Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 14th Apr 2007 18:43 UTC, submitted by deanlinkous
"For much of its history, Debian has been the major noncommercial, philosophically free distribution. Now, as Debian developers and users have deserted the distro for Ubuntu, does Debian have a purpose any more? Debian 4.0, which was released this week, represents a collective effort to answer that question. The philosophy behind the release is best summarized on the home page for the Debian on the Desktop subproject, which states, 'We will do everything we can to make things very easy for the novice, while allowing the expert to tweak things'."
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2005-07-24
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Etch is a awesome release that shows debian has taken a big leap and I expect the next release will continue on that trend!
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Let's think about that:
Released late?
Check.
Release delayed due to infighting?
Check.
Year old Gnome?
Check.
Seven month old kernel?
Check.
Promise to release earlier next time?
Check.
Lot's of hooplah surrounding the release, celebrating what a glorious new release it is?
Check.
Looks like the same old Debian to me. ;-)