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Debian founder Ian Murdock dead at 42 Linux Tributes pour in for open-source pioneer who had threatened to kill himself on Twitter 30 Dec 2015 at 19:29, Chris Williams 1026 48 Most read

Debian GNU/Linux founder Ian Murdock has died. He was 42. Debian Linux founder Ian Murdock dead at 42 Murdock, who lived in San Francisco, is best known for creating the open-source distro in 1993. He had just last month started working for tech startup Docker in the city.

On Monday afternoon, he posted a string of Here – here is that distressing and erratic tweets, revealing he had been 'hoverboard' you've wanted arrested near his home by police, accused of so much. Look at it. Look. assaulting an officer, and taken to hospital. He also at. it. threatened to kill himself. After people reached out to him, Murdock appeared to calm down, and vowed North Korean operating instead to clear his name. Murdock died that evening. system is a surveillance His Twitter account has since been disabled. state's tour de force

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Ian was perhaps best known professionally as Upset Microsoft stashes the founder of the Debian project, which he hard drive encryption keys created while still a student at Purdue Debian guru ... Ian Murdock in OneDrive cloud? University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science in 1996. Debian was one of the first Linux distros to be forged, and it is widely regarded as a one of the most successful open-source projects Spotlight ever launched. Ian helped pioneer the notion of a truly open project and community, embracing open design and open contribution; in fact the formative document of the open source movement itself (the Open Source Definition) was originally a Debian position statement. It is a testament to Ian’s commitment to openness and community that there are now more than 1,000 people currently involved in Debian development.

In the past decade, Ian’s contributions to the tech community continued, as CTO of the , as a senior leader at (including serving as Chief architect of Project Indiana); and most recently as Vice President of Platforms at Indianapolis-based ExactTarget, which became part of Salesforce in 2012. Beyond iTunes: XML boffins target We consider ourselves lucky to have known Ian and worked with him. He amazed sheet music everyone whom he worked with for the depth of his thinking, passion and experience. He was truly brilliant and an inspiration to many of us; his death is a loss to all whom he has known and touched.

The free-software community was stunned by news of Murdock's death.

"With a heavy heart, Debian mourns the passing of Ian Murdock, stalwart proponent of Free Open Source Software, Father, Son, and the 'ian' in Debian," the Linux organization said in a statement.

"Ian's dream has lived on, the Debian community remains incredibly active, with thousands of developers working untold hours to bring the world a reliable and secure operating system. The Feeling abandoned by Adobe? Check thoughts of the Debian Community are with Ian's family in this hard time." out the video editing suites for penguins While Ian is the "ian" in Debian, "" is Debra Lynn, Murdock's girlfriend while he was creating the project. They married in 1993, and divorced in 2008. It is understood Murdock was the father of two

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The cause of death is not known at this stage, but it is not believed to be suspicious. A spokesperson for Docker said it was a "private matter."

According to the San Francisco police, officers were called to Steiner and Union St in the city at 11.30pm on Saturday, December 26, following reports of a man trying to break into a home – that man was identified as Ian Murdock. He reportedly fought with the cops, and was given a ticket for two counts of assault and one for obstruction of an officer. The techie had been drinking, according to the police logs. A medic arrived to treat an abrasion to Murdock's forehead, and he was released so he could be Rebels defeat the Empire (again) by taken to hospital. giving BB-8 an API

A few hours later, on Sunday, December 27 at 2.40am, police were called again to reports of Murdock banging on the door of a neighbor at the very same block. A medic arrived to treat him for any injuries at the scene. Next, the cops took Murdock to the county jail where he was held in a cell.

Murdock was bailed later that day, on Sunday, after a bond, said to be $25,000, was paid. He died the next day.

His family has asked people to respect their privacy during this difficult time. ®

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