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Incredibly ironic that Debian is missing from this page.

For those wondering, Debian is a portmanteau of Ian Murdock's and his gf/wife/ex-wife's, Debra, first names. Deb-ian.

I wish I could have thanked Ian in person for making the Linux community a better place. It's still the only Linux distro I'll use.

This means /ˈde.bi.ən/ in this case. Source: https://www.debian.org/intro/about#history

FWIW, the Debian GNU/Linux FAQ [0] states:

> The project name is pronounced Deb'-ee-en, with a short e in Deb, and emphasis on the first syllable. This word is a contraction of the names of Debra and Ian Murdock, who founded the project. (Dictionaries seem to offer some ambiguity in the pronunciation of Ian (!), but Ian prefers ee'-en.)

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[0]: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/basic-defs.en....

I wonder how many people skimmed over the introduction, which pointed to the page where "Debian" is listed.

... and then noted the inconsistency made at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Diff/909924023 by JWilk. (-:

At least one. :)

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