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Debian Lenny Installer RC1 Arrives

Posted by timothy on from the not-lenny-from-of-mice-and-men dept.

nerdyH writes "It appears that Debian 5.0 (aka "Lenny") will soon take its big binocular eyes out into the wider world. Only two months later than expected, the Debian project has completed the first release candidate of Lenny's installer. Featuring much faster installation from "live" CDs, and expanded support for ARM-based devices such as NAS servers, Lenny has gestated for 19 months, compared to 21 months for the previous "Etch" release. Lookout, world, Debian releases are picking up speed! The download is here."

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  1. cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    surprise, surprise, Barack Obama, the guy who didn't bother showing up for work for 2 years, is resigning his senate seat.

    That's right: You elected an unemployed nigger.

  2. Don't forget... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    To pay your $699 goatse fee you cock-smoking tea-baggers.

  3. Re:why bother with a liveCD? by LingNoi · · Score: 0, Troll

    The Lenny installer runs circles around the Ubuntu installer. Among other cool details you can configure LVM, or software raids prior to the disk formatting and installation.

    Which is why it sucks compared to Ubuntu. You remember Ubuntu right? It's Linux for humans.

  4. Re:What about bugs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "Oh, come one...like that's ever stopped Microsoft or Apple from releasing an OS"

    I thought the Linux preachers like to make a big deal of not being like either of them.

    Which is it going to be Bud?