In the Linux world, there are a few primary giants that most other distros have historically been built on and one of the chief among these is Debian. Giants like this may not be quite “household names” outside our (rapidly growing) sphere, but they’re among the wise council of elders that most of us are familiar with.
Speaking of Debian, you’ve probably heard by now, it’s “The universal operating system”. That’s an official Debian tagline, and you may have seen it in memes or elsewhere across the web.
With just how many distributions are based on Debian, you might have taken a guess as to why. But what does this really mean, and why is it still said today? In this article, we’ll take a peek into the history of this tagline, and what it means in reality. Plus, I’ll answer the question: Does Debian actually live up to this claim?
I’ve been using Linux since Slackware. Debian for decades and this is the first time I’ve heard Debian referred to as ‘the universal operating system’.
Sounds like Roland Taylor used a little too much LLM to write it
Much as I like Debian, if it doesn’t run on the 3DS then it’s not “universal”.
BEHOLD BASK IN THE GLORY THAT IS DEBIAN AND REPEAL YOUR BLASPHEMY
https://github.com/mozl3/sd-linux-3ds/wiki/Installing-Debian
Don’t know the architecture of 3DS but I remember someone put Debian on a Kindle, so that’s universal enough to me. :)
Its Nintendo custom hardware but the CPU is based on ARM11 RISC, so i dont doubt you could get some form of Linux running on it.
First time that I read that line after years in this and many other subs/forums/wikis/news.
That’s just how Amadioh Chess calls it and because he calls it that way, so does everyone. Pretty simple
Who?
May I ask what does “amadioh” mean?
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