Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 Set for December

dolson writes sends in a heartening update straight from the Debian project's news page: "The Debian project confirms December 2006 as the date for the next release of its distribution which will be named Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias 'etch'. This will be the first official release to include the AMD64 architecture. The distribution will be released synchronously for 11 architectures in total. At this stage, the upcoming release will ship with Linux 2.6.17 as its default kernel. This kernel will be used across all architectures and on the installer. A later version may be selected during a review in October. New features of this release include the GNU Compiler Collection 4.1 as default compiler. X.Org will replace XFree86 as implementation of the X Window System X11. Secure APT will add extra security by easily supporting strong cryptography and digital signatures to validate downloaded packages."

Comments

OK, but...

[SchwarzeReiter]

does it run... Oh, never mind.

Re:OK, but...

[doti]

No.

It runs GNU/Linux.

Re:OK, but...

[Schraegstrichpunkt]

You don't need brk(), just a paging VM, and mmap().

Debian turns me on.

[Reverend528]

Reading about this release is giving me a Woody!

Re:Debian turns me on.

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, don't get your hopes up, the 2006 part could be a typo.

Re:Debian turns me on.

[ShadowLeo]

Don't be such a Hamm.

Re:Debian turns me on.

[Bruce Perens]

It's great that there's so much Buzz about Debian!

Re:Debian turns me on.

[betasaur]

Finally, I'll be able to scratch that etch...

Just in time for Christmas

[Elros]

I wonder if anyone will buy it for me...oh...wait

Architectures.

[saintlupus]

Last I checked, Debian GNU/Linux didn't run terribly well on anything but x86 and ppc -- NetBSD was by far a better choice for something like a MIPS box or a VAX. Is that still the case?

--saint

Re:Architectures.

[HomerJ]

Why would you want to run anything else on a VAX other than good ol' VMS? I wish someone made an Itanium laptop, so I could run OpenVMS on a portable.

Preview Release

[marciot]

Preview release is here

(with apologies to the debian developers... I couldn't resist)

Re:Welcome

[TheUnknownOne]

And just in time for 2007 too!

Merry X(windows)mas

[Anonymous Coward]

and a Happy GNU Year!

Re:Merry X(windows)mas

[cerberusss]

Merry X(windows)mas!

[condescending unix computer user mode ON]
HELLO? it's either MerryXmas or Merry The X Window Systemmas.

[condescending unix computer user mode OFF]

hahahahaha

[Anonymous Coward]

hahahahaha

Oh, you'rs serious???!!!!!

Nah, I'm just joking. I'm a debian user. I believe you.

Finally

[scenestar]

Debian sarge has a near ancient feel for desktop use.

after mucking around With all those new desktop distros out there it will be refreshing to go back to good ole debian.

(Don"t give me that crap about apt-pinning, I know what it is, but I prefer simple apt-get freshness)

is there an election or something?

[mathx]

I thought debian only released in presidential election years...?

-math

Re:is there an election or something?

[elzurawka]

Sometimes, when there is avery bad president, they choose to do it durring the congressional Elections

Is it Etchy Eft or Efty Etch?

[njchick]

Oops, it's not Ubuntu, it's just plain Debian.

The exact release date for etch

[SFSouthpaw]

is a bit sketchy.