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Debian Sarge focuses on easy installation
Talkback Last week , I tried debian with the Sarge installer, except for a minor sound issuse, everything went great. Neddless to say Debian is now my main OS. After using Red Hat for years, I have been alittle dissapointed with Fedora.
[November 12, 2004, 19:45]
Debian suffers from community growing pains
News Frustrated software programmers unable to sign up to the voluntarily run community of developers behind the Debian GNU/Linux operating system have criticised the management of the project. Voicing their frustration on discussion forums, including...
[April 22, 2008, 17:03]
Debian 'Lenny' released
News Debian 5.0, code-named 'Lenny', has been officially released. Scheduled for a Saturday 'Valentine's Day' release, the distro was made available on Sunday, Steve McIntyre, head of the Debian project, wrote in a blog post.
[February 16, 2009, 11:45]
Nice one, Debian
Blog The Debian project appears to have solved the problem of Microsoft's legal attacks on the Linux kernel by preparing to do away with it entirely. A posting by Joerg Jaspert to the Debian mailing list has announced that the FreeBSD kernel is now...
[April 7, 2009, 15:57]
Debian Sarge focuses on easy installation
News Debian developers have completely rewritten the Debian installer for the next version of the Linux distribution, code-named Sarge. The update, due around the New Year, is the first major release of Debian since July 2002 when the current version...
[November 11, 2004, 16:45]
Debian group encourages women developers
News The Debian Women group, which was set up in March this year to encourage the participation of women in Debian's future development, is already making progress in encouraging women to apply to be Debian developers, it says.
[December 14, 2004, 12:55]
Debian developers ponder trademark changes
News The leader of the Debian Linux distribution has called for changes to be made to the open source project's trademark policy, to ensure it has the appropriate level of protection against legal challenges.
[September 22, 2005, 12:55]
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny) Released
Blog Comment alright, after installing Debian 5.0 via netinstall (booted from a USB stick) on a UMPC Roverpc A700Q (which is the same as the gigabyte M704) i had a rather "basic" graphics experience.resolution was 800x600 and the colors.well, something like 2...
[February 18, 2009, 11:32]
Debian Sarge focuses on easy installation
Talkback I just have to say, Debian Sarge is King!
[November 13, 2004, 11:45]
Debian released without security update feature
News A configuration mistake in the new Debian Linux distribution has forced a fix less than 24 hours after the software was released. New installations [of Debian 3.1 from CD and DVD] will not get security updates by default," said Debian developer...
[June 8, 2005, 9:50]
Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny) Released
Blog The long-awaited Debian 5.0 release, code named "lenny", was released over the weekend. One of the advantages of Debian Linux is the variety of systems and architectures it supports. So far this morning I have installed it, without problem, on the...
[February 16, 2009, 13:03]
Nice one, Debian
Blog Comment Certainly, I see no disadvantage in having additional Debian kernels (FreeBSD, Solaris). And there are advantages to the IT industry in avoiding monoculture (see: CyberInsecurity Report All I raised a question to was the misguided belief that one...
[April 14, 2009, 10:13]
Debian team prepares for imminent release
News Developers of the Debian GNU/Linux distribution are frantically squashing software bugs in an effort to get version 3.1 out by the scheduled 6 June release date. The Debian project has not released a major upgrade of its operating system since July...
[May 31, 2005, 14:25]
Fedora, Slackware, Debian... and Philosophy
Blog What I have been trying this week are at the other end of the scale - Fedora, Slackware and Debian Linux. However, I just ran into something with Debian that really made me stop and think, and which fits nicely with something else I had been...
[July 11, 2008, 9:17]
Debian developers locked out after server hack
News The Debian GNU/Linux project has locked a number of its developers out of their system accounts following a security scare in which the hack of a key internal server was discovered this week. The lockout took place due to the fact a compromised...
[July 14, 2006, 15:25]
Debian upgrade hones security
News The Debian Project has released an update to its popular GNU/Linux distribution, with security-related bug fixes a key feature. This is the first update of Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (code name "Sarge") which mainly adds security updates to the stable...
[December 21, 2005, 14:55]
Debian: We're not looking for commercial fortune
News The Debian GNU/Linux operating system continues to generate interest from developers around the world, keen to sign up and contribute code to the open-source project now in its 15th year. Why do you think he saw the need for a new flavour of Linux...
[April 28, 2008, 13:03]
Debian release may slip to March
News The release of the upcoming version of Debian may slip to March, according to one of the two release managers for the Linux distribution. If that happens, the release of the upcoming version of Debian — the fourth major revision, code-named Etch...
[February 7, 2007, 8:40]
Debian Sarge focuses on easy installation
Talkback Sarge Installer supports automation by allowing you to pre-seed a configuration with all the options managed by the debian configuration system DebConf. Go Debian! We use Sarge as our platform for palm-top device development and have fully...
[November 11, 2004, 21:52]
Debian developers call for more releases
News The lack of a new stable release of Debian GNU/Linux since July 2002 is fuelling the campaigns of many candidates for the project's leadership position, with many pushing for a shorter and more regular release cycle to arrest user departures.
[March 18, 2005, 14:50]
