-------The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/Debian 7.0 "Wheezy"
released pr...@debian.org May 4th, 2013
http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130504------------------------------------------------------------------------
After many months of constant development, the Debian project is proud to
present its new stable version 7.0 (code name "Wheezy"). This new version
of Debian includes various interesting features such as multiarch support
[1], several specific tools to deploy private clouds [2], an improved
installer, and a complete set of multimedia codecs and front-ends which
remove the need for third-party repositories.
1: http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110726b 2:
http://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120425
Multiarch support, one of the main release goals for "Wheezy", will allow
Debian users to install packages from multiple architectures on the same
machine. This means that you can now, for the first time, install both 32-
and 64-bit software on the same machine and have all the relevant
dependencies correctly resolved, automatically.
The installation process has been greatly improved: Debian can now be
installed using software speech, above all by visually impaired people who
do not use a Braille device. Thanks to the combined efforts of a huge
number of translators, the installation system is available in 73
languages, and more than a dozen of them are available for speech synthesis
too. In addition, for the first time, Debian supports installation and
booting using UEFI for new 64-bit PCs (amd64), although there is no support
for "Secure Boot" yet.
This release includes numerous updated software packages, such as:
* Apache 2.2.22 * Asterisk 1.8.13.1 * GIMP 2.8.2 * an updated version of
the GNOME desktop environment 3.4 * GNU Compiler Collection 4.7.2 * Icedove
10 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Thunderbird) * Iceweasel 10 (an
unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox) * KDE Plasma Workspaces and KDE
Applications 4.8.4 * kFreeBSD kernel 8.3 and 9.0 * LibreOffice 3.5.4 *
Linux 3.2 * MySQL 5.5.30 * Nagios 3.4.1 * OpenJDK 6b27 and 7u3 * Perl
5.14.2 * PHP 5.4.4 * PostgreSQL 9.1 * Python 2.7.3 and 3.2.3 * Samba 3.6.6
* Tomcat 6.0.35 and 7.0.28 * Xen Hypervisor 4.1.4 * the Xfce 4.8 desktop
environment * X.Org 7.7 * more than 36,000 other ready-to-use software
packages, built from nearly 17,500 source packages.
With this broad selection of packages, Debian once again stays true to its
goal of being the universal operating system. It is suitable for many
different use cases: from desktop systems to netbooks; from development
servers to cluster systems; and for database, web, or storage servers. At
the same time, additional quality assurance efforts like automatic
installation and upgrade tests for all packages in Debian's archive ensure
that "Wheezy" fulfills the high expectations that users have of a stable
Debian release. It is rock solid and rigorously tested.
You can install Debian on computers ranging from handheld systems to
supercomputers, and on nearly everything in between. A total of nine
architectures are supported: 32-bit PC / Intel IA-32 (i386), 64-bit PC
/Intel EM64T / x86-64 (amd64), Motorola/IBM PowerPC (powerpc), Sun/Oracle
SPARC (sparc), MIPS (mips (big-endian) and mipsel (little-endian)), Intel
Itanium (ia64), IBM S/390 (31-bit s390 and 64-bit s390x), and ARM EABI
(armel for older hardware and armhf for newer hardware using hardware
floating-point).
Want to give it a try? If you want to simply try it without having to
install it, you can use a special image, known as a live image, available
for CDs, USB sticks, and netboot setups. Initially, these images are
provided for the amd64 and i386 architectures only. It is also possible to
use these live images to install Debian. More information is available from
the Debian Live homepage [3].
3: http://live.debian.net/
If, instead, you want to directly install it, you can choose among various
installation media, such as Blu-ray Discs, DVDs, CDs, and USB sticks, or
from the network. Several desktop environments ---GNOME, KDE Plasma Desktop
and Applications, Xfce, and LXDE ---may be installed through CD images; the
desired one may be chosen from the boot menus of the CDs/DVDs. In addition,
multi-architecture CDs and DVDs are available which support installation of
multiple architectures from a single disc. Or you can always create
bootable USB installation media (see the Installation Guide [4] for more
details).
4: http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/installmanual
The installation images may be downloaded right now via bittorrent [5] (the
recommended method), jigdo [6], or HTTP [7]; see Debian on CDs [8] for
further information. Wheezy will soon be available on physical DVD, CD-ROM,
and Blu-ray Discs from numerous vendors [9], too.
5: http://www.debian.org/CD/torrent-cd/6:
http://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/#which 7:
http://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/8: http://www.debian.org/CD/9:
http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors
Already a happy Debian user and you only want to upgrade? Upgrades to
Debian 7.0 from the previous release, Debian 6.0 (codenamed "Squeeze"), are
automatically handled by the apt-get package management tool for most
configurations. As always, Debian systems may be upgraded painlessly, in
place, without any forced downtime, but it is strongly recommended to read
the release notes [10] as well as the installation guide [11] for possible
issues, and for detailed instructions on installing and upgrading. The
release notes will be further improved and translated to additional
languages in the weeks after the release.
10: http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/releasenotes 11:
http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/installmanual
About Debian ------------
Debian is a free operating system, developed by thousands of volunteers
from all over the world who collaborate via the Internet. The Debian
project's key strengths are its volunteer base, its dedication to the
Debian Social Contract and Free Software, and its commitment to provide the
best operating system possible. Debian 7.0 is another important step in
that direction.
Contact Information -------------------
For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at
http://www.debian.org/ or send mail to <pr...@debian.org>.
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