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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2006-08-09
Nice to read something substantial for a change.
This article makes me want to give Debian a try.
The installer thing, the screenshots, some Debian developers must have had a lot of fun putting it all together.
I like the idea of a minimal, basic setup without any stuff you didn't really ask for. Debian has never been irrelevant, and I suspect this release will attract quite a few former-newbie Ubuntu users that are getting curious about 'Daddy' Debian; they can benefit from the easier-than-ever installer.