http://www.osnews.com/ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams OSNews version 4 donotreply@osnews.com (Adam Scheinberg) donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:59:56 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com/ 120 http://www.osnews.com/story/21679/McIntyre_Mono_Decision_Under_Discussion_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/21679/McIntyre_Mono_Decision_Under_Discussion_/ Last week we talked about whether or not the Debian project would include Mono in its default GNOME installation. This incited some heavy debate on OSNews, but sadly, the Mono debate also lead to some very nasty blog posts in the Debian community. Time for damage control, Debian project leader Steve McIntyre must've thought. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:11:51 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Debian and its clones 97 http://www.osnews.com/topics/52 News http://www.osnews.com/story/21660/Mono_Part_of_Debian_s_Default_Desktop_Install_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/21660/Mono_Part_of_Debian_s_Default_Desktop_Install_/ Well, this is interesting. We already have a Mono item ruffling some feathers on OSNews today, but here we have the apparent news that Tomboy has become a default part of GNOME on Squeeze, the next release of Debian. Wait, what now? Update: I've updated the article with Fedora's position in all this. Read on! Update II: Josselin Mouette replies. Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:25:06 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Debian and its clones 95 http://www.osnews.com/topics/52 News http://www.osnews.com/story/21441/Debian_Switching_to_EGLIBC/ http://www.osnews.com/story/21441/Debian_Switching_to_EGLIBC/ Via LWN, we found a blog post of a Debian maintainer which announces a new package: EGLIBC, a compatible reimplementation of the GNU glibc which "which will soon replace the GNU C Library". Apparently the primary reason is the sadly famous bad maintainership aptitude of Ulrich Drepper, the main libc maintainer. Wed, 06 May 2009 17:41:32 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Debian and its clones 43 http://www.osnews.com/topics/52 News diegocg http://www.osnews.com/story/21264/Debian_Gets_FreeBSD_Kernel_Support/ http://www.osnews.com/story/21264/Debian_Gets_FreeBSD_Kernel_Support/ Two new architectures based on the FreeBSD-kernel have been added to the Debian Archive. This makes Debian the first distribution, and probably the first large OS, to support two completely different kernels at the same time. "The two new architectures (well, better named OS i think, as they use a different kernel) are available in unstable and experimental. We do start out empty, importing only what is needed to get a build running. For this reason you will not be able to directly use it immediately. Please wait until they catched up, which I expect to happen soon." Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:47:11 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Debian and its clones 15 http://www.osnews.com/topics/52 News Lennie http://www.osnews.com/story/21066/_Debian_5_0_Continues_Strong_Linux_Tradition_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/21066/_Debian_5_0_Continues_Strong_Linux_Tradition_/ eWeek has reviewed Debian 5.0, and concludes: "Version 5 of the Debian GNU/Linux open-source operating system offers the same top management tools and processor support that previous versions of the Linux operating system have. There also are a host of updates to open-source components, and the Linux distribution is still a great fit for servers and a solid desktop choice. However, the top reason for upgrading from version 4 may be the relatively short three-year security fix window, less than the coverage time offered with Ubuntu and Red Hat Enterprise Linux-derived CentOS." Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:16:55 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Debian and its clones 14 http://www.osnews.com/topics/52 News http://www.osnews.com/story/20983/Debian_5_Lenny_Released/ http://www.osnews.com/story/20983/Debian_5_Lenny_Released/ A few months later than expected, Debian 5 has finally arrived with a bundle of new goodies: Java is finally in the Debian repositories thanks to IcedTea and OpenJDK; Firefox (rebranded as Iceweasel) is now at 3.0; and official live images are ready for our downloading pleasure. TuxRadar has a detailed look at Lenny along with an explanation from Steve McIntyre, the Debian Project Leader, on why it was delayed. Earlier this week, we already detailed the new features in Lenny. Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:24:14 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Debian and its clones 43 http://www.osnews.com/topics/52 News http://www.osnews.com/story/20969/Debian_Lenny_Due_for_Release_On_Valentine_s/ http://www.osnews.com/story/20969/Debian_Lenny_Due_for_Release_On_Valentine_s/ What a lovely holiday to release the latest and greatest creation brought to us by yours truly, Debian. February 14th marks Debian GNU/Linux 5.0's supposed release into the wilds of the world, nearly two years after 'etch,' lenny's predecessor. The date is set nearly in stone unless something very serious goes wrong in the final days of development or if one of the needed servers for download kicks the bucket at the wrong moment. Read on for the scoop on the most prominent of features. Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:35:40 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (OSNews Staff) Debian and its clones 40 http://www.osnews.com/topics/52 News weildish http://www.osnews.com/story/20730/Debian_5_Release_Approaches_Binary_Blobs_Included/ http://www.osnews.com/story/20730/Debian_5_Release_Approaches_Binary_Blobs_Included/ "The developers behind the Debian Linux distribution are preparing for the upcoming release of Debian 5, which is codenamed Lenny. The decision to move forward with the release follows a contentious vote over whether to permit the inclusion of binary blobs in the new version of the distribution. Consensus coalesced around a controversial proposal to "assume blobs comply with the GPL unless proven otherwise." Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:48:33 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Debian and its clones 15 http://www.osnews.com/topics/52 News http://www.osnews.com/story/19653/New_Debian_Leader_Aims_for_Better_Communication/ http://www.osnews.com/story/19653/New_Debian_Leader_Aims_for_Better_Communication/ iTWire interviews the newly-elected Debian Project Leader, Steve McIntyre. "A few days back, the project concluded its elections for the year and Steve McIntyre emerged as the victor in a three-cornered contest. McIntyre may well be the most watched elected official of a non-profit group - the direction the project takes is of vital concern to a great many businesses." Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:17:23 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (David Adams) Debian and its clones 4 http://www.osnews.com/topics/52 News da_Chicken http://www.osnews.com/story/19265/Debian_and_Corporate_Support/ http://www.osnews.com/story/19265/Debian_and_Corporate_Support/ "I read about Steven J. Vaughan's article on which he tries to explain why you don't see as much corporate support in Debian as you see in other places. The conclusion of Steven's analysis, it seems, is that Debian is immature. I will attempt to respond to it from a Debian perspective." Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:17:20 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Debian and its clones 18 http://www.osnews.com/topics/52 News Robert Millan http://www.osnews.com/story/19258/_Why_Companies_Don_t_Support_Debian_/ http://www.osnews.com/story/19258/_Why_Companies_Don_t_Support_Debian_/ "At a recent Australian Linux conference, Sam Varghese reported that two Debian developers pointed out that the Debian Project needs more corporate support for 'men, money and machines' to advance the operating system. They're right. It does. They also pointed out that many companies, such as HP, IBM, Silicon Graphics and Google, either use Debian Linux internally, or actually incorporate it into products. For example, HP uses Debian 'Etch' 4.0 in its new t5735 thin-client device. Right again. Debian, either directly or through related Linux distributions such as Xandros, is used both by Linux enthusiasts and Fortune 500 companies. Of course, you couldn't prove that by the vast majority of Debian developers who never see a thin dime from their Debian work. Or, I should add, get access to new hardware, travel expenses to Debian developer conferences and so on." Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:56:29 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Debian and its clones 35 http://www.osnews.com/topics/52 News irbis http://www.osnews.com/story/19090/Debian_GNU_Linux_4_0_Updated/ http://www.osnews.com/story/19090/Debian_GNU_Linux_4_0_Updated/ "The Debian project is pleased to announce the second update of its stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 4.0. This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustment to serious problems. Please note that this update does not constitute a new version of Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 but only updates some of the packages included. There is no need to throw away 4.0 CDs or DVDs but only to update against ftp.debian.org after an installation, in order to incorporate those late changes. Those who frequently install updates from security.debian.org won't have to update many packages and most updates from security.debian.org are included in this update." Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:41:08 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Debian and its clones 30 http://www.osnews.com/topics/52 News Patrik Buckau http://www.osnews.com/story/18478/Debian_GNU_Linux_4_0r1_Released/ http://www.osnews.com/story/18478/Debian_GNU_Linux_4_0r1_Released/ "The Debian project has updated the stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 4.0. This update adds security updates to the stable release, together with a few corrections to serious problems. As always, the first point release also corrects a few issues that have been noticed too late in the release process to stop the release, but still should be fixed." Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:13:23 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Debian and its clones 44 http://www.osnews.com/topics/52 News http://www.osnews.com/story/18358/MEPIS_To_Switch_from_Ubuntu_to_Debian/ http://www.osnews.com/story/18358/MEPIS_To_Switch_from_Ubuntu_to_Debian/ SimplyMEPIS, a very popular desktop Linux, is going to change back to using Debian Linux for its core from Ubuntu. In March of 2006, MEPIS founder Warren Woodford, decided to switch to Ubuntu from Debian for the next version of SimplyMEPIS, version 6.0. The plan was to use Ubuntu 6.06 LTS (Long Term Service), a.k.a. Dapper Drake, as MEPIS' foundation. Things have changed. Mon, 30 Jul 2007 21:52:27 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia Loli-Queru) Debian and its clones 88 http://www.osnews.com/topics/52 News da_Chicken http://www.osnews.com/story/18028/Debian_As_a_Desktop_System/ http://www.osnews.com/story/18028/Debian_As_a_Desktop_System/ FreeSoftwareMagazine takes a look at Debian as a desktop system, and they conclude: "I feel that Debian Etch is as good on the desktop as it is on the server. It has a long rich history, a strong community, is amazingly stable and is a great fit for both my servers and my laptop. I urge everyone to give it a go on the desktop." Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:05:18 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) Debian and its clones 63 http://www.osnews.com/topics/52 News