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Debian is about ...
Debian's social contract defines "free" as in free speech.
The official pronunciation of Debian is
"Deb" as in "Debra" and "ian" as in "Ian".
What is sarge+1 called?
etch is Etch-a-Sketch from Toy Story.
Which scripting language is part of the Debian base install?
perl is installed by debootstrap.
When was Debian founded?
Debian was first announced in this posting in 1993.
Who founded Debian?
Debian is named after Debra and Ian Murdock.
Dueling ...
From time to time, random people ask for "dueling banjos" on debian-curiosa and other lists. No one knows why this started; now the Debian lists are listed on Google for that topic.
I'm surrounded by ...
"Morons, I'm surrounded by morons." is a quote by Joel 'Espy' Klecker who died in 2000.
Most debian.org machines are named after
Most machines are named after classical composers, as explained by Joey.
Who is responsible for updating testing?
The testing update script is called britney.
What is ubuntu?
"ubuntu" means "humaneness".
debian/rules is a ... file
debian/rules is interpreted by make.
irc.debian.org is a CNAME for
irc.freenode.net (which was formerly known as irc.openprojects.net).
The first non-i386 Debian port was
The m68k port was started in August 1995.
What is not a Debian distribution codename?
Joey is of course not a Toy story character, but a real person.
.deb packages are ... archives
Internally, .deb packages are 'ar' files that contain tar.gz files.
For which architecture has no Debian port been released yet?
The Hitachi SuperH port has not been released (and seems dead, unfortunately).
Which pair is a Debian pair?
Application Manager - New Maintainer.
Who is tbm?
Martin Michlmayr's nickname stems from an account name his brother had used earlier.
What's Branden Robinson's nickname?
Branden Robinson is called Overfiend on IRC.
Who is shown on the picture at tinc.debian.net?
The debian-women which was founded in May 2004.
Which city is famous for a recent release manager meeting?
The release managers and ftp-masters met in Vancouver in March 2005.
Which game is the culprit for most stalls in any Debian process?
Some developers spend whole weekends playing tetrinet.
How often did Branden Robinson run for DPL?
Branden ran in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and got elected in 2005.
Debian Developers often ... the planet
Flooding planet.debian.org with stale blog entries is a recurrent annoyance.
Alexander "Tolimar" Schmehl is Debian's
Alexander was declared Debian's Chief Events Officer.
See you in ...
Debconf 5's motto was "See you in HEL(sinki)".
"Damnation" means getting stuck in the ... queue
Historically, some New Maintainers were stuck in the NM queue for many months or even years, waiting for the DAM to create their account.
Which of the following package names is not a Debian Developer login?
elmo is James Troup's IRC nick, but his login is troup.
What is hot-babe?
Hot-babe was announced in ITP #283578 but was rejected by the ftp-masters. The flamewar it sparked on debian-devel was high even for Debian standards.
Who has the minimum mean signing distance in the global web of trust?
Peter "weasel" Palfrader is #1 since mid 2005.
GFDL is ...
The GNU Free Documentation License is generally considered to be non-free.
Which is not a proper subject tag for a wnpp bug?
Though commonly used on the debian-mentors list, RFS (request for sponsor) is not used for wnpp bugs.
What is the highest version epoch used in Sarge?
The 7 binaries produced by the uw-imap source package carry the proud version number 7:2002edebian1-11, followed by imagemagick (6:6.0.6.2-2.4, 6 binaries).
Which version of the kde package is included in Sarge?
"kde" is a meta package that does not track the actual KDE version number.
FTBFS?
This package did not even compile.
udebs are used in ...
.udeb packages are packages specially crafted for d-i.
the following were suggested by Joey:
DWN is ...
DWN stands for Debian Weekly News.
debian-jr is ...
The Debian Jr. Project is a custom Debian distribution "for children from 1 to 99".
lists.debian.org runs ...
murphy.debian.org runs smartlist, the biggest procmail script ever.
You start a GR when you want ...
Changing a Foundation Document requires a 3:1 majority in a General Resolution.
The following question was sent in at Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:57:26 +0000 from "Thaddeus H. Black" <t@b-tk.org>
A facet is a ...
A facet is an axis along which binary packages are classified in debtags.