The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 4.0, codenamed etch , after 21 months of constant development. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system which supports a total of eleven processor architectures and includes the KDE, GNOME and Xfce desktop environments. It also features cryptographic software and compatibility with the FHS v2.3 and software developed for version 3.1 of the LSB.

Using a now fully integrated installation process, Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 comes with out-of-the-box support for encrypted partitions. This release introduces a newly developed graphical frontend to the installation system supporting scripts using composed characters and complex languages; the installation system for Debian GNU/Linux has now been translated to 58 languages.

Debian Linux is one of the major Linux distribution. It is geared more towards stability than being cutting-edge. Debian Linux provides more than a pure OS: it comes with more than 15490 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine. Debian Linux is very easy maintain once it is installed compared to other distributions. It has the best package management and upgrade procedure using the brilliant apt-get command.

With the development of the new debian-installer, this release features a new, modular and sophisticated installation routine with integrated hardware detection and unattended installation capabilities. The installation is available in about thirty languages and includes configuration of the X server for many graphic cards.

Debian linux is recommended for advanced Linux users.

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