Debian
Debian
Debian is a Linux distribution based entirely on Free Software. The project is supported entirely by the work of volunteers who have set themselves the goal of developing a unique open-source operating system. It is very easy to install and runs on numerous hardware platforms. The processor architectures currently supported can be viewed here.
Through the use of a sophisticated package management system, Debian provides smooth updates to new program versions, automatically resolving dependencies between programs. The administration of the system is considered consistent and flexible.
Since Debian is a community project not subject to market interests, a release only occurs when the system has been thoroughly tested and is stable enough.
credativ GmbH employs numerous Debian maintainers and developers.
Debian offers a large collection of over 20,000 software packages. These include:
- Several fully integrated and user-friendly desktop environments, including Gnome and KDE
- High-quality communication software: Evolution and Kontact groupware suites
- Mozilla web browser and mail client
- An office environment compatible with Microsoft Office file formats: LibreOffice
- A well-designed package system: APT and associated frontends (aptitude, synaptic)
- Powerful GNU tools
- Numerous editors (emacs, vi, …)
- Privacy tools (GPG, SSH, …)
- Clients and servers for all major protocols (HTTP, PPP, TCP/IP, Windows SMB, Novell, …)
- Development tools for all common and many exotic programming languages such as: C, C++, Objective-C, Java, Python, Perl, Lisp, Ruby, and many more
- The TeX/LaTeX typesetting system, PostScript and Type1 fonts and tools, the Ghostscript PostScript interpreter, and a complete XML/SGML/HTML development environment
- Relational databases such as PostgreSQL®, MySQL, and development tools (application servers, server-side scripting languages)
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