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Debian Releases > Debian Lenny
http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/ - Debian/Lenny release information
Contents
The current DebianOldStable 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. It was superseded by Debian/Squeeze on Feb 06th 2011.
Debian/Lenny Life cycle
Before the release
2006-11-16 : Distribution codename announced
2008-07-27 : freeze of Debian testing, see announcement
Release and updates
2009-02-15 : Initial release : 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).
2010-06-26 : Updated (5.0.5) (press release).
2010-09-04 : Updated (5.0.6) (press release).
2010-11-27 : Updated (5.0.7) (press release).
2011-01-22 : Updated (5.0.8) (press release).
2011-02-06 : Lenny becomes old-stable. (i.e A new stable is released: Debian Squeeze)
- ..
- ..
(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:
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
Many answers can be found in the 5.0.0 press release or in the Release Information. and the errata.
links
Download CD : http://www.debian.org/CD/.
Package Repository : http://ftp.us.debian.org/dists/lenny/
- Installation :
Upgrade from Etch: Etch2LennyUpgrade
See also
Debian Etch - The previous distribution.
Debian Squeeze - The next distribution.