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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: 0.615s | source
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jcmfernandes ◴[26 Mar 25 19:14 UTC] No.43485833[source]▶
Insane effort. This sounded like a pipe dream just a couple of years ago. Congrats to everyone involved, especially to those who drove the effort.
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Joel_Mckay ◴[26 Mar 25 21:39 UTC] No.43487674[source]▶
The Debian group is admirable, and have positively changed the standards for OS design several times. Reminds me I should donate to their coffee fund around tax time =3
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alfiedotwtf ◴[27 Mar 25 02:45 UTC] No.43489910[source]▶
Exactly!

I’ve said it many times and I’ll repeat it here - Debian will be one of the few Linux distros we have right now, that will still exist 100 years from now.

Yea, it’s not as modern in terms of versioning and risk compared to the likes of Arch, but that’s also a feature!

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roenxi ◴[27 Mar 25 03:38 UTC] No.43490181[source]▶
> Debian will be one of the few Linux distros we have right now, that will still exist 100 years from now.

It'd certainly be nice, but if you've ever seen an organisation unravel it can happen with startling speed. I think the naive estimate is if you pick something at random it is half-way through its lifespan; so there isn't much call yet to say Debian will make it to 100.

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1. Joel_Mckay ◴[27 Mar 25 04:08 UTC] No.43490322[source]▶
Indeed, it was sad when they ended the FreeBSD based Debian project due to a lack of interest.

I don't think traditional von Neumann architecture will even be around in 100 years, as energy demands drive more efficient designs for different classes of problems. =3