Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” released

Post by trop » Sun, Feb 06, 2011, 4:26 AM UTC

tbrownaw wrote: post #15

srean wrote: post #12

Debian and Arch are my two favorite Linux distributions. If only Debian distributed a version compiled for an i686 also. I know it probably wont make a huge difference for most programs. But it niggles at my sensibilities that I am not using the architecture to its full. Arch is pretty awesome in that field, but I would be wary of running it on production servers. For me Debian testing has been the best compromise, a…

> If only Debian also distributed a version compiled for an i686 and x86-64. I know it probably wont make a huge difference for most programs. But it niggles at my sensibilities that I am not using the architecture to its full. Um, I think they do have a x64 version... $ cat /etc/debian_version 6.0 $ file /bin/bash /bin/bash: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically link ed (uses shared libs),…

  * cat /etc/debian_version
  6.0
  * file /bin/bash
  /bin/bash: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, stripped
  * file /lib/libc-2.11.2.so 
 /lib/libc-2.11.2.so: ELF 32-bit LSB shared object, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, stripped
  * grep name /proc/cpuinfo 
  model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
  *

Post by rkuester » Sun, Feb 06, 2011, 5:31 AM UTC

telemachos wrote: post #19

Debian's website also received an upgrade[1]: > On the occasion of the release of Debian 6.0 Squeeze, the Debian website team is pleased to publish a new design for Debian's web presence. After roughly 13 years with nearly the same design, the layout and design of many of the websites run by Debian changed together with today's release of Debian Squeeze. Debian's main website and its wiki, lists archive, blog aggrega…

Post by agazso » Sun, Feb 06, 2011, 10:58 AM UTC

rkuester wrote: post #24

telemachos wrote: post #19

Debian's website also received an upgrade[1]: > On the occasion of the release of Debian 6.0 Squeeze, the Debian website team is pleased to publish a new design for Debian's web presence. After roughly 13 years with nearly the same design, the layout and design of many of the websites run by Debian changed together with today's release of Debian Squeeze. Debian's main website and its wiki, lists archive, blog aggrega…

I don't have enough expertise in design to articulate why, but it seems to fall quite short of `cleaner and more modern.' Well, maybe it is a bit less '90s than the previous design, but I'd hardly call it clean and modern. The logo off to the left of the banner is odd, the different fonts and sizes aren't pleasing together, the columns of links seem like something you'd see at the bottom of a page rather than in the…

Post by dpapathanasiou » Sun, Feb 06, 2011, 1:22 PM UTC

moe wrote: post #8

dpapathanasiou wrote: post #5

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I love debian too, but I don't understand why they're so far behind. OpenSSL in squeeze is v. 0.9.8o-4? http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/openssl C'mon, guys, the latest current OpenSSL is already at v. 1.2.2 This is why I'm switching to ubuntu.

Out of curiosity, which feature from 1.2.2 do you need that 0.9.8 doesn't have?

Post by _delirium » Sun, Feb 06, 2011, 1:51 PM UTC

mariana wrote: post #11

dpapathanasiou wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I love debian too, but I don't understand why they're so far behind. OpenSSL in squeeze is v. 0.9.8o-4? http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/openssl C'mon, guys, the latest current OpenSSL is already at v. 1.2.2 This is why I'm switching to ubuntu.

What Debian released is an stable distribution that is going to be maintained for the next 3 or 4 years. It is better to release something stable and well tested than bleeding edge stuff. Many people don't get Debian. This is a released aimed for servers and stable workstations. If you want or need bleeding edge stuff you can use Debian testing/unstable or Ubuntu as you suggested.