Version 6.0 of Debian GNU/Linux

Avatar

Release Notes: Debian GNU/kFreeBSD was added as a technology preview for amd64 and i386. Non-free firmware was split out of the main archive. Dependency based booting was implemented. The installation process was improved with easier language selection and disk partitioning, support for 70 languages, and support for ext4 and btrfs (and ZFS on GNU/kFreeBSD). "Pure Blends" of Debian are available for Accessibility, DebiChem, EzGo, GIS, Multimedia, Edu, Med, and Science. The Chromium Web browser, Software Center, wicd, lxc, and more packages were added. Updated packages include KDE 4.4.5, GNOME 2.30, Xfce 4.6, LXDE 0.5.0, X.Org 7.5, OO.org 3.2.1, GIMP 2.6.11, Iceweasel 3.5.16, Icedove 3.0.11, GCC 4.4.5, Linux 2.6.32, Python 2.6/2.5/3.1, Perl 5.10.1, PHP 5.3.3, Xen 4.0.1 (dom0 and domU), and OpenJDK 6b18.

    Other releases

    •  06 Feb 2011 09:23
    Avatar

      Release Notes: Debian GNU/kFreeBSD was added as a technology preview for amd64 and i386. Non-free firmware was split out of the main archive. Dependency based booting was implemented. The installation process was improved with easier language selection and disk partitioning, support for 70 languages, and support for ext4 and btrfs (and ZFS on GNU/kFreeBSD). "Pure Blends" of Debian are available for Accessibility, DebiChem, EzGo, GIS, Multimedia, Edu, Med, and Science. The Chromium Web browser, Software Center, wicd, lxc, and more packages were added. Updated packages include KDE 4.4.5, GNOME 2.30, Xfce 4.6, LXDE 0.5.0, X.Org 7.5, OO.org 3.2.1, GIMP 2.6.11, Iceweasel 3.5.16, Icedove 3.0.11, GCC 4.4.5, Linux 2.6.32, Python 2.6/2.5/3.1, Perl 5.10.1, PHP 5.3.3, Xen 4.0.1 (dom0 and domU), and OpenJDK 6b18.

      •  18 Feb 2009 08:52

      Release Notes: This release includes GNU C Library 2.3.6, Python 2.4, PHP 5.2, GNU GCC 4.1 as the default compiler, Linux kernel 2.6.26, Xorg 7.3, GNU Emacs 22, GNOME 2.22, KVM, and many new fonts. The installer can now be started from inside Windows.

      •  02 Feb 2009 05:42

      Release Notes: This release updates the Linux kernel (2.6.26-13) and external modules (2.6.26-5). There are various bugfixes.

      •  24 Dec 2008 14:25

      No changes have been submitted for this release.

      •  21 Dec 2008 11:39

      Release Notes: Support for live CD installation media was improved, and is now much faster and more reliable than earlier releases. Other improvements were made as well.

      Screenshot

      Project Spotlight

      pyPEG

      A parser-interpreter in Python for context free languages.

      Screenshot

      Project Spotlight

      myBill

      A bill and receipt managment application.