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Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 released

The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian

GNU/Linux version 4.0, codenamed "etch", after 21 months of constant

development. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system which supports

a total of eleven processor architectures and includes the KDE, GNOME

and Xfce desktop environments. It also features cryptographic software

and compatibility with the FHS v2.3 and software developed for version

3.1 of the LSB.

Using a now fully integrated installation process, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0

comes with out-of-the-box support for encrypted partitions. This

release introduces a newly developed graphical frontend to the

installation system supporting scripts using composed characters and

complex languages; the installation system for Debian GNU/Linux has now

been translated to 58 languages.

This release includes a number of updated software packages, such as the

K Desktop Environment 3.5 (KDE), an updated version of the GNOME desktop

environment 2.14, the Xfce 4.4 desktop environment, the GNUstep desktop

5.2, X.Org 7.1, OpenOffice.org 2.0.4a, GIMP 2.2.13, Iceweasel (an

unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3), Icedove (an unbranded

version of Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5), Iceape (an unbranded version of

Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.8), PostgreSQL 8.1.8, MySQL 5.0.32, GNU Compiler

Collection 4.1.1, Linux kernel version 2.6.18, Apache 2.2.3, Samba

3.0.24, Python 2.4.4 and 2.5, Perl 5.8.8, PHP 4.4.4 and 5.2.0, Asterisk

1.2.13, and more than 18,000 other ready to use software packages.

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Wow, finally, and on Easter day too! I've been running Etch for a few months now and it seems as solid as ever. I think this is the project's best release yet.

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Honestly, Debian lost my respect with the whole Mozilla mess, but at least this helps Ubuntu indirectly :whistle:

Debian didn't have much choice. If they wanted to use Firefox/Thunderbird branding, they would have to get patches approved by Mozilla, which kinda defeats the purpose of free (as in speech) software.

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