Debian Squeeze Linux – Where Is It?

Written By
SMK
Sean Michael Kerner
Apr 2, 2010

“The next major release of Debian GNU/Linux is taking shape –
albeit without the explicit direction of a Release Manager and with
some significant hurdles to overcome.

“Squeeze (named after the three-eyed aliens in Toy Story) will
be the first major Debian release since Lenny came out in February
of 2009. Unlike other distros like OpenSUSE, Fedora or Ubuntu, the
Debian release process has never seemed particularly structured in
terms of a fixed timeline for targeting releases.

“In fact, I think (and wrote the same back in 2005) that it is
Debian’s difficulty with putting out releases that led to the rise
of Ubuntu in the first place.”


Complete Story

SMK

Sean Michael Kerner

Linux Today Logo

LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.

Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2026 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.