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Major New Features in Debian Etch

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the spurred-by-the-offshoots dept.

Klaidas writes "Linux.com reports that the third beta of Debian Etch installer (released August 11, 2006) has some major new features, which might make this version of Debian the easiest to install. According to the original announcement, we will now be able to install using a graphical user interface on i386 and amd64 platforms. We will also be able to set up encrypted partitions during installation. Debian Etch is scheduled to be released on December 2006"

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  1. Oh, wow... by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Etch-A-Sketch runs Debian?!

  2. Monitor by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    > The installer is designed to work at a resolution of 600x800

    Hm, looks like a rotated old LCD monitor.

  3. Graphical Install For Debian?!? Bah!! by RobotRunAmok · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am teh Old Skool. Any Debian installation that does not require lamb's blood, sulfur, salt, mercury, a transcription from the original Assyrian, Fermat's Enigma, and a Circle of Power etched in holy chalk consecrated on Michaelmas is a Debian installation for which I have no use.

    Friggin' noobs...

  4. Re:Graphical Install For Debian?!? Bah!! by pb · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hah, you had it easy--in my day, we had to use dselect!

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  5. About time by makomk · · Score: 3, Funny

    I mean, even Gentoo has a graphical install now (though not a very user-friendly one, of course...)

  6. Re:Newsflash by mverwijs · · Score: 2, Funny

    FTA:

    About 35 minutes after I slipped the CD into my drive, I was looking at a GNOME 2.1.4

    So it would actually be 2002. ;-)

  7. Where's the screen shots? by 9Nails · · Score: 2, Funny

    This article is worthless without pictures!

  8. There is a catch using the new installer. by stsp · · Score: 3, Funny

    The catch is that you need to tilt your monitor.

    From TFA:
    The installer is designed to work at a resolution of 600x800;

  9. Re:Scrolling by spongman · · Score: 4, Funny
    apt-get update

    apt-get install scroll-knobs

  10. Re:Graphical Install For Debian?!? Bah!! by Chris+Burke · · Score: 3, Funny

    And for those of you who are noobs, here is how to install Linux on a dead badger.

    Heh, my work place's web proxy blocked the site with the following message (emaphasis unchanged): "The site you requested is blocked under the following categories: Criminal Skills"

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