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The open source community was stunned this week to learn that Ian Murdock, the "ian" in Linux distribution Debian, has died at the age of 42. Murdock, a self-described "Linux old timer" on his LinkedIn profile, created Debian in 1993 as a Purdue University...

Ian Murdock, a pioneer of Open Source software who created the Debian GNU/Linux distribution project, has died at the age of 42 within hours of hinting at suicide. Murdock’s untimely death was announced in a blog post on the website of Docker, the technology...

It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that Ian Murdock passed away on Monday night. Not only is this a tragic loss for his family and friends, but a great loss for Linux and the entire Open Source community. I offer my condolences to his loved ones...

Ian Murdock, best known as the founder of the Debian Operating System — one of the world’s best known Linux distributions — passed away at the age of 42 on Monday. Ben Golub, CEO of Docker, Inc which Murdock was also involved in, posted of his passing...

There is clearly great sadness felt in the open source community today after learning of the passing of Ian Murdock who founded the Debian Linux Distribution and was the first Debian Project Leader. Ian is the “ian” in Debian and Deb, his then-girlfriend...