[PATCH 7/7] release notes: drop some more old lenny news
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</section>
-<section id="system-changes">
-<title>System improvements</title>
-<para>
-There have been a number of changes in the distribution that will benefit new
-installations of &releasename;, but may not be automatically applied on upgrades from
-&oldreleasename;. This section gives an overview of the most relevant changes.
-</para>
-<variablelist>
-<varlistentry>
-<term>SELinux priority standard, but not enabled by default</term>
-<listitem>
-<indexterm><primary>SELinux</primary></indexterm>
-<para>
-The packages needed for SELinux (Security-Enhanced Linux) support have been promoted to priority
-<emphasis>standard</emphasis>. This means that they will be installed by
-default during new installations. For existing systems you can install SELinux
-using:
-</para>
-<screen>
-# apt-get install selinux-basics
-</screen>
-<para>
-Note that SELinux support is <emphasis>not</emphasis> enabled by default.
-Information on setting up and enabling SELinux can be found on the <ulink
-url="&url-wiki-selinux;">Debian Wiki</ulink>.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-<varlistentry>
-<term>New default syslog daemon</term>
-<listitem>
-<para>
-The package <systemitem role="package">rsyslog</systemitem> takes
-over as default system and kernel logging daemon for Debian &release;,
-replacing <command>syslogd</command> and <command>klogd</command>.
-With stock logging rules, it can be used as a drop-in replacement; if
-you have custom rules, you should migrate them to the new configuration
-file, <filename>/etc/rsyslog.conf</filename>.
-</para>
-<para>
-Users upgrading from &oldreleasename; need to install <systemitem
-role="package">rsyslog</systemitem> and remove <systemitem
-role="package">sysklogd</systemitem> manually. The default syslog daemon is
-not replaced automatically at the upgrade to &releasename;.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-<varlistentry>
-<term>Better support for UTF-8</term>
-<listitem>
-<para>
-A number of additional applications will be set up to use UTF-8 by
-default or have better UTF-8 support than before. See at <ulink
-url="&url-wiki;UTF8BrokenApps">&url-wiki;UTF8BrokenApps</ulink> about
-applications that still have difficulties in handling UTF-8.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-<varlistentry>
-<term>Identification of the release's revision</term>
-<listitem>
- <para>
- Starting from Lenny, <filename>/etc/debian_version</filename>
- will indicate the revision number of the debian release (5.0, then
- 5.0.1, etc.)
- </para>
- <para>
- This also means that you should not expect this file to be constant
- throught the release lifetime.
- </para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-</variablelist>
-<para>
-The <ulink url="&url-wiki;Etch2LennyUpgrade">Debian Wiki</ulink>
-has some additional information about changes between &oldreleasename; and &releasename;.
-</para>
-</section>
-
-<section id="live" arch="amd64;i386">
-<title>Debian Live</title>
-<para>
-With &releasename; Debian presents official Live systems for the amd64
-and i386 architectures.
-<indexterm><primary>Live system</primary></indexterm>
-<indexterm><primary>Debian Live</primary></indexterm>
-</para>
-<para>
-A Debian Live system is a Debian system that can be booted directly
-from removable media (CD-ROMs, DVDs, USB keys) or from another computer
-over the network without the need of installation. The images are
-produced by a tool named <systemitem
-role="package">live-helper</systemitem>, which can easily be used to
-create custom live images. More information about the Debian Live project
-can be found at <ulink url="http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/"; />.
-</para>
-</section>
-
-<section id="kernel-changes">
-<title>Major kernel-related changes</title>
-<para>
-&debian; &release; ships with kernel version &kernelversion; for all
-architectures.
-</para>
-<para>
-There have been major changes both in the kernel itself and in the
-packaging of the kernel for Debian. Some of these changes complicate
-the upgrade procedure and can potentially result in problems while
-rebooting the system after the upgrade to &releasename;. This section
-gives an overview of the most important changes; information on how
-to work around potential issues is included in later chapters.
-</para>
-<section id="kernel-packaging">
-<title>Changes in kernel packaging</title>
-<variablelist>
-<varlistentry>
-<term>Binary firmware for some drivers moved to non-free</term>
-<listitem>
-<para>Some drivers load binary firmware into the device they are
-supporting at run time. While this firmware was included in the
-stock kernel in previous releases, it has now be separately
-packaged in the non-free section. If you want to continue to
-use these devices after reboot, make sure the required firmware
-is present on the installed system. See section 6.4 of the
-<ulink url="&url-install-manual;">Installation
-Manual</ulink> for details.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-<varlistentry>
-<term>New OpenVZ<indexterm><primary>OpenVZ</primary></indexterm> kernel flavor</term>
-<listitem>
-<para>
-&debian; &release; provides pre-built kernel images for OpenVZ, a
-second virtualization solution to go alongside the Linux-VServer
-support included in &oldreleasename;. Advantages of OpenVZ include
-support for live migration, at the expense of a slightly higher
-overhead.
-<indexterm><primary>virtualization</primary></indexterm>
-<indexterm><primary>VServer</primary></indexterm>
-</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-<varlistentry>
-<term>Kernel x86 packages unified</term>
-<listitem>
-<para>
-In previous releases there was a special <literal>-k7</literal> kernel
-flavor for 32-bit AMD Athlon/Duron/Sempron processors. This variant
-has been dropped; the single single flavor <literal>-686</literal>
-now handles all AMD/Intel/VIA 686 class processors.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-</variablelist>
-<para>
-Where possible, dummy transition packages that depend on the new packages have
-been provided for the dropped packages.
-</para>
-</section>
-
-</section>
</chapter>
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