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[:DebianReleases:Debian Releases] > Debian Etch

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The current ["DebianStable"] distribution was developed under the code name Etch. It was released on Apr 8th 2007 as Debian GNU/Linux 4.0, prior to which it was the DebianTesting distribution.

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Debian/Etch Release Information : [http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/]

Debian/Etch Life cycle

See Etch [:DebianReleases/PointReleases:point-releases] [http://ftp.debian.org/dists/etch/ChangeLog ?ChangeLog].

Architectures

New Features

see ["NewInEtch"] ([:NewInEtchGerman:Deutsch] - [:NewInEtchRussian:Русский (Russkij)] - [:NewInEtchSpanish:Español])

Packages & versions
  • apt 0.5.3
  • kernel : linux 2.6.18
  • libc : libc6 2.2.3
  • gcc : 4.1.1
  • X-server : Xorg 7.1

FAQ

Q) What were the release goals for Etch ?

see [http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/07/msg00005.html Etch 4.0, Blockers and Goals, Arch status, kernel 2.4, etc]. A summary of the initially planned features, as discussed on debian-devel, went to ["EtchTODOList"].

See also :

  • [:DebianStable:Debian stable] - Etch is the current stable distribution.

    • [:DebianSarge:Debian Sarge] - The previous stable distribution.

    • [:DebianLenny:Debian Lenny] - The next stable distribution.