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Re: Slink and Hamm?



Shawn Nguyen wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>         Sorry if this is a dumb question but I am new to Debian, what is the slink
> and hamm dist. everyone is talking about.  I think that I have the hamm
> version because when I installed Debian on my CD it says /hamm/hamm or
> something like that.  Is there some kind of significant differences between
> the two and if so what are they?  I guess I am just wanting to be informed.


Hamm and slink are codenames given to the different versions. They are
taken from the movie Toy Story. hamm is Debian 2.0. It *was* the current
version until last week. slink is Debian 2.1, and is now the current
version. There are a bunch of differences (I don't know what the finer
details are) and one of them is that slink comes with something like
1000 more updated/fixed/revamped/new packages.

I placed an order for my 2.1 (slink) CDs a couple days ago, so I'm
eagerly awaiting them :)

HTH,
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