[ Sorry if you get that mail twice; I'm trying to get as much translations as possible, therefore some BCCs ] Hi! Attached you'll find the final draft for the release announcement for lenny. There are no changes in the content planed any more, only corrections for spelling, grammar and maybe style, so that's the perfect moment to start translating the announcement. As explained in [1] we'll need in the end the translated wml file and a text version to be send to your localised debian-news-LANG or debian-users-LANG mailing list. If you finish the translation of the wml file before Saturday 14:00 UTC please sent it to me, so I can make sure all the announcements reach the website in a coordinated way and are available as soon the release is ready. Regarding the text versions send to the mailing list: If your list is moderated (all debian-news-LANG lists and I think some debian-users-LANG) I would appreciate to get a contact person to ping when the mail should be sent out; if your list is not moderated (you don't have a debian-news-LANG list and your debian-user-LANG list is not moderated) you may send me your translated text version, too and I'll send can send it out for (unless you fear a latin1 charset user might break your characters). The current estimation for the announcement to be sent out is Sunday the 15th early morning UTC wise; I'll try to keep the contact people I get up to date should that shift (which is possible), so they don't have to stay nearby the computer all the time (after all it's - depending on your time zone - valentines day or Sunday). The most recent version of the announcement is available at [2]; but as said, there are no major changes planed. Should be interested in changes you can use the web frontend at [3] (you got revision 91; you can also show the differences between the revisions there). I'll add the translations I got to my subversion repository at [4]; shouldn't it not appear there and I didn't react on your mail, PLEASE PING ME! Last time I lost some translations due to my spam filter; even while weakening the filter a lot it is possible that I missed your mail somehow. (I'm very sorry should that happen.) Should there be any questions left, feel free to mail me or ping me on IRC. Best regards, Alexander Links: 1: http://lists.debian.org/debian-i18n/2009/02/msg00076.html 2: http://svn.schmehl.info/svn/debian-publicity/20090214-lenny-release/lenny-announcement.en.wml 3: http://svn.schmehl.info/websvn/listing.php?repname=debian-publicity&path=%2F20090214-lenny-release
<define-tag pagetitle>Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 released</define-tag> <define-tag release_date>2009-02-14</define-tag> #use wml::debian::news <p>The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 5.0 (codenamed <q>lenny</q>) after 22 months of constant development. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system which supports a total of twelve processor architectures and includes the KDE, GNOME, Xfce and LXDE desktop environments. It also features compatibility with the FHS v2.3 and software developed for version 3.2 of the LSB.</p> <p>Debian GNU/Linux runs on computers ranging from palmtops and handheld systems to supercomputers, and on nearly everything in between. A total of twelve architectures are supported: Sun SPARC (sparc), HP Alpha (alpha), Motorola/IBM PowerPC (powerpc), Intel IA-32 (i386), IA-64 (ia64), HP PA-RISC (hppa), MIPS (mips, mipsel), ARM (arm, armel), IBM +S/390 (s390), and AMD64 and Intel EM64T (amd64).</p> <p>This includes support for Marvell's Orion platform, and for devices based on the Orion platform, such as the QNAP Turbo Station, HP mv2120, and Buffalo Kurobox Pro as well as Netbooks, such as the EEE PC by Asus. Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 <q>Lenny</q> also contains the build tools for Emdebian which allow Debian source packages to be cross-built and shrunk to suit embedded ARM systems.</p> <p>Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (Lenny) includes the new ARM EABI port, <q>Armel</q>. This new port provides a more efficient use of both modern and future ARM processors. As a result, the old ARM port (arm) has now been deprecated.</p> <p>This release includes numerous updated software packages, such as the K Desktop Environment 3.5.10 (KDE), an updated version of the GNOME desktop environment 2.22.2, the Xfce 4.4.2 desktop environment, LXDE 0.3.2.1, the GNUstep desktop 7.3, X.Org 7.3, OpenOffice.org 2.4.1, GIMP 2.4.7, Iceweasel (an unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6), Icedove (an unbranded version of Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.19), PostgreSQL 8.3.5, MySQL 5.1.30 and 5.0.51a, GNU Compiler Collection 4.3.2, Linux kernel version 2.6.26, Apache 2.2.9, Samba 3.2.5, Python 2.5.2 and 2.4.6, Perl 5.10.0, PHP 5.2.6, Asterisk 1.4.21.2, Emacs 22, Inkscape 0.46, Nagios 3.06, Xen Hypervisor 3.2.1 (dom0 as well as domU support), OpenJDK 6b11 and more than 23,000 other ready to use software packages (build from over 12,000 source packages).</p> <!-- FIXME: PostgreSQL might become 8.3.6 --> <p>With the integration of X.org 7.3 the X server autoconfigures itself with most hardware. Newly introduced packages allow the full support of NTFS filesystems or the usage of most multimedia keys out of the box. Support for Adobe® Flash® format files are available via the swfdec or Gnash plugin. Overall improvements for notebooks have been introduced, like out of the box support of CPU frequency scaling. For leisure time several new games have beed added including puzzle games as well as first-person shooters. A notable change is the introduction of <q>goplay</q>, a graphical games browser offering filters, search, screenshots and descriptions for games in Debian.</p> <p>The inclusion of OpenJDK, a free version of Sun's Java technology, into Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 makes it possible to ship Java based applications in Debian's "main" repository.</p> <p>Further improvement regarding the security of the system include the installation of available security updates before the first reboot by the installation system, the reduction of setuid root binaries and open ports in the standard installation as well as building several security-critical packages with GCC Hardening features. Various applications have specific improvements, too. PHP for example is now built with the Suhosin hardening patch.</p> <p>For non native English speaking users the package management systems now support translated package descriptions which will automatically show the description of a package in the native language of the user if available.</p> <p>Debian GNU/Linux can be installed from various installation media such as DVDs, CDs, USB sticks and floppies, or from the network. GNOME is the default desktop environment and is contained on the first CD. The K Desktop Environment (KDE), the Xfce or the LXDE desktop can be installed through two new alternative CD images. Again available with Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 are multi-arch CDs and DVDs supporting installation of multiple architectures from a single disc as well as Blu-ray Discs allowing the archive for an entire architecture to be shipped on a single installation medium.</p> <p>In addition to the regular installation media, Debian GNU/Linux can now also be directly used without prior installation. These special images are also known as live images and are available for CDs, USB sticks and different forms of network setups. Initially, these are provided for the amd64 and i386 architectures only.</p> <p>The installation process for Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 has been improved in many ways: among many other improvements, support for installation from more than one CD or DVD has been restored, firmware required by some devices can be loaded by using removable media and installations via braille display are supported The installer boot process has also received much attention: a graphical menu can be used to choose front-ends and desktop environments, and to select expert or rescue mode. The installation system for Debian GNU/Linux has now been translated to 63 languages.</p> <p>Debian GNU/Linux can be downloaded right now via bittorrent (the recommended way), jigdo or HTTP; see <a href="$(HOME)/CD/">Debian GNU/Linux on CDs</a> for further information. It will soon be available on DVD, CD-ROM and Blu-ray Disc from numerous <a href="$(HOME)/CD/vendors">vendors</a>, too.</p> <p>Upgrades to Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 from the previous release, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (codenamed <q>etch</q>) are automatically handled by the aptitude package management tool for most configurations, and to a certain degree also by the apt-get package management tool. As always, Debian GNU/Linux systems can be upgraded painlessly, in place, without any forced downtime, but it is strongly recommended to read the <a href="$(HOME)/releases/lenny/releasenotes">release notes</a> for possible issues, and for detailed instructions on installing and upgrading. The release notes will be further improved and translated to additional languages in the weeks after the release.</p> <h2>Dedication</h2> <p>Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 <q>Lenny</q> is dedicated to Thiemo Seufer, a Debian Developer who died on December 26th, 2008 in a tragic car accident. Thiemo was involved in Debian in many ways. He has maintained several packages and was the main supporter of the Debian port to the MIPS architectures. He was also a member of our kernel team, as well as a member of the Debian Installer team. His contributions reached far beyond the Debian project. He also worked on the MIPS port of the Linux kernel, the MIPS emulation of qemu, and far too many smaller projects to be named here.</p> <p>Thiemo's work, dedication, broad technical knowledge and ability to share this with others will be missed. The contributions of Thiemo will not be forgotten. The high standards of Thiemos work make it hard to pick up.</p> <h2>About Debian</h2> <p>Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system, developed by more than a thousand volunteers from all over the world who collaborate via the Internet. Debian's dedication to Free Software, its non-profit nature, and its open development model make it unique among GNU/Linux distributions.</p> <p>The Debian project's key strengths are its volunteer base, its dedication to the Debian Social Contract, and its commitment to provide the best operating system possible. Debian 5.0 is another important step in that direction.</p> <h2>Contact Information</h2> <p>For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at <a href="$(HOME)/">http://www.debian.org/</a> or send mail to <press@debian.org>.</p>
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