Go to Parin's home to eat the cake!
On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 11:04 AM, FRDManiac Parin <parin.sha...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Debian 7.0 Wheezy released > Resent-Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 00:57:45 +0000 (UTC) > Resent-From: debian-annou...@lists.debian.org > Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 02:57:25 +0200 > From: Francesca Ciceri <madame...@debian.org> > To: debian-annou...@lists.debian.org > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/ > Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" released pr...@debian.org > May 4th, 2013 http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130504 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > After many months of constant development, the Debian project is proud > to present its new stable version 7.0 (code name "Wheezy"). > This new version of Debian includes various interesting features such as > multiarch support [1], several specific tools to deploy private > clouds [2], an improved installer, and a complete set of multimedia > codecs and front-ends which remove the need for third-party > repositories. > > 1: http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110726b > 2: http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120425 > > Multiarch support, one of the main release goals for "Wheezy", will > allow Debian users to install packages from multiple architectures on > the same machine. This means that you can now, for the first time, > install both 32- and 64-bit software on the same machine and have all > the relevant dependencies correctly resolved, automatically. > > The installation process has been greatly improved: Debian can now be > installed using software speech, above all by visually impaired people > who do not use a Braille device. Thanks to the combined efforts of a > huge number of translators, the installation system is available in 73 > languages, and more than a dozen of them are available for speech > synthesis too. > In addition, for the first time, Debian supports installation and > booting using UEFI for new 64-bit PCs (amd64), although there is no > support for "Secure Boot" yet. > > This release includes numerous updated software packages, such as: > > * Apache 2.2.22 > * Asterisk 1.8.13.1 > * GIMP 2.8.2 > * an updated version of the GNOME desktop environment 3.4 > * GNU Compiler Collection 4.7.2 > * Icedove 10 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Thunderbird) > * Iceweasel 10 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox) > * KDE Plasma Workspaces and KDE Applications 4.8.4 > * kFreeBSD kernel 8.3 and 9.0 > * LibreOffice 3.5.4 > * Linux 3.2 > * MySQL 5.5.30 > * Nagios 3.4.1 > * OpenJDK 6b27 and 7u3 > * Perl 5.14.2 > * PHP 5.4.4 > * PostgreSQL 9.1 > * Python 2.7.3 and 3.2.3 > * Samba 3.6.6 > * Tomcat 6.0.35 and 7.0.28 > * Xen Hypervisor 4.1.4 > * the Xfce 4.8 desktop environment > * X.Org 7.7 > * more than 36,000 other ready-to-use software packages, built from > nearly 17,500 source packages. > > With this broad selection of packages, Debian once again stays true to > its goal of being the universal operating system. It is suitable for > many different use cases: from desktop systems to netbooks; from > development servers to cluster systems; and for database, web, or > storage servers. At the same time, additional quality assurance efforts > like automatic installation and upgrade tests for all packages in > Debian's archive ensure that "Wheezy" fulfills the high expectations > that users have of a stable Debian release. It is rock solid and > rigorously tested. > > You can install Debian on computers ranging from handheld systems to > supercomputers, and on nearly everything in between. A total of nine > architectures are supported: 32-bit PC / Intel IA-32 (i386), 64-bit PC / > Intel EM64T / x86-64 (amd64), Motorola/IBM PowerPC (powerpc), Sun/Oracle > SPARC (sparc), MIPS (mips (big-endian) and mipsel (little-endian)), > Intel Itanium (ia64), IBM S/390 (31-bit s390 and 64-bit s390x), and ARM > EABI (armel for older hardware and armhf for newer hardware using > hardware floating-point). > > Want to give it a try? > If you want to simply try it without having to install it, you can use a > special image, known as a live image, available for CDs, USB sticks, and > netboot setups. Initially, these images are provided for the amd64 and > i386 architectures only. It is also possible to use these live images to > install Debian. More information is available from the Debian Live > homepage [3]. > > 3: http://live.debian.net/ > > If, instead, you want to directly install it, you can choose among > various installation media, such as Blu-ray Discs, DVDs, CDs, and USB > sticks, or from the network. Several desktop environments — GNOME, KDE > Plasma Desktop and Applications, Xfce, and LXDE — may be installed > through CD images; the desired one may be chosen from the boot menus of > the CDs/DVDs. In addition, multi-architecture CDs and DVDs are available > which support installation of multiple architectures from a single disc. > Or you can always create bootable USB installation media (see the > Installation Guide [4] for more details). > > 4: http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/installmanual > > The installation images may be downloaded right now via bittorrent [5] > (the recommended method), jigdo [6], or HTTP [7]; see Debian on CDs [8] > for further information. Wheezy will soon be available on physical DVD, > CD-ROM, and Blu-ray Discs from numerous vendors [9], too. > > 5: http://www.debian.org/CD/torrent-cd/ > 6: http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/#which > 7: http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/ > 8: http://www.debian.org/CD/ > 9: http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors > > Already a happy Debian user and you only want to upgrade? > Upgrades to Debian 7.0 from the previous release, Debian 6.0 (codenamed > "Squeeze"), are automatically handled by the apt-get package management > tool for most configurations. As always, Debian systems may be upgraded > painlessly, in place, without any forced downtime, but it is strongly > recommended to read the release notes [10] as well as the installation > guide [11] for possible issues, and for detailed instructions on > installing and upgrading. The release notes will be further improved and > translated to additional languages in the weeks after the release. > > 10: http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/releasenotes > 11: http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/installmanual > > > About Debian > ------------ > > Debian is a free operating system, developed by thousands of volunteers > from all over the world who collaborate via the Internet. The Debian > project's key strengths are its volunteer base, its dedication to the > Debian Social Contract and Free Software, and its commitment to provide > the best operating system possible. Debian 7.0 is another important step > in that direction. > > > Contact Information > ------------------- > > For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at > http://www.debian.org/ or send mail to <pr...@debian.org>. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ilugd mailing list > Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
