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Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny" Released
Alexander "Tolimar" Reichle-Schmehl writes "The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 5.0 (codenamed Lenny) after 22 months of constant development. With 12 supported computer architectures, more than 23,000 packages built from over 12,000 source packages and 63 languages for the new graphical installer, this release sets new records, once again. Software available in 5.0 includes Linux 2.6.26, KDE 3.5.10, Gnome 2.22.2, X.Org 7.3, OpenOffice.org 2.4.1, GIMP 2.4.7, Iceweasel 3.0.6, Apache 2.2.9, Xen 3.2.1 and GCC 4.3.2. Other notable features are X autoconfiguring itself, full read-write support for NTFS, Java programs in the main repository and a single Blu-Ray disc installation media. You can get the ISOs via bittorrent. The Debian Project also wishes to announce that this release is dedicated to Thiemo Seufer, a Debian Developer who died on December 26th, 2008 in a tragic car accident. As a valuable member of the Debian Project, he will be sorely missed."
Huh?
While it's easy to pile on with the melodrama, the last stable release, Etch, was in the middle of '07. A year and a half is an entirely reasonable amount of time to wait for an operating system release.
I, for one, congratulate them on and thank them for their timely release!
My photolog
Some first impressions on the release, screenshots and an explanation of the delay from Steve McIntyre, the Debian Project Leader, here: http://tuxradar.com/content/lenny-has-landed
Don't do this. Squeeze won't be supported by the testing security team in the beginning: http://lists.debian.org/debian-testing-security-announce/2008/12/msg00019.html
Etch took one month less than lenny.
Now when sid starts moving again, KDE 4.2 will go in - completely avoiding the earlier, less complete releases that everybody was ranting about.
Hopefully they will freeze KDE 4.3 with Qt 4.5. Freezing kde at 4.2 would seem like a mistake, when you consider that KDE people mostly focus on fixing bugs for 4.3. Also, Qt 4.5 should bring big performance improvements.
Save your wrists today - switch to Dvorak
note: theese lengths only take account of the month not the time in the month so they may be a little off but they are good enough for the purpose
buzz->rex 6 months
rex->bo 6 months
bo->hamm 13 months
hamm->slink 8 months
slink->potato 17 months
potato->woody 23 months
woody->sarge 35 months
sarge->etch 22 months
etch->lenny 22 months
note: i'm known as plugwash most places but i screwd up registering that here somehow in the past and now can't register
It is not going to be in the archives because it would waste a huge amount of space. You may build it yourself using jigdo.
Also do not forget that Debian currently seeks hardware donations.
I'm using Lenny right now (though Gnome), and I see both 3.5 and 4 available in Synaptic.
We shouldn't forget the Debian Live project which has live CDs for Gnome, KDE, XFCE, and LXDE.
Put identity in the browser.
More like 5 RC bugs.
Oh ffs, the OpenSSL developers were just as responsible for the snafu as Debian was. More so I'd say since the Debian developer asked on the openssl-dev list about his patch and whether anyone had any objections to it. Here's the response he got from a OpenSSL developer:http://marc.info/?l=openssl-dev&m=114652287210110&w=2/
Got that? He was given the ok by a OpenSSL developer. They're every bit as responsible as Debian.