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## REMINDER : This page is about the "ETCH RELEASE". (not about installing it, using it or what ever).
 ''Many answers can be found in the [[http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090214|5.0.0 press release]] or in the Release Information.'' and the [[http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/errata|errata]].
## REMINDER : This page is about the "LENNY RELEASE". (not about installing it, using it or what ever).

Debian Releases > Debian Lenny

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The current DebianStable distribution was developed under the code name Lenny. It was released on Feb 15th, 2009 as Debian GNU/Linux 5.0, prior to which it was the DebianTesting distribution.

http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/ - Debian/Lenny release information

Debian/Lenny Life cycle

  • 2009-02-15 : Initial released : 5.0.0 (press release).

  • 2009-04-11 : Updated (5.0.1) (preparation; press release).

  • 2009-06-27 : Updated (5.0.2) (press release).

  • 2009-09-05 : Updated (5.0.3) (press release).

  • 2010-01-30 : Updated (5.0.4) (press release).

  • ..
  • ..
  • (No official life cycle announced yet. Previous stable were targeted to be released every 18 months, A distribution used to be discontinued 1 year after a new one is released... but things may change, see FAQ).

See Lenny point-releases(?) ChangeLog.

Architectures

  • New ARM EABI port, "armel"
  • Lenny is officially supported on the following architectures : alpha, amd64, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc. (see Lenny's release page, criteria, and status).

New Features

See also: Release goals (official list ; announcement ; last update) ; DebianInstaller/LennyGoals

Packages & versions
  • apt 0.7.20
  • kernel : linux 2.6.26
  • libc : libc6 2.7
  • gcc : 4:4.3.2
  • X-server : Xorg 7.3
  • FHS 2.3
  • LSB 3.2

FAQ

See also :