[AuckLUG] Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 released

Tue Apr 10 12:19:31 NZST 2007

Anyone tested the sarge -> etch upgrade yet?

Michael

On 10/04/2007, at 9:19 AM, Li, Chi (Contractor) wrote:

>
> The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of  
> Debian
> GNU/Linux version 4.0, codenamed "etch", after 21 months of constant
> development. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system which  
> supports
> a total of eleven processor architectures and includes the KDE, GNOME
> and Xfce desktop environments. It also features cryptographic software
> and compatibility with the FHS v2.3 and software developed for version
> 3.1 of the LSB.
>
> Using a now fully integrated installation process, Debian GNU/Linux  
> 4.0
> comes with out-of-the-box support for encrypted partitions. This  
> release
> introduces a newly developed graphical frontend to the installation
> system supporting scripts using composed characters and complex
> languages; the installation system for Debian GNU/Linux has now been
> translated to 58 languages.
>
> Also beginning with Debian GNU/Linux 4.0, the package management  
> system
> has been improved regarding security and efficiency. Secure APT allows
> the verification of the integrity of packages downloaded from a  
> mirror.
> Updated package indices won't be downloaded in their entirety, but
> instead patched with smaller files containing only differences from
> earlier versions.
>
> Debian GNU/Linux runs on computers ranging from palmtops and handheld
> systems to supercomputers, and on nearly everything in between. A  
> total
> of eleven architectures are supported including: Sun SPARC (sparc), HP
> Alpha (alpha), Motorola/IBM PowerPC (powerpc), Intel IA-32 (i386) and
> IA-64 (ia64), HP PA-RISC (hppa), MIPS (mips, mipsel), ARM (arm), IBM
> S/390 (s390) and - newly introduced with Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 - AMD64
> and Intel EM64T (amd64).
>
> Debian GNU/Linux can be installed from various installation media such
> as DVDs, CDs, USB sticks and floppies, or from the network. GNOME  
> is the
> default desktop environment and is contained on the first CD. The K
> Desktop Environment (KDE) and the Xfce desktop can be installed  
> through
> two new alternative CD images. Also newly available with Debian
> GNU/Linux 4.0 are multi-arch CDs and DVDs supporting installation of
> multiple architectures from a single disc.
>
> Debian GNU/Linux can be downloaded right now via bittorrent (the
> recommended way), jigdo or HTTP; see Debian GNU/Linux on CDs
> <http://www.debian.org/CD/>  for further information. It will soon be
> available on DVD and CD-ROM from numerous vendors
> <http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors> , too.
>
> This release includes a number of updated software packages, such  
> as the
> K Desktop Environment 3.5.5a (KDE), an updated version of the GNOME
> desktop environment 2.14, the Xfce 4.4 desktop environment, the  
> GNUstep
> desktop 5.2, X.Org 7.1, OpenOffice.org 2.0.4a, GIMP 2.2.13, Iceweasel
> (an unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3), Icedove (an  
> unbranded
> version of Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5), Iceape (an unbranded version of
> Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.8), PostgreSQL 8.1.8, MySQL 5.0.32, GNU Compiler
> Collection 4.1.1, Linux kernel version 2.6.18, Apache 2.2.3, Samba
> 3.0.24, Python 2.4.4 and 2.5, Perl 5.8.8, PHP 4.4.4 and 5.2.0,  
> Asterisk
> 1.2.13, and more than 18,000 other ready to use software packages.
>
> Upgrades to Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 from the previous release, Debian
> GNU/Linux 3.1 codenamed "sarge", are automatically handled by the
> aptitude package management tool for most configurations, and to a
> certain degree also by the apt-get package management tool. As always,
> Debian GNU/Linux systems can be upgraded quite painlessly, in place,
> without any forced downtime, but it is strongly recommended to read  
> the
> release notes for possible issues. For detailed instructions about
> installing and upgrading Debian GNU/Linux, please see the release  
> notes
> <http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/releasenotes> . Please note that
> the release notes will be further improved and translated to  
> additional
> languages in the coming weeks.
>
>
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