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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2006-01-01
Released late?
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Depends on how you look at it. The initial/preliminary target date for the Etch release wasn't met, that's true. But the general plan was to release Etch about 18 to 24 months after Sarge and, regarding that general schedule, Etch was successfully released on time.
Release delayed due to infighting?
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You shouldn't believe all the rumours that you hear. Etch was delayed due to technical problems (kernel, installer) that had little or nothing to do with the incident of infighting, which some bloggers and columnists loved to blow out of proportion.
Promise to release earlier next time?
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AFAIK, the general schedule for the Lenny release will be exactly the same that it was for Etch: 18 to 24 months after the previous stable Debian release.
Year old Gnome?
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Seven month old kernel?
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Sarge was very outdated when it was released and Etch suffers from that in some areas. But Etch is definitely a much better start for Lenny than Sarge was for Etch.
Lot's of hooplah surrounding the release, celebrating what a glorious new release it is?
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Well, Etch is a major improvement over Sarge, so there is reason to celebrate. Don't you agree?