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The current [[DebianOldStable]] 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. The current [[DebianOldStable]] distribution was developed under the code name Etch. It was released on Apr 8th 2007 as '''Debian GNU/Linux 4.0''', it was superseded by Debian/[[DebianLenny|Lenny]] on Feb 15th 2009.

Debian Releases > Debian Etch

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The current DebianOldStable distribution was developed under the code name Etch. It was released on Apr 8th 2007 as Debian GNU/Linux 4.0, it was superseded by Debian/Lenny on Feb 15th 2009.

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

Debian/Etch Life cycle

See Etch point-releases ChangeLog.

Architectures

New Features

  • Secure/Signed repositories (SecureApt).

  • Graphical Installer (DebianInstaller/GUI).

  • Debian-Installer supports 58 languages (i.e 18 new ones ; map)

  • UTF-8 enabled by default.

see NewInEtch (Deutsch - Русский (Russkij) - 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 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 :