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Debian, Lenny GR and the Secretary

2008-12-19 by mjr

Two policy issues have been brewing in debian and I’ve been mostly quiet about them because I’ve been busy with TTLLP work. One is the Lenny release GR which I’m still trying to make sense of. I mean: yikes! I’ve … Continue reading →

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Firmware and the Shape of Debian Lenny

2008-10-23 by mjr

Lenny is the codename for the next release of debian, which will be debian 5.0 formally. For the first time that I can remember, debian will fit on one disk. OK, so it’s a blu-ray disk (BD), but I’m sure … Continue reading →

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Debian 4.0-updated (“etch and a half”)

2008-07-31 by mjr

“The Debian project is pleased to announce the fourth update of its stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (codename etch). In addition to correcting several security problems and a few serious defects in the stable release, for the first time in … Continue reading →

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