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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.09.07/Tue/debian.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.09.07/Tue/debian.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 22591b1..0000000 --- a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.09.07/Tue/debian.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,17 +0,0 @@ -The Debian Project recently [announced the official release][2] of its new distribution, codenamed Etch. The new release brings the popular Linux distro to version 4.0 and adds a fully integrated installation process with a graphical front-end and an improved package management system. - -Debian is a GNU/Linux system supporting eleven different processor architectures and includes the KDE, Gnome and Xfce desktop environments. - -The new graphical installer should help open up what was once possibly the most difficult distro to install to a wider range of users. With the popularity of Ubuntu Linux largely attributable to its easy of installation (Mark Pilgrim [once quipped ][1]that Ubuntu is "an ancient African word meaning "can’t install Debian'"), other distros, like Debian, are clearly making an effort to ease to complexity of installation. - -Etch also includes a much improved update mechanism with numerous security enhancements. Etch includes Secure APT, which allows users to easily verify the integrity of packages, to ensure they haven't been corrupted or tampered with, before downloading and installing them. - -As part of its improved security, Etch also ships with out-of-the-box support for encrypted partitions. - -Notable software in the new Debian release includes updated packages like KDE 3.5.5a, GNOME 2.14, OpenOffice.org 2, GIMP 2.2.13, Iceweasel (an unbranded version of Firefox 2) and Icedove (an unbranded version of Thunderbird 1.5). - -Etch can be downloaded via bittorrent (the recommended way), jigdo or HTTP. See the Debian website for more [detailed upgrade/installation instructions][3]. - -[1]: http://diveintomark.org/archives/2006/06/26/essentials-2006 "Essentials, 2006 edition" -[2]: http://www.debian.org/News/2007/20070408 "Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 released" -[3]: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/ "Debian Etch Release Information"
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