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| 2005-09-29 |
NEW • Review: Installing Debian |
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Installing Debian is an excellent walkthrough (with screenshots) of the Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 "sarge" installation process, written with Linux beginners in mind: "While Debian has a great reputation for day-to-day use, it has a poor (and not entirely unmerited) reputation for ease of installation. However, with the Debian 3.1 release, code-named Sarge, the developers have taken major steps to improve the installation experience, so don't be afraid. Perhaps the best advice I can give concerning Debian installation is to not expect to always get it right the first time. If you're ready to start over and experiment, you'll soon become happy with the installation process." The 4-page story by LinuxDevCenter starts here.
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| About Debian
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| The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system. This operating system is called Debian. Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel. Linux is a completely free piece of software started by Linus Torvalds and supported by thousands of programmers worldwide. Of course, the thing that people want is application software: programs to help them get what they want to do done, from editing documents to running a business to playing games to writing more software. Debian comes with over 50,000 packages (precompiled software that is bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine) - all of it free. It's a bit like a tower. At the base is the kernel. On top of that are all the basic tools. Next is all the software that you run on the computer. At the top of the tower is Debian -- carefully organizing and fitting everything so it all works together.
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The Debian project has published install and live media for Debian 13 "Trixie". The project's latest release introduces RISC-V support, begins phasing out i386 packages, and offers Plasma 6 desktop. The new release also carries many more software packages in its repositories: "This new release of Debian comes with a lot more software than its predecessor 'Bookworm'; the distribution includes over 14,116 new packages, for a total of over 69,830 packages. Most of the software in the distribution has been updated - over 44,326 software packages (this is 63% of all packages in 'Bookworm'). Also, a significant number of packages (over 8,844, 12% of the packages in 'Bookworm') have for various reasons been removed from the distribution. You will not see any updates for these packages and they will be marked as 'obsolete' in package management front-ends. Debian again ships with several desktop applications and environments. Among others it now includes GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 6.3, LXDE 13, LXQt 2.1.0 and Xfce 4.20. Productivity applications have also been upgraded, including the office suites - LibreOffice is upgraded to version 25, GNUcash is upgraded to 5.10." The release announcement and release notes have additional details, including a section on known issues. Download (pkglist): debian-13.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso (3,809MB, | | |
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