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Debian Installer RC1 Is Out

Posted by timothy on from the smoosh-it-onto-a-machine dept.

rekt writes "The Debian crew has just announced the release of debian-installer RC1. You can find versions of it for 11 different architectures at the d-i page. This is one of the most flexible, modular installer architectures out there. As we near the release of sarge (debian 3.1) next month, it's important that we find and work out any bugs in the installer. Grab a copy and give it a shot!"

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  1. A nice tall glass of... by Ads+are+broken · · Score: -1, Troll

    fr1sty posteeez!!!!!!!!1

    1. Re:A nice tall glass of... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      The installer may be out, but as usual Debian is still a few years behind the times.

      Debian is like BSD - a sick old dog that should just die already.

      (Posting courtesy of the Melbourne Linux Users Group and Linux Users Victoria.)

  2. Seems debian isnt the same by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    heres some info about this installer. I dont like it.

  3. Isn't it time... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    To go Gentoo?

    I mean really? Why should you have to settle for "versions"? Tired of your binary packages demanding specific users and uids for your application? Gentoo increments, it doesn't panic when it can't use UID 500.
    Gentoo's security group is more active with linux than debian.
    Gentoo gives you a lot more flexibility with the packages you want that debian!
    Gentoo has better managed kernel packages than debian.
    Gentoo tracks it's dependencies using a state of the art package management, not a bandaided database!
    Gentoo has bleading edge stuff! Literally, like 2.6.8_rc3, and it's built from source!
    Gentoo has stable stuff, like 2.4.27, and apache 1.3!
    Gentoo has complete support forums, and mailling lists, not to mention a newsletter with real content.