Debian -- News -- Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" to be released with completely free Linux Kernel

Debian 6.0 Squeeze to be released with completely free Linux Kernel

December 15th, 2010

The Debian project has been working in removing non-free firmware from the Linux kernel shipped with Debian for the past two release cycles. At the time of the releases of Debian 4.0 Etch and 5.0 Lenny, however, it was not yet possible to ship Linux kernels stripped of all non-free firmware bits. Back then we had to acknowledge that freedom issues concerning Linux firmware were not completely sorted out.

We have nonetheless kept on working on splitting away non-free bits from the Linux kernel, thanks to the work of the Debian Kernel team and various Linux upstream developers. We are proud to announce that, to the best of our knowledge, all issues are solved and that we will be able to deliver a Linux kernel which is completely Free, according to the Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG), with Debian Squeeze. We hereby reaffirm Free Software as one of our priorities, as documented in the Debian Social Contract.

In accordance with the Debian Social Contract, we acknowledge that some users require the use of works that do not conform to the DFSG and that those works might include non-free firmware bits. For the time being, we have added to the non-free area of our archives alternative installation images and additional packages for Debian Squeeze, that include non-free firmware bits needed to enable specific pieces of hardware. They are not part of Debian, they should be looked for explicitly by interested users, and we cannot support them to the same extent of Free firmware as we do not have access to the corresponding source code. We encourage hardware manufacturers to release only DFSG-free firmware and we cannot accept other kind of firmware as part of Debian.

About Debian

The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly free, community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of the largest and most influential open source projects. Over three thousand volunteers from all over the world work together to create and maintain Debian software. Translated into over 65 languages, and supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the universal operating system.

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Debian -- Debian “squeeze” Release Information

Debian "squeeze" Release Information

The code name for the next major Debian release after lenny is squeeze.

This release started as a copy of lenny, and is currently in a state called testing. That means that things should not break as badly as in unstable or experimental distributions, because packages are allowed to enter this distribution only after a certain period of time has passed, and when they don't have any release-critical bugs filed against them.

Please note that security updates for testing distribution are not yet managed by the security team. Hence, testing does not get security updates in a timely manner. For more information please see the announcement of the Testing Security Team. You are encouraged to switch your sources.list entries from testing to lenny for the time being if you need security support. See also the entry in the Security Team's FAQ for the testing distribution.

There is a draft of the release notes available. Please also check the proposed additions to the release notes.

For installation images and documentation about how to install testing, see the Debian-Installer page.

To find out more about how the testing distribution works, check the developers' information about it.

People often ask if there is a single release progress meter. Unfortunately there isn't one, but we can refer you to several places that describe things needed to be dealt with for the release to happen:

• Generic release status page
• Release-critical bugs
• Base system bugs
• Bugs in standard and task packages

In addition, general status reports are posted by the release manager to the debian-devel-announce mailing list.

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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Vacation Travel Reviews - hotels, resorts and activities

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

There is probably no place on Earth where visitors can easily view so much volcanic activity amid such tropical beauty. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, located on the Big Island of Hawaii, has extinct volcanoes, dormant volcanoes, active volcanoes, and even a submarine volcano. It has well-marked roads for those interested in a driving tour; it has paved trails that just about anyone, including those in wheelchairs or pushing strollers, can use; it has wilderness trails for hiking through exotic and challenging terrain. There is an historic hotel perched on the rim of the volcano; Hawaiian royalty stayed on the site in the early 1800s and U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt stayed there in the mid-1900s. Open 24 hours a day, the park even boasts a natural sound and light show, in which fiery lava sends up plumes of steam as it plunges into the sea. Current Internet Travel Offers for Hawaii Volcanoes NP... This article is based on work found at WikiTravel. A list of contributors is available a the original article. This article is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0 license.

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Cool!:)

Don