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Debian GNU/Linux Operating System Turns 23, Happy Birthday!

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The Debian Project, through Laura Arjona Reina, has had the great pleasure of announcing that today, August 16, 2016, is Debian GNU/Linux operating system's 23rd anniversary.

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dotmatrix · 

 ________________________
/ Happy Birthday Debian! 
 23 Years Young          /
 ------------------------
            ^__^
            (..)_______
            (__)        )/
                ||----w |
                ||     ||

BernardSwiss · 
 _________________________________________
/ you know you are indeed an old fogey,   
| when you not only remember exactly what |
| that sad picture is -- but even have    |
 that dumb program already installed...  /
 -----------------------------------------
           ^__^
           (oo)_______
            (__)       )/
                ||----w |
                ||     ||

mbaehrlxer ·
it is in fedora too: 

 _______________________
< happy birthday debian >
 -----------------------
                                           ^    /^
                                          /   // 
                            |___/|      /   //  .
                            /O  O  __  /    //  |             *----*
                            /     /  /_/    //   |                 |
                            @___@`    /_   //    |               / 
                           0/0/|       /_ //     |                   
                       0/0/0/0/|        ///      |                 |  |
                    0/0/0/0/0/_|_ /   (  //       |           _     |  /
                 0/0/0/0/0/0/`/,_ _ _/  ) ; -.    |    _ _.-~       /   /
                             ,-}        _      *-.|.-~-.           .~    ~
                 __/        `/      /                 ~-. _ .-~      /
             ____(oo)           *.   }            {                   /
             (    (--)          .----~-.        -`                 .~
             //__\  __ Ack!   ///.----..<                     _ -~
            //    \               ///-._ _ _ _ _ _ _{^ - - - - ~

dotmatrix ·
Look at all those missing characters... Dang it!

Why is it so difficult to get monospace text to display properly?

***

I hate plain text!

Long live plain text!
JaseP ·
I wish Ian was around to see it,... and in a few years, the 25th... The 25th will be bitter-sweet...

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