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Etch Goes Beta

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the shift-your-labels dept.

An anonymous reader writes to tell us that Debian 'etch' has finally hit beta (testing) complete with graphical installer. The new version includes a default 2.6 kernel, auto laptop detection, secure apt to verify downloaded packages, improved log file and bug reporting, added language support, and much more.

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  1. debian-installer for etch hits beta by free2 · · Score: 3, Informative

    "debian-installer for etch hits beta" would be a more accurate title.
    etch is "testing" ever since sarge was released as "stable"

  2. testing now with installer and security updates by free2 · · Score: 2, Informative

    This doesn't mean etch will be released as stable soon. All RC bugs will have to be fixed first.
    But since there is now a security team for testing, http://secure-testing-master.debian.net/ ,
    it means you can now install testing and use apt to get security updates.

    "testing" is now a full debian distro (if not official) as are "oldstable", "stable" and "unstable"

    1. Re:testing now with installer and security updates by free2 · · Score: 2, Informative

      http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/GettingMadwifi

  3. Screenshots by xgamer04 · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is one time I wish we did have some screenshots :(

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    1. Re:Screenshots by abdulla · · Score: 2, Informative

      You can check out screenshots of the new graphical installer here.

  4. Story gets it terribly wrong by Florian · · Score: 5, Informative

    The installer for Etch has gone Beta (as it clearly states on the page the story links to), not Etch itself. The Etch release is scheduled for late 2006, which is still an ambitious goal given the amount of necessary work - such as moving all documentation that doesn't meet the Debian Free Software guidelines into non-free.

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