What is Debian?

The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system.
This operating system is based on the Linux Kernel and the GNU tools and is called Debian GNU/Linux, or simply Debian for short.
There is work in progress to support other Unix like kernels (Hurd, kFreeBSD, ...)

The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system.