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It’s pretty funny that anyone would complain about a Linux distribution being named after a developer’s given name.

I mean, it’s Linux.

Debian also did this.

Irony being they (Ian and Deborah) split up, Ian quit Debian and worked for Sun (arguably a competitor back then), Docker, ..., and unfortunately committed suicide.

The good news? Debian's still going strong.

This sounds like a Halt and Catch Fire spinoff.

I feel like this is a fact that's much less well known :)

(Debian is actually a portmanteau of Deb(ra) + Ian...)

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