Development Release: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 Beta 2

[praka123]

Many readers have asked us to publish release announcements of the Debian installers for Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny", especially since these releases come as full sets of installation CD and DVD images.

So here you go: the second Debian Installer beta for "Lenny" is out: "The Debian Installer team is proud to announce the second beta release of the installer for Debian GNU/Linux Lenny. Improvements in this release of the installer: the installer uses and installs the 2.6.24 kernel; support for the armel (Arm Little Endian) architecture, using the new 'Embedded ABI'; installer images for i386 and amd64 have a new boot menu; the graphical installer now has full support for encrypted partitioning...." Read the complete release announcement for further information. Debian "Lenny" installation images are available for download from the Debian-Installer home page;

here are a few quick links to the first of the installation DVD images: debian-LennyBeta2-i386-DVD-1.iso (4,447MB, MD5, torrent), debian-LennyBeta2-amd64-DVD-1.iso (4,472MB, MD5, torrent).

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why?because world's many of the servers and mission critical apps relies on Debian GNU/Linux

Ubuntu ,mepis and other major distributions are based on Debian GNU/Linux

 

[MetalheadGautham]

cool. And I AM on lenny right now.
but I am seriously considering moving to Sidux. I love daily updates.

I heard debian team is waiting hopefully for firefox and kde to get a stable new release.
So Lenny won't be stable till late september.