Finally, Debian folks have decided to come up with a time-based release policy than their current “whenever it is ready” policy. This is a very good step that the Debian project has taken and it will give a huge sigh of relief to users and corporation who are devoted fans of Debian – no more [...]
For those of you who are waiting for Debian Lenny’s update release, I would like to tell you that it is coming soon. How soon? Tomorrow, yes that’s on 11th April 2009.
From Lenny onwards, Debian has decided to number the version in a 3-figure format. So for example:
Debian Lenny Release was called: 5.0.0
And now the [...]
Today, the Debian Lenny’s backports has been officially started. The name of the backport is lenny-backports just like previous backports. To start using the Lenny backports just add the following file to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:
deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free
and give the following command:
# apt-get update
To start installing packages from lenny-backports give the following command:
apt-get [...]
Purpose: This is quick guide to show how you can upgrade to the latest stable release of Debian – 5.0 (Lenny). You can also read more information about the release here.
Step 1: Change your sources.list file
nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Change all the instances of “etch” to “lenny”. Save and quit the file. Your file should look something like [...]
As you may (or may) not know, the Debian team finally released it’s latest stable version, 5.0 (codenamed “Lenny”) on 14th Feb. 2009, after nearly 22 months of development which involved hard work and some high quality technical and policy discussions. I will try to summarize the Lenny’s press release and also add some more [...]
Update: This post has been made “sticky” until Lenny is released. I will update the RC bug count on a periodic basis.
Debian Lenny finally released
Could there be any better gift for Debian fans than getting to download the brand new shinny Lenny on Valentine’s day? I doubt….
Yes, Debian latest stable release a.k.a Lenny was released [...]
Purpose: To show resources which might be useful if you are looking to support Debian on Intel’s Atom processor.
Sometime back Intel announced it’s new low power Atom processor. These processors are specifically designed for UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC), MID (Mobile Internet Devices) and other hand-held devices.
I started looking around the Internet to see if [...]
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