Hello, Is it necessary to download all 3 DVD-ISO-images just to install this version? I am wondered a little bit because other distributions have only one ISO-DVD. Are on DVD-2 and DVD-3 only sources?
Best regards, Helmut "Greg Folkert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >From the Debian Announce List. > > There you go. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/ > Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 released [EMAIL PROTECTED] > April 8th, 2007 http://www.debian.org/News/2007/20070408 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 released > > The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian > GNU/Linux version 4.0, codenamed "etch", after 21 months of constant > development. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system which supports > a total of eleven processor architectures and includes the KDE, GNOME > and Xfce desktop environments. It also features cryptographic software > and compatibility with the FHS v2.3 and software developed for version > 3.1 of the LSB. > > Using a now fully integrated installation process, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 > comes with out-of-the-box support for encrypted partitions. This > release introduces a newly developed graphical frontend to the > installation system supporting scripts using composed characters and > complex languages; the installation system for Debian GNU/Linux has now > been translated to 58 languages. > > Also beginning with Debian GNU/Linux 4.0, the package management system > has been improved regarding security and efficiency. Secure APT allows > the verification of the integrity of packages downloaded from a mirror. > Updated package indices won't be downloaded in their entirety, but > instead patched with smaller files containing only differences from > earlier versions. > > Debian GNU/Linux runs on computers ranging from palmtops and handheld > systems to supercomputers, and on nearly everything in between. A total > of eleven architectures are supported including: Sun SPARC (sparc), HP > Alpha (alpha), Motorola/IBM PowerPC (powerpc), Intel IA-32 (i386) and > IA-64 (ia64), HP PA-RISC (hppa), MIPS (mips, mipsel), ARM (arm), IBM > S/390 (s390) and -- newly introduced with Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 -- AMD64 > and Intel EM64T (amd64). > > Debian GNU/Linux can be installed from various installation media such > as DVDs, CDs, USB sticks and floppies, or from the network. GNOME is > the default desktop environment and is contained on the first CD. The K > Desktop Environment (KDE) and the Xfce desktop can be installed through > two new alternative CD images. Also newly available with Debian > GNU/Linux 4.0 are multi-arch CDs and DVDs supporting installation of > multiple architectures from a single disc. > > Debian GNU/Linux can be downloaded right now via bittorent (the > recommended way), jigdo or HTTP; see <http://www.debian.org/CD/> for > further information. It will soon be available on DVD and CD-ROM from > numerous vendors <http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/>, too. > > This release includes a number of updated software packages, such as the > K Desktop Environment 3.5 (KDE), an updated version of the GNOME desktop > environment 2.14, the Xfce 4.4 desktop environment, the GNUstep desktop > 5.2, X.Org 7.1, OpenOffice.org 2.0.4a, GIMP 2.2.13, Iceweasel (an > unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3), Icedove (an unbranded > version of Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5), Iceape (an unbranded version of > Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.8), PostgreSQL 8.1.8, MySQL 5.0.32, GNU Compiler > Collection 4.1.1, Linux kernel version 2.6.18, Apache 2.2.3, Samba > 3.0.24, Python 2.4.4 and 2.5, Perl 5.8.8, PHP 4.4.4 and 5.2.0, Asterisk > 1.2.13, and more than 18,000 other ready to use software packages. > > Upgrades to Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 from the previous release, Debian > GNU/Linux 3.1 codenamed "sarge", are automatically handled by the > aptitude package management tool for most configurations, and to a > certain degree also by the apt-get package management tool. As always, > Debian GNU/Linux systems can be upgraded quite painlessly, in place, > without any forced downtime, but it is strongly recommended to read the > release notes for possible issues. For detailed instructions about > installing and upgrading Debian GNU/Linux, please see the release notes > <http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/releasenotes>. Please note that > the release notes will be further improved and translated to additional > languages in the coming weeks. > > > About Debian > ------------ > > Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system, developed by more than > a thousand volunteers from all over the world who collaborate via the > Internet. Debian's dedication to Free Software, its non-profit nature, > and its open development model make it unique among GNU/Linux > distributions. > > The Debian project's key strengths are its volunteer base, its > dedication > to the Debian Social Contract, and its commitment to provide the best > operating system possible. 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