Descent|OS 5 Will No Longer be Based on Debian

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Marius Nestor
Aug 19, 2013

Brian Manderville, the developer of the Descent|OS Linux operating system announced recently on his blog that the upcoming release of his distribution will no longer be based on Debian or anything else. Descent|OS 5 will be an independent release, with no attachment to the Ubuntu or Debian bases.

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Marius Nestor

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