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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. 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...

  2. Re:Major New Features by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's not a major new feature. It's about damn time.

    Do all the other distros have an installer that works across 11 arches? (Yes, it's the same back-end across all arches).

    The Debian installer is pretty fine IMO - the graphical front end is pretty nice & counts as a major new feature in my book.

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    There are shills on slashdot. Apparently, I'm one of them.