Debian GNU Linux 5.0 RC2 “Lenny” now is out and good for testing
Today Otavio Salvador announced release candidate two of the upcoming fifth release of Debian. I myself will try that netinstall cd and make a post with my impressions. There’s a cut of the official announcement:
The Debian Installer team is pleased to announce the second release candidate of the installer for Debian GNU/Linux ‘Lenny’. Improvements: updated Linux kernel (2.6.26-13) and external modules (2.6.26-5); available modules for PATA devices on CD-ROM images; improved brltty device support; support firmware loading from USB devices in SPARC; improved support for encrypted partitions in rescue mode; fixed multi-arch CD – it no longer boots directly to the amd64 installer; updated installation guide with a re-added Spanish translation….”
The most common way to install Debian “Lenny” is by using the “netinst” CD images, which can be downloaded from here: debian-Lenny-DI-rc2-i386-netinst.iso (150MB, MD5), debian-Lenny-DI-rc2-amd64-netinst.iso (131MB, MD5).