Neowin News Feed for: Debian

Debian drops Xfce, reinstates GNOME as default desktop

Rob Schorman — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 02:52:00 +0000

Three months ago, Debian's developers chose to replace GNOME with the Xfce desktop environment. It seems that the next release will use GNOME 3 after all, just like Linus Torvalds himself now Read more...

'Whonix' appears in the wild, makes your IP harder to find

Paul Ferson — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:36:40 +0000

With Linux and its open source nature people have been able to create unique projects, and the wittily named 'Whonix' is no exception. Combining security tools it brings several layers of IP security. Read more...

Debian drops GNOME, chooses Xfce as default desktop

Rob Schorman — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 19:32:34 +0100

For many years, the standard desktop environment of Debian has been GNOME. However the next release of the Linux distribution will use Xfce as the default environment, but for a strange reason. Read more...

$25 Raspberry Pi PC nears launch

Andy Weir — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 08:11:16 +0000

In a world of dual-core smartphones and turbo-powered tablets, the idea of a tiny 700MHz PC with 128MB of RAM might sound mad. But the new $25 computer may just make sense in the right context. Read more...

Debian 6.0.1

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:28:16 +0000

The Debian project is pleased to announce the first update of its stable distribution Debian 6.0 (codename squeeze). This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustment... Read more...

Debian and Ubuntu flaw leaves private SSL/SSH keys guessable

franzon — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:47 +0100

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The Debian Security Advisory posted up DSA-1571-1 openssl -- predictable random number generator issue today and strongly advised its users to take steps to avoid possible compromising of any systems running on Debian, such as... Read more...

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0

Slimy — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:36:32 +0100

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The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system. This operating system that we have created is called Debian GNU/Linux, or simply Debian for short.... Read more...

Next Debian Release to Support AMD64 Chips

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:27:42 +0100

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The next release of the Debian Project's Linux distribution will run on Advanced Micro Devices' AMD64 processors for the first time, according to the organization's Web site. The GNU/Linux 4.0 operating system, also known as... Read more...

Porting Debian to... Windows

NTUsEr — Wed, 05 Dec 2001 02:37:02 +0000

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The first step to porting Debian to the Win32 platform has been made - dpkg is compiling under Cygwin. Check out the post on debian-devel and the Debian GNU/w32 port's site. ... Read more...