May 4th, 2013 The Emdebian Project is very pleased to announce the official release of the Grip flavour of Embedded Debian - Emdebian Grip 3.0 based on Debian GNU/Linux version 7.0 (codenamed wheezy). A small Debian-compatible Emdebian installation Emdebian Grip 3.0 (wheezy-grip) is a smaller Debian that is binary compatible with Debian and based around a small set of Debian packages intended for embedded machines. Emdebian Grip 3.0 provides complete repositories of packages for seven architectures (i386, amd64, powerpc, armhf, armel, mips and mipsel), based on coreutils, glibc and perl. Grip includes support for standard Debian tools like debootstrap, multistrap and debian-installer and no functional changes compared to Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 wheezy. Installations of Emdebian Grip 3.0 will work with standard Debian tools like debootstrap, debian-installer, multistrap and debian-live - as long as the device has enough space to generate such systems. Emdebian Grip can support building packages and can be installed as a simple migration from Debian in the normal ways. The recommended way to install Emdebian Grip 3.0 is to use any existing Debian installation to run multistrap to create the root filesystem and then install with an appropriate kernel of your own. Emdebian Grip 3.0 only contains a small number of kernels. An existing Debian root filesystem can also be upgraded to Emdebian Grip as long as the packages installed are also provided by Emdebian Grip. Alternatively, consider using debootstrap to create a chroot or using the unofficial Debian Installer images for Emdebian Grip e.g. if you are installing to a virtual machine for testing. As of Emdebian Grip 3.0, all active Emdebian Grip suites and codenames will carry the -grip suffix compared to the equivalent Debian suites and codenames. The Emdebian Grip components used in Emdebian Grip 2.0 have also been removed. This requires changes in your apt sources when upgrading. Mirror locations for squeeze: deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/emdebian/grip squeeze main dev doc debug java deb http://emdebian.bytesatwork.ch/mirror/grip squeeze main dev doc debug java Mirror locations for wheezy-grip: deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/emdebian/grip wheezy-grip main deb http://emdebian.bytesatwork.ch/mirror/grip wheezy-grip main Emdebian Grip is planned to be merged into Debian before the next stable release of Debian GNU/Linux and the -grip suffix will be retained for suites and codenames of all future Emdebian Grip releases. Once integrated, most standard Debian mirrors will carry Emdebian Grip packages under the appropriate suite and codename for each subsequent release. Wheezy-Grip packages will remain available on the current mirrors until after wheezy-grip has become oldstable-grip. Emdebian Grip 2.0 Squeeze is now oldstable and Emdebian Grip 3.0 wheezy-grip is stable-grip - there is no stable suite, just as testing and unstable were removed at the start of the integration process. It is recommended to always use the codename if you want an installation to remain on a particular release. In this case, installations which used the former suite name will also need to change stable to stable-grip before upgrading to the new release. Mirror locations for squeeze: deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/emdebian/grip stable main dev doc debug java deb http://emdebian.bytesatwork.ch/mirror/grip stable main dev doc debug java Mirror locations for wheezy-grip: deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/emdebian/grip stable-grip main deb http://emdebian.bytesatwork.ch/mirror/grip stable-grip main Debian GNU/Linux can be installed from various installation media such as DVDs, CDs, USB sticks and floppies, or from the network. XFCE is the default desktop environment for Emdebian Grip 3.0. Upgrades to Emdebian Grip GNU/Linux 3.0 from the previous Debian and Emdebian releases, are automatically handled by the apt package management tool for most configurations. As always, Debian and Emdebian GNU/Linux systems can be upgraded painlessly, in place, without any forced downtime, but it is strongly recommended to read the release notes for possible issues and for detailed instructions on installing and upgrading. Release names Full release title: Emdebian GNU/Linux Grip 3.0 (based on Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 "wheezy"). Short release name: Emdebian Grip 3.0 (wheezy-grip) Common release names: Emdebian Wheezy Grip or wheezy-grip Please use these names if promoting the releases elsewhere. More information: http://www.emdebian.org/grip/ About Debian Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system, developed by more than a thousand volunteers from all over the world who collaborate via the Internet. Debian's dedication to Free Software, its non-profit nature, and its open development model make it unique among GNU/Linux distributions. The Debian project's key strengths are its volunteer base, its dedication to the Debian Social Contract, 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/, the Emdebian web pages at http://www.emdebian.org/ or reply to this list. Mirrors: All previous components have been merged back into main. When downloading or updating, please use one of the two Emdebian Grip mirrors: deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/emdebian/grip wheezy-grip main or deb http://emdebian.bytesatwork.ch/mirror/grip wheezy-grip main The mirror push has been started, so please allow time for the mirrors to update. Online version of this news: http://www.emdebian.org/News/2013/20130504.html -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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