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I was today years old when I found out the Debian Release names were Toy Story characters. Thanks. ๐
Ian Murdock, Debian's creator, was working for Pixar when he made it
Debian Project Leader Bruce Perens worked at Pixar in the mid-1990s, not Ian.
Thanks for the correction
Cuthbert's Law strikes again!
You meant Cunningham's didn't you, you sly dog๐
My fav is that Sid is named after the kid who blows up toys and puts them back together. The best name for an unstable release :-D