Sunday, February 6, 2011

Debian Squeeze is Finally Released

To much of the joy of all Debian fans, Debian Squeeze (the stable release) is now released after 24 months of development. Two notable first timers are,
  1. The default is a completely free kernel. 
  2. kFreeBSD kernel is shipped with Debian userland applications in a separate line. 
Wheezy, the next to be released, has hit the testing branch which hopefully will become stable after another 18 - 24 months.

As mentioned in a previous post, I am glad that the freeze is over, and now I can get a rolling release with cutting edge technology. With overwhelming curiosity in upgrading to the newest packages, I typed  apt-get update in the console, and noticed that the package changes were minimal so far. I was expecting that KDE 4.6 to land on the sid/unstable repository as soon as  Squeeze is packed up. To my disappointment, wheezy still has the 4.4.5 left overs of Squeeze, and no buzzing KDE 4.6 so far. Not even in the experimental repository.

Lets wait until KDE 4.6 becomes available and the rock and roll party begins.

Update: According to debian mailing lists, GNOME 3 and KDE 4.6 become available March in sid. They will March in. Click the link for more details.

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