[ Thanks to André Felipe
Machado for this link. ]
“In many ways the Debian GNU/Linux project is unique among all
the distributions that dot the Linux landscape. Apart from putting
out a high-grade distribution, it has served as the base for a
number of others–Ubuntu and Knoppix, to name just two–which have
had a big impact on the growth of the Linux ecosystem.“The project has long, fiery discussions and every little bit of
it is on the web for all to see; it has survived the predictions of
a great many prophets of doom and naysayers and emerged stronger
each time…”