For those new to Linux, check out Debian, the ‘Mother of All Linux Distributions’
If you simply want a Linux operating system that will rarely (if ever) fail you, Debian is one of the smartest choices you can make.
How often have you heard or read about a distribution that was based on Ubuntu? There’s Kubuntu, elementaryOS, Zorin OS, Deepin, Ubuntu Budgie, KDE neon … the list goes on and on and on.
There’s a reason so many operating system developers base their distributions on Ubuntu:
It’s reliable.
It’s user friendly.
It offers one of the best installers on the market.
It’s easy to customize.
It has some of the best hardware detection available.
But what would you say if you knew that Ubuntu, in turn, was based on yet another distribution?
Most of you would probably say, “Duh.”
For those of you who did attempt to shame me with that single syllable, you should know that Ubuntu is based on Debian.
The Debian project was founded in August 1993 as an effort to create a truly open Linux distribution, in the spirit of Linux and GNU. The name “Debian” was an amalgamation of the first names of its two co-creators: Debra Lynn and Ian Murdock.
Debian has become known as the “mother of all distributions” because of, well, Ubuntu. Because so many distributions are based on Ubuntu, and because Ubuntu is a “child” of Debian, it only makes sense to label it “mother.”
