Bo Peep is the shepherdess.
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Debian 2.0 alias hamm
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| Released at | July 1998 | | Kernel | 2.0 | | Binary packages | 1,500 | | Source packages | 1,300 | |
Hamm is the little pig.
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Debian 2.1 alias slink
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| Released at | March 9, 1999 | | Kernel | 2.0.36 | | Binary packages | 2,250 | | Source packages | 1,800 | |
Slinky is the cute dog.
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Debian 2.2 alias potato
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| Released at | August 15, 2000 | | Kernel | 2.2.17 | | Binary packages | 3,901 | | Source packages | 2,650 | |
Mr. Potatohead did some driving.
This release is dedicated to Joel 'Espy'
Klecker, a Debian developer who passed away at 21 years of age.
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Debian 3.0 alias woody
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| Released at | July 19, 2002 | | Kernel | 2.4.18 | | Binary packages | 8,900 | | Source packages | ~6,000 | |
Woody is the cowboy who was kidnapped in Toy Story 2.
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Debian 3.1 alias sarge
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| Released at | June 6, 2005 | | Kernel | 2.4.27, 2.6.8 | | Binary packages | 15,934 | | Source packages | 9,053 | |
Sarge is the sergeant of the Green Plastic Army Men.
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Debian 4.0 alias etch
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| Released at | expected January 2007 | | Kernel | 2.6.18 | | Binary packages | > 21,000 | | Source packages | > 10,000 | |
Etch-a-Sketch is the drawing and constructing facility.
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