"Guiding a major software operating system is not often a democratic act, even within the open source movement. But Debian GNU/Linux is an exception.
"Branden Robinson was recently elected by Debian developers as the new Debian Project Leader (DPL) and issued his first report yesterday. In it, he discussed the progress and challenges of the much anticipated next release.
"Robinson is a senior employee at Progeny Linux Systems, a company that has close ties to Debian. Ian Murdock the cofounder of Progeny was also the founder of the Debian Project. Robinson had run unsuccessfully for DPL every year since 2001 and was elected over five other candidates..."