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Debian Linux releases version 4.0 'Etch'

By Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com
April 10, 2007
URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Debian-Linux-releases-version-4-0-Etch-/0,130061733,339274760,00.htm

in brief Debian, a longstanding and steadfastly non-commercial Linux project, released version 4.0, called Etch, over the long weekend.

The new version, under development for 21 months, includes a graphical installation process, an encrypted file system and authentication to verify integrity of downloaded updates, the project said in a Sunday announcement. And it includes the Iceweasel browser and Icedove e-mail software -- versions of Firefox and Thunderbird that have been renamed because of a branding issue involving the Mozilla project.

Debian serves as a base for the Ubuntu version of Linux.

Debian project leaders also released an update to version 3.1, called Sarge. (Debian releases are named after Toy Story characters; the unstable version under development is called Sid.