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Proposed Q&A site for power users of Debian, a popular Linux distribution.
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Definite article in the subtitle is wrong

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How would a Debian-specific stack be different from the existing Unix & Linux site?

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11 Example Questions

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How to create a debian package?
added by Hicham LEMGHARI Dec 31 '12 at 23:16
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How can I get a package from debian-testing if I'm using debian-stable?
added by Dan Jan 27 at 21:36
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How can I get my software included in debian?
added by Dan Jan 27 at 21:39
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What's the difference between apt-get and aptitude?
added by Dan Feb 1 at 20:25
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What do you do to convince [relative] to switch to Debian?
added by astabada Jan 17 at 9:08
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This belongs on the Applied Propoganda proposal ;) – BenjiWiebe Feb 15 at 2:29
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Is there a tool to identify the fastest apt mirror available for any computer?
added by Nicolás Feb 6 at 13:30
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How do I set up a custom Debian repository?
added by RobinJ Apr 4 at 12:15
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Why are coexisting "apt-get" and "aptitude" since so many time ago?
added by Nicolás Feb 1 at 2:33
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You might want to edit the grammar on this one. "Why have apt-get and aptitude coexisted for so long?" – Dan Mar 27 at 18:55
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I need a bleeding-edge version of a library, so I installed it from source. Will it cause problems if I install the same library with apt?
added by Dan Feb 1 at 21:10
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What's the difference between yum and apt-get?
added by Dan Mar 27 at 18:54
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How do I make a local mirror of a repository, limited to only hold whitelisted packages?
added by Jan Apr 15 at 18:43
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