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Debian Releases > Debian Slink
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Slink is the code name for a former Stable Debian distribution. It was released on March 9th 1999 as Debian GNU/Linux 2.1. It was superseded by Debian/Potato on 15 Aug 2000.
Security updates aren't provided anymore.
http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/ - Debian/Slink Release Information
Debian/Slink Life cycle
04 Nov 1998 : Announcement of Upcoming Release (press release).
09 Mar 1999 : Initial released : 2.1r0 (press release).
?? ??? ???? : Updated (2.1r1) (not announced, never released ?).
27 Jun 1999 : Updated (2.1r2) (mailing-list announcement).
04 Sep 1999 : Updated (2.1r3) (mailing-list announcement).
15 Dec 1999 : Updated (2.1r4) (press release).
16 Jan 2000 : Announcement of Next-Upcoming Release (Potato) (press release).
16 Feb 2000 : Updated (2.1r5) (press release).
15 Aug 2000 : Debian/Slink becomes old-stable. (i.e A new stable is released : Potato).
14 Sep 2000 : Announcement of the end of security Update (mailing list 1 and 2).
30 Oct 2000 : End of security updates (i.e End of life.). The distribution is moved to archive.
See Slink point-releases ChangeLog
Architectures
Slink had officially supported the following architectures : alpha, i386, m68k, sparc. (see Slink's release page).
New Features
Release Requirements for Debian GNU/Linux 2.1 - http://people.debian.org/~joey/goals/2.1/
Packages & versions
- apt : (not available)
- kernel : linux 2.0.34 ; 2.0.35 ;2.0.36 ; 2.0.38
- libc : libc6 2.0.7
- gcc : 2.7.2.3
- X-server : XFree86 3.3.2a
Links
Download CD : http://mirror.debianforum.de/debian-iso-archive/slink/ (i386 only atm) (see #BuildACd for other archs)
Package Repository : http://archive.debian.org/dists/slink/
- Installation :
FAQ
Many answers can be found in the 2.1r0 press release or in the Release Information.
- Q) Any good book about debian/Slink ?
see http://www.act.cmis.csiro.au/gjw/linux/debian.pdf (or google for "The (OLD) Debian GNU/Linux Cookbook" Graham Williams).
See also :
Debian Hamm - The previous distribution.
Debian Potato - The next distribution.
Note the former blue eyed pinguin Debian logo. (this cd cover is probably copyrighted InfoMagic).