About Debian

The Debian project was founded by Ian Murdock in 1993. It's name comes from Debra, his wife and his name (Deb-Ian: ergo, Debian). One of the Linux world's most illustrious people has been a primary developer of Debian, namely Bruce Perens. He was one of the founders of Pixar, the company that created animated films such as Toy Story, Monsters, Inc. and other popular films produced by Walt Disney Pictures.

Debian has no company behind it. The Debian project is sponsored by Software in the Public Interest, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping produce open-source software and hardware. Despite its not-for-profit status, Debian can and is being used from anything from a Pentium 3 you can surf the web with to the mission critical server that has to be up 24/7 that you get the content from. We can also add a lot in between.