Users React to Debian 4

Published: Apr 10, 2007
Updated: Feb 2, 2021
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Now that Debian 4.0, Etch, has finally arrived, what do people make of it?

Out in the blogosphere, some users like it. Over at Jeds Sandbox, this Gentoo Linux user finds that “Debian is stable, period.”

Other users are also excited about a new and stable Debian. Still others, however, have found that Debian isnt as stable as theyd like.

Scott Finnie, a long-time computer journalist, but not a Linux specialist, found in his first hours of playing with the distribution that, “This one is a big improvement over the 3.1 distro and is working on my Compaq computer.”

In particular, early users were excited that Debian Etch already has a version out for the ever more popular 64-bit AMD chips and that Debian finally has a graphical installer.

People who live and work with Linux were not that excited by the release. Gordon Haff, principal IT adviser for Illuminata and a close observer of all things Linux said, “Given how software rolls out in the open-source world, the significance of a release is far less than in the historical proprietary world.”

/zimages/4/28571.gifRead the full story on Linux-Watch.com: Reactions to Debians v4.0 Release

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

I'm editor-at-large for Ziff Davis Enterprise. That's a fancy title that means I write about whatever topic strikes my fancy or needs written about across the Ziff Davis Enterprise family of publications. You'll find most of my stories in Linux-Watch, DesktopLinux and eWEEK. Prior to becoming a technology journalist, I worked at NASA and the Department of Defense on numerous major technological projects.

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