Next Debian Release to Support AMD64 Chips

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

The next release of the Debian Project's Linux distribution will run on 
Advanced Micro Devices' AMD64 processors for the first time, according to the 
organization's
Web site.

The GNU/Linux 4.0 operating system, also known as "Etch," is planned for 
release in December, the group said.

It will also have new security features, including encryption and digital 
signatures to ensure that downloaded packages are validated, Debian said.

The AMD64 platform includes AMD's
Opteron
server processor, Athlon 64 desktop, and notebook processor, and
Turion 64
notebook processsor. GNU/Linux 4.0 will support 11 chip architectures 
altogether, the group said.

The new release will use the Linux 2.6.17 version as the default kernel and for 
the installer, although a later version may be picked after a review in
October.

It will use the GNU Compiler Collection 4.1 as default compiler.

Debian will host several "bug quashing" parties in Europe to work out problems 
with the new release.

The schedule is
listed online .

http://www.pcworld.com/resource/article/0,aid,126527,pg,1,RSS,RSS,00.asp

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