Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 10th Apr 2007 18:52 UTC, submitted by luna6
"With Etch you get the best package manager around in APT, a rock solid stable system, and the ability to tinker with the desktop all that you want - without having the procedure become too arcane. If you are familiar with Linux then I would strongly recommend you try out Debian Etch - just an awesome release by the Debian group."
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4.0 r0
That should be the one.
r refers to update numbers (so r0 is the first release not yet an update). For example, the first update to Debian sarge (3.1) was 3.1 r1.
I agree that using a geeky code like r0 can be a bit confusing, and there might be clearer ways to say things...
Edited 2007-04-10 21:13
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For those that didn't quite state why it's called 4.0 r0 it's because the rX stands for revision number.
It's kind of like service packs for Windows. So for example, Sarge was up to 3.1r4 (or something like that) which stood for 3.1 revision 4. Since there haven't been any revisions for Etch yet, it's at r0.
The revisions are mostly just security updates and patches that are re-rolled into the ISO images.
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2006-02-11
I went to the mirrors and most of them have 4.0 r0 listed. Is that the final or a release candidate? The current directories are all empty.