[sf-lug] [Fwd: Upcoming Release of Debian GNU/Linux 4.0]

[Adrien Lamothe]

One question is what version of KDE will be the default on this new Debian release. KDE 4 is the next big thing, it may be what will make desktop Linux compelling. KDE 4 is being developed with QT 4 as the key component. I've been hoping that KDE 4 will be shipped and by December, but it doesn't look like it will be released until 2007, though it wouldn't surprise me if the KDE team pulls off a surprise this time (one can but hope.)

Some links to KDE 4 stuff:

http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/09/19/1616206.shtml?tid=130
http://radio.kde.org/
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/jospoortvliet/kde4/kde4.html
http://developer.kde.org/~danimo/kde4foundation_small.png
http://my.opera.com/Nyingje/albums/showpic.dml?album=15465&picture=152465





Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote: FYI

Sameer

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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:43:19 +0200
From: Martin Schulze <joey at infodrom.org>
To: Debian Announcements <debian-announce at lists.debian.org>
Subject: Upcoming Release of Debian GNU/Linux 4.0

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The Debian Project                                http://www.debian.org/
Upcoming Release of Debian GNU/Linux 4.0                press at debian.org
July 24th, 2006                 http://www.debian.org/News/2006/20060724
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Upcoming Release of Debian GNU/Linux 4.0

The Debian project confirms December 2006 as the date for the next
release of its distribution which will be named Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
alias 'etch'.  This will be the first official release to include the
AMD64 architecture.  The distribution will be released synchronously
for 11 architectures in total.

At this stage, the upcoming release will ship with Linux 2.6.17 as its
default kernel.  This kernel will be used across all architectures and
on the installer.  A later version may be selected during a review in
October.

New features of this release include the GNU Compiler Collection 4.1
as default compiler.  X.Org will replace XFree86 as implementation of
the X Window System X11.  Secure APT will add extra security by easily
supporting strong cryptography and digital signatures to validate
downloaded packages.


Bug Squashing Parties
---------------------

A number of real-life bug squashing parties will happen before the new
distribution is released in order to squash as many of the open
release-critical bugs as possible.  They will be held in different
cities so that many people can participate in real-life.

Interested people who cannot join the developers in the respective
cities are invited to join the #debian-bugs channel on irc.debian.org
and participate online.

August 11th - 13th

    Skolelinux Testcenter, G�tersloh, Germany

September 8th - 10th

    Don Bosco Studentenheim, Vienna, Austria

October 6th - 8th

    Espace Autog�r� des Tanneries, Dijon, France

Details: http://wiki.debian.org/BSPMarathon


About Debian
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thousand volunteers from all over the world who collaborate via the
Internet.  Debian's dedication to Free Software, its non-profit nature,
and its open development model make it unique among GNU/Linux
distributions.

The Debian project's key strengths are its volunteer base, its dedication
to the Debian Social Contract, and its commitment to provide the best
operating system possible.


Contact Information
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