This page is a placeholder for New In Squeeze.
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Debian Archives
- Squeeze splits things into a lot more separate sections besides "libs", "network" etc; additions include "embedded", "haskell", and "video"
- backports.org is now integrated as backports.debian.org
- volatile.debian.org now has volatile-sloppy (plans for closer integration with proposed-updates)
- release architectures for Squeeze: dropping arm, adding kfreebsd-amd64 and kfreebsd-i386 (with caveats)
OS Infrastructure
console-setup reorganised (also used by X)
dash is now default and Essential
grub means grub2, grub-legacy still available
insserv defaulting to CONCURRENCY=makefile
libpam-runtime - streamlined PAM configuration
xorg autoconfiguration (for most hardware)
- now supports XZ compression in binary and source packages
- has been optimized to load its database quicker
- can filter files to install with --path-exclude and --path-include.
- no longer requires perl, and is thus more embedded-friendly
Desktop and Laptop
- GNOME has been updated to version 2.30, with some pieces of GNOME 2.32.
gdm3 is the new default login manager. Users upgrading from lenny, however, will not have their login manager replaced. The old gdm package will be dropped in the next major release.
Server
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Security
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Debugging and Instrumentation
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Programming
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Debian system
Debian kernels
The Linux version in Squeeze is 2.6.32; the udev in Squeeze will complain [and/or explode?] on anything older than [2.6.28?] Admin-visible changes from Lenny's 2.6.26 include:
- "deb-pkg" build target support
even IDE (PATA) hard drives now register as /dev/sdX (use filesystem labels! See Part-UUID)
- filesystems: ext4; defaults for ext3 changing to data=writeback, relatime
- ipv6: current status?
- Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) support (dependent on graphics hardware)
Meanwhile the kfreebsd-* releases may be only a "technology preview", but their availability in Squeeze makes Debian slightly more than just a GNU/Linux distribution...
Debian Installer
- Graphical installer
- Selection in boot menu of alternative desktop environments
No longer supported in Squeeze
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- zope2
Upgrade issues
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Debian Pure Blends
The Debian subsets targeting at specific user groups which were formerly known as Custom Debian Distributions are now called Debian Pure Blends (in short Blends). New Blends in featuring metapackages in Squeeze are
There is an overview about currently existing Blends available here.
Notes
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See Also
Similar to NewInLenny
alsa-utils - Alsaconf utility no longer available, use '# alsactl init'. See ALSA
arista - A multimedia transcoder for the GNOME Desktop
emacs23 The GNU Emacs editor (with GTK+ user interface)
fatrat - A multi-protocol download manager, feature rich and extensible via plugin
freeplane - A Java program to create and edit mind maps.
iceape - The Iceape Internet Suite
imagination - A DVD slide show maker.
mozilla-mplayer is no longer in development and is replaced by gecko-mediaplayer
chromium-browser a new fast webkit based browser
network-manager supports multiple connections.
policykit is a framework to grant privileged operations for unprivileged (desktop) applications.
xdg-user-dirs creates nice localized folders in home directory (see freedesktop.org's documentation).