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news:start [2018-09-02 08:53] – New firmware jensnews:start [2019-07-07 08:40] – Updated Buster Announcement jens
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 ====== News ====== ====== News ======
 ===== Current News ===== ===== Current News =====
 +==== 2019-07-06: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (Buster) released! ====
 +I still remember the Woody and Sarge release cycles and I am so happy that Debian nowadays has a somewhat stable release cycle.
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 +Today it is here: Debian 10 a.k.a. Buster! Congratulations Debian team for another great release, your work is more than appreciated.
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 +Next to lots of updated software, the biggest change undoubtedly is that Debian is finally able to do secure boot. Also, when using the Gnome Desktop, the default display manager will be Wayland instead of Xorg.
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 +You can find the full [[https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190706|release announcement]] on the Debian website.
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 ==== 2018-09-02: Wifi firmware ==== ==== 2018-09-02: Wifi firmware ====
 By now there is a new [[http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-atheros_20180518-1_all.deb|firmware package]] available from Debian, no more manual intervention is needed. By now there is a new [[http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-atheros_20180518-1_all.deb|firmware package]] available from Debian, no more manual intervention is needed.
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 Updates on this notebook and Debian will surely follow! Updates on this notebook and Debian will surely follow!
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-==== 2017-06-17: Debian GNU/Linux 9.0 (Stretch) released ==== 
-Not much news on my site, even though content gets constantly polished and updated where needed. 
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-However, last night [[https://www.debian.org|Debian]] Stretch has finally been released :-) Go grab [[https://www.debian.org/distrib|your copy]] and have an install party! 
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-==== 2017-05-06: Icedove became Thunderbird again ==== 
-Well... maybe a little late... but still. You get the picture :-) 
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-==== 2016-03-14: Iceweasel became Firefox again ==== 
-For years, the Debian team had to rebrand Firefox into Iceweasel. Luckily, by now Debian and the Mozilla Foundation settled their "disputes" and henceforth Iceweasel will be called Firefox again in Debian. 
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-Please note that this also has an impact on your [[misc:sources.list]]! 
  
 ===== Archived news ===== ===== Archived news =====
 For news from the previous years please have a look at the News [[archive]]. For news from the previous years please have a look at the News [[archive]].
news/start.txt · Last modified: 2023-06-12 17:41 by jens