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Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 released (codenamed “Lenny”)

The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 5.0 (codenamed “Lenny”) after 22 months of constant development. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system which supports a total of twelve processor architectures and includes the KDE, GNOME, Xfce, and LXDE desktop environments. It also features compatibility with the FHS . . . → Read More: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 released (codenamed “Lenny”)

The Secret Lives of Ubuntu and Debian Users

The Secret Lives of Ubuntu and Debian Users is an article which looks at the package install and use date from the popularity-contest package. There are some interesting conclusions that can be drawn from this data:

The Ubuntu results list 425,490 installations of Firefox 3.0, only 92,629 Votes and 63,034 Recent upgrades. In other . . . → Read More: The Secret Lives of Ubuntu and Debian Users

A diagram of the apt system

I found the following blog post which looks at how several of the apt related tools function together. It is interesting, well it is to me, and many Debian and Ubuntu users do not realise that the aptitude and apt-get are actually separate tools, and aptitude does not just call apt-get under the covers.

Anyway: . . . → Read More: A diagram of the apt system

LightScribe on Debian – burn your cd/dvd labels!

I have started doing some photography for other people, so decided I should really put some effort into how I present the photos. I thought about buying an inkjet for printing labels, but they weren’t all that cheap and from my experience with inkets in the past the ink dries out and is rather expensive . . . → Read More: LightScribe on Debian – burn your cd/dvd labels!

Codename of next Debian release – squeeze

Debian has announced the codename of the next release to follow Lenny. Continuing the scheme of naming releases after toy story characters, the next release will be called squeeze after the three-eyed space alien. Official announcement

PIC Microchip programming under debian

A while ago I bought a PICkit2 programmer, including 16f690 PIC. I installed piklab and sdcc (in Debian repositories) and got it working pretty easily. I did play with the programmer that came with it (mplab, windows only), which upgraded my firmware. piklab cannot use the new firmware, so if you need to get an . . . → Read More: PIC Microchip programming under debian