Debian Linux 4.0 "Etch" Updated

Posted by Michael Larabel on December 27, 2007

While it's not yet time for Debian Lenny, Debian 4.0 "Etch" has been updated with security updates and other changes. There have been 41 Debian packages with miscellaneous fixes while over 100 security fixes can be found in this second Debian 4.0 update. Download links and the specifics about the changes can be found on the Debian website. Meanwhile, the release of Debian Lenny is planned for the second half of 2008.

Discuss this article in our forums, IRC channel, or email the author. You can also follow our content via RSS and on social networks like Facebook, Identi.ca, and Twitter (@Phoronix and @MichaelLarabel). Subscribe to Phoronix Premium to view our content without advertisements, view entire articles on a single page, and experience other benefits.
Latest Hardware Reviews
  1. Sumo Lounge Emperor
  2. Gallium3D Continues Improving OpenGL For Older Radeon GPUs
  3. 15-Way Open vs. Closed Source NVIDIA/AMD Linux GPU Comparison
  4. Nouveau vs. NVIDIA Linux Comparison Shows Shortcomings
Latest Software Articles
  1. Intel Linux OpenGL Driver Leading Over Apple OS X
  2. The Cost Of Ubuntu Disk Encryption
  3. Btrfs vs. EXT4 vs. XFS vs. F2FS On Linux 3.10
  4. AMD Radeon R600 GPU LLVM 3.3 Back-End Testing
Latest Linux News
  1. Linux Desktop Security Could Be A Whole Lot Better
  2. KDE 4.11 Will Be The Last Major KDE4 Workspaces Feature Release
  3. New NVIDIA Linux Driver Supports The GeForce GTX 780
  4. Chrome 28 To Offer More Speed Improvements
  5. Digia Announces "Boot To Qt" Project
  6. X.Org Libraries Hit By Round Of Security Issues
  7. Wayland's Weston Gets Output Scaling Support
  8. Raspberry Pi Gets New Wayland Weston Renderer
  9. Debian GNU/Hurd 2013 Release Brings New Packages
  10. Intel Ultrabook Performance Is Faster With Mesa 9.2
  11. Hot Relocation HDD To SSD Support For Btrfs
Latest Forum Talk
  1. X.Org Libraries Hit By Round Of Security Issues
  2. Linux Desktop Security Could Be A Whole Lot Better
  3. Intel Linux OpenGL Driver Leading Over Apple OS X
  4. Debian GNU/Hurd 2013 Release Brings New Packages
  5. KDE 4.11 Will Be The Last Major KDE4 Workspaces...
  6. Sumo Lounge Emperor
  1. Computers
  2. Display Drivers
  3. Graphics Cards
  4. Motherboards
  5. Peripherals
  6. Processors
  7. Software
  8. Operating Systems
  9. All Articles
  1. Linux Benchmarking
  2. OpenBenchmarking.org
  3. Phoronix Test Suite