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General discussionIan Murdock - Founder of Linux distro Debian dead.(56 posts)(56 posts)
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Posted December 31, 2015
A sad story and a great loss, Debian was one of the first distros I tried when I was a teen, it is also one of the oldest distros that's still going strong today.

Source: https://bits.debian.org/2015/12/mourning-ian-murdock.html

Rest in peace.
Posted December 31, 2015
Sad loss.

Debian was one of my first distros; it's where I learned how to use Linux the most. I still use Stable regularly.

Rest in peace Ian :(
Posted December 31, 2015
Rest in Peace, Ian. : (
Posted December 31, 2015
Hmmm :(
Posted December 31, 2015
Without Debian we would not have any of the widespread Linux distributions like Mint or Ubuntu. He probably contributed the most to the Linux world to date.

Rest in peace.
Posted December 31, 2015
Rest in Peace...

I read about his death earlier. It's really sad....
Posted December 31, 2015
This United States Police Brutality needs to Stop and international community has to take a Notice. Since USA is part of the world it's institutions should adhere to international human rights!

I myself being an immigrant struggled to understand the monstrosity and logic behind this aggressive behavior towards troubled people, no compassion on part of the USA police. They are very brutal and sometimes remind me of SS in 1940's. There are also good Police Officers but there are the minority.

Rest in Peace, You are in a better place!
Post edited December 31, 2015 by NovumZ
Posted December 31, 2015
Nvm.
Post edited December 31, 2015 by Matruchus
Posted December 31, 2015
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NovumZ: This United States Police Brutality needs to Stop and international community has to take a Notice. Since USA is part of the world it's institutions should adhere to international human rights!

I myself being an immigrant struggled to understand the monstrosity and logic behind this aggressive behavior towards troubled people, no compassion ffs of the USA police. They are very brutal and sometimes remind me of SS in 1940's. There are also good Police Officers but there are the minority.
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Matruchus: Wrong thread.
I've read the circumstances leading to his suicide if indeed it was one.
Posted December 31, 2015
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NovumZ: There are also good Police Officers but there are the minority.
I suspect good police officers are actually the majority; you just hear about the bad ones because they are more likely to show up in the news. Also, people tend to only complain about the bad ones, not the good ones.
Posted December 31, 2015
Why is it a sad story?
That link doesn't say anything particularly sad.
Posted December 31, 2015
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NovumZ: This United States Police Brutality needs to Stop and international community has to take a Notice. Since USA is part of the world it's institutions should adhere to international human rights!

I myself being an immigrant struggled to understand the monstrosity and logic behind this aggressive behavior towards troubled people, no compassion on part of the USA police. They are very brutal and sometimes remind me of SS in 1940's. There are also good Police Officers but there are the minority.

Rest in Peace, You are in a better place!
ok, so what exactly happened? All I found was that he had been harassed by police and his death is a possible suicide.
Posted December 31, 2015
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Crewdroog: ok, so what exactly happened? All I found was that he had been harassed by police and his death is a possible suicide.
Not much is disclosed at the moment, but follow this Ars Technica article for updates.


Rest in peace Ian Murdock, your legacy stands strong.

Thank you for everything you have given us.
Posted December 31, 2015
Although I have always used rpm or source based distros, I liked the revolution and change in thinking Debian started


RIP Murdock, god of Debian
Posted December 31, 2015
I had deep respect and admiration for him. Debian was the first Linux distro I got to play with when I first started, and I'm sadden to see him go.
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