Ian Murdock, the founder the Debian Linux operating system and the creator of apt-get, has passed away.
Yes, it is very sad to announce that Ian Murdock is not between us. His death has touched the entire software community. He was just 42.
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The announcement of Murdock death came out via a blog post on Docker website, where Murdock was working as a member of the technical
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