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Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 updated
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 Debian's history an update for a stable distribution also adds support for newer hardware by giving users the option to install newer drivers.
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.
Also beginning with Debian GNU/Linux 4.0, the package management system has been improved regarding security and efficiency. Secure APT allows the verification of the integrity of packages downloaded from a mirror. Updated package indices won't be downloaded in their entirety, but instead patched with smaller files containing only differences from earlier versions.
This release includes a number of updated software packages, such as:
- K Desktop Environment 3.5.5a (KDE), an updated version of the GNOME desktop environment 2.14
- Xfce 4.4 desktop environment
- 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.
