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NewsForge: Review: Debian 3.1

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Bruce Byfield
Jun 12, 2005

“As the first Debian release to use the new installer, version
3.1, a.k.a. Sarge, goes a long way to detonating the myth that
Debian is hard to install. Moreover, because it includes–for the
most part–up-to-the-moment software while conforming to strict
free software guidelines and offering better than average security,
3.1 is easily the most accessible version of Debian ever
released.

“On one hand, the June 6 release of Debian 3.1 matters far less
than a new version of another distribution, because many Debian
users have already upgraded individual packages from the Debian
test, unstable, or even experimental distributions…”

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