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Debian-Installer Loader

This is the announcement of "Debian-Installer Loader", a win32 loader for Debian Installer.

Overall, the process is very simple (it's been inspired by a similar project with Ubuntu). D-I-L…

Debian 4.0 (Etch) tipped for February release

The long-awaited next version of the Debian open-source operating system is most likely to be released in February, according to members of the Debian community.

In a Debian Administration…

Debian Live for PS3

An alternative to YellowDog Linux for the PlayStation 3, the Debian Live system contains a minimal GNOME Desktop environment with Firefox web browser. Because Debian-Installer is included in…

Debian Linux 3.0 is officially dead

The old stable release Debian GNU/Linux (codename 'woody') has been archived. The official source for this distribution is the dedicated archive host called archive.debian.org. It is no longer…

Debian delayed as community loses interest

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0--the next version of the Linux distribution--was due to be released by December 4, meaning that it is already more than two weeks late.

Now one of Debian's release…

Debian Etch frozen

The Debian Release Team announced that the next stable version 4.0, codenamed Etch, has been frozen now. This means that only urgent changes will be done to Etch, in order to get the numbers of…

The people behind the Debian Linux project

Ever wonder what the people behind the Debian project look like? This site is a simple prototype to see if there is any interest in maintaining a face-database of Debian Developers.

Those…

As Etch progresses, Debian's release manager talks turkey

Release managers are not mentioned in the Debian Constitution, yet few positions in Debian are more influential, especially in the final stages of preparation for a release. Recently, Andreas…

Adopt an orphan

In the Debian project they refer to packages that no longer have mantainers as orphaned. I think it's a good definition, and I'd extend it to free software packages that are no longer developed.…

Debian Installer Etch Release Candidate 1 released

The Debian Installer team is proud to announce the first release candidate (RC1) of the installer for Debian GNU/Linux Etch.

http://times.debian.net/1033-Debian-Installer-Etch-Release-…