Document: debian-manifesto Title: The Debian Linux Manifesto Author: Ian A. Murdock Abstract: The Debian Manifesto was released in 1993 by Ian Murdock. The document outlines his view for a brand new Linux distribution which would be developed openly, describes why the world needed this distribution and which problems would the distribution solved. This document is provided in order to document Debian's history. Section: Debian Format: text Files: /usr/share/doc/debian/debian-manifesto.gz