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New Features and other interesting stuff in Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 "Etch"

A list of more technical issues regarding the upgrade from Sarge to Etch is available at Sarge2EtchUpgrade. The Errata page for the installer may also be of interest to those who've installed Sarge and now want to try Etch

New Features

New introduced Packages

(Just the most important ones.)

Updated Packages

(Just the most important ones.)

Note: A good way to obtain that information is by looking it up in Distrowatch: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=debian (it might not be totally updated, though)

Desktop

Server

System

internal changes

What changed between the release of Sarge and the upcoming release of Etch, which might be interesting for users, even if it didn't effect them directly.

Removed packages

Renamed and replaced packages

Split packages

Etch preparation

Some documents with releases goals; todo lists, etc..