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Debian bookworm live images now reproducible

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764 points bertman | 1 comments | 26 Mar 25 17:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.539s | source
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geocrasher ◴[26 Mar 25 17:58 UTC] No.43484909[source]▶
What is the significance of a reproducible build, and how is it different than a normal distribution?
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1. bbarnett ◴[26 Mar 25 18:04 UTC] No.43484958[source]▶
It means you can build it yourself, and know the source code you have, is all there is.

It validates that publicly available downloads aren't different from what is claimed.