The Debian Live team is pleased to announce the first alpha release of
Debian Live for Debian 10, codename "buster".
== About Debian Buster Live images alpha 1 ==
This release exists to test the current state of Debian live images for
the current development version (Debian 10, codename 'Buster'). It's
released for wider testing so that bugs can be found (and fixed) early
on in the development cycle.
These images are not meant for production or typical end-users. We
caution you to take care when using these images since pre-release
images can result in data loss or in extreme cases, even hardware damage.
We encourage all Debian users and contributors to test these images, you
can do so safely in a virtual machine. If you find an issue, please file
a bug with the Debian bug tracking system. If you only email a specific
developer or mailing list, it might go unnoticed.
It can be downloaded from:
http://get.debian.org/images/buster_di_alpha1-live/
== Software versions used in this release ==
* Debian Installer: Buster alpha 1
* Linux kernel: 4.12
* Systemd: 234
* APT: 1.5~rc1
* GNOME desktop environment: 3.25.92 (3.26 pre-release)
* MATE desktop environment: 1.18
* XFCE desktop environment: 4.12
* Cinnamon desktop environment: 3.4.6
== Known issues ==
* KDE image does not build and was not released for this alpha: #864927
* LXDE session is not usable and image was not released for this alpha:
#876010
This means that no Debian 10 Live alpha 1 images are available for KDE
and LXDE. We plan to do many alpha releases and these should be included
in the next alpha.
During smoke testing, we've run into inconsistencies with booting i386
images on legacy systems. The Xfce session failed to start during
physical testing on a ThinkPad x220 (we're gathering information on this
for a bug report). Further testing on these areas along with bug reports
would be much appreciated.
== Reporting bugs ==
For the alpha release, very minimalist testing is done. This is why we
need *YOU* to test these images in the same way you would the final
release images and file bugs, so that they can be fixed for subsequent
alpha releases and ensure a smooth final release.
See https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting for more information on how to
report bugs.
== Images that contain non-free firmware ==
Images that contain non-free firmware are available, but due to time
constraints have had no smoke testing done at all. You are welcome to
test these and provide feedback as well:
https://get.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/buster_di_alpha1-live+nonfree/
== See also ==
* Debian Installer alpha 1 release notes:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2017/09/msg1.html
* Debian Live home on the wiki: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive
Thank you for testing!
-Jonathan on behalf of the Debian Live team
