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''Many answers can be fount in the [[http://www.debian.org/News/2007/20070408|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 "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
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).
The ARM port is deprecated
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
links
Download CD : http://www.debian.org/CD/.
Package Repository : http://ftp.us.debian.org/dists/lenny/
- Installation :
Upgrade from Etch: Etch2LennyUpgrade
FAQ
Many answers can be found in the 5.0.0 press release or in the Release Information. and the errata.
See also :
Debian stable - Lenny is the current stable distribution.
Debian Etch - The previous stable distribution.
Debian Squeeze - The next stable distribution.