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Cédric Boutillier | 10 Jun 2013 22:10
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Debian Project News - Jun 10th, 2013

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June 10th, 2013               http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2013/12/
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Welcome to this year's twelfth issue of DPN, the newsletter for the
Debian community. Topics covered in this issue include:

  * Welcome to Debian GSoC Students
  * Outreach Program for Women, the result of the experiment
  * Bits from the DPL
  * Expiration of debian-multimedia.org
  * Other news
  * New Debian Contributors
  * Important Debian Security Advisories
  * New and noteworthy packages
  * Work-needing packages
  * Want to continue reading DPN?

Welcome to Debian GSoC Students
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The Debian project is proud to announce that this year, 16 students have
been accepted into the Google Summer of Code program [1] to work on
improving Debian. This is the highest number of students accepted since
Debian started participating in this program. The list of selected
students and the projects they're working on is publicly [1]
available [2]. If you are interested in one of these projects, you are
encouraged to come and join the #debian-soc IRC channel, or to contact
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Francesca Ciceri | 27 May 2013 14:53
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Debian Project News - May 27th, 2013

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May 27th, 2013                http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2013/11/
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Welcome to this year's eleventh issue of DPN, the newsletter for the
Debian community. Topics covered in this issue include:

  * Debian GNU/Hurd release
  * DebConf 13: Call for Papers
  * Debian Edu Wheezy second alpha release
  * Bits from the piuparts maintainers
  * Debian/Ubuntu Community Conference Italia 2013
  * Other news
  * Upcoming events
  * Important Debian Security Advisories
  * New and noteworthy packages
  * Work-needing packages
  * Want to continue reading DPN?

Debian GNU/Hurd release
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The Debian GNU/Hurd team announced the release of Debian GNU/Hurd
2013. [1] This is not an official Debian release, but it is an official
Debian GNU/Hurd port release. On the Debian Ports [2] archive you can
find the installation ISO images to download (netinst, CD or DVD), as
well as a pre-installed disk image which makes it even easier to try
Debian GNU/Hurd. Debian GNU/Hurd is currently available for the i386
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Francesca Ciceri | 23 May 2013 20:00
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Debian Project mourns the loss of Ray Dassen

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Debian Project mourns the loss of Ray Dassen            press <at> debian.org
May 23rd, 2013                  http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130523
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The Debian Project has lost a member of its community. Ray Dassen
(jdassen) died on May 18th.

Ray was a Debian Developer for an incredible 19 years. He joined the
project in 1994, and continued to be an active contributor until
recently. He was involved in Debian as a maintainer of several packages,
particularly Gnumeric, and was a driving force behind the creation of
the Debian Gnome team.

The Debian Project honours Ray's great work and his strong dedication to
Debian and Free Software. His technical knowledge and his ability to
share that knowledge with others will be missed. His contributions will
not be forgotten, and the high standards of his work will continue to
serve as an inspiration to others.

About Debian
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The Debian Project is an association of Free Software developers who
volunteer their time and effort in order to produce the completely free
operating systems Debian.

Contact Information
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Francesca Ciceri | 13 May 2013 13:02
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Debian Project News - May 13th, 2013

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May 13th, 2013                http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2013/10/
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Welcome to this year's tenth issue of DPN, the newsletter for the Debian
community. Topics covered in this issue include:

  * Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" released
  * What's new in Debian "Wheezy" ?
  * DebConf11 and 12 videos
  * Debian beyond the cloud
  * Debian in Google Compute Engine
  * Bits from the DPL
  * "Coding Freedom" : a closer look at Debian contributors
  * Other news
  * Upcoming events
  * Important Debian Security Advisories
  * New and noteworthy packages
  * Work-needing packages
  * Want to continue reading DPN?

Debian 7.0 "Wheezy" released
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27 months after the release of Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", a new stable
version of the Debian operating system, Debian 7.0 "Wheezy", was
released on May 4, 2013 [1]. Among other improvements, this release
brings to its users multiarch support [2], various tools to deploy
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Francesca Ciceri | 29 Apr 2013 11:47
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Debian Project News - April 29th, 2013

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April 29th, 2013              http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2013/09/
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Welcome to this year's ninth issue of DPN, the newsletter for the Debian
community. Topics covered in this issue include:

  * Release date for Wheezy announced
  * First Qt 5 packages in experimental
  * Debian Edu Wheezy alpha release
  * Other news
  * Upcoming events
  * New Debian Contributors
  * Release-Critical bugs statistics for the upcoming release
  * Important Debian Security Advisories
  * New and noteworthy packages
  * Work-needing packages
  * Want to continue reading DPN?

Release date for Wheezy announced
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Neil McGovern, on behalf of the Release Team, announced that the next
stable version of Debian, "Wheezy", will be released during the first
weekend of May (4/5 May) [1]. Help with the final touches is welcome:
"release notes, installation guides and documentation in general,
especially translations can always do with some work. Please see
previous mails on these, and help if you can", explained Neil. And to
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Cédric Boutillier | 15 Apr 2013 19:28
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Debian Project News - April 15th, 2013

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April 15th, 2013              http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2013/08/
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Welcome to this year's eighth issue of DPN, the newsletter for the
Debian community. Topics covered in this issue include:

  * New DPL elected
  * Debian accepted for Google Summer of Code
  * Debian participates in Outreach Program for Women
  * Other news
  * Release-Critical bugs statistics for the upcoming release
  * Important Debian Security Advisories
  * New and noteworthy packages
  * Work-needing packages
  * Want to continue reading DPN?

New DPL elected
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Lucas Nussbaum has just been elected with a small majority [1] ahead of
his main opponent Moray Allan by the Debian Developers to represent the
project. Stefano Zacchiroli, outgoing project leader, welcomes his
successor: "I've known Lucas Nussbaum and his passionate Debian
involvement for many many years now, and I trust the Project is in good
hands with him. Good luck, Lucas!"

    1: http://www.debian.org/vote/2013/vote_001
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Francesca Ciceri | 4 Apr 2013 18:55
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A Bytemark donation boosts reliability of Debian's core infrastructure

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A Bytemark donation boosts reliability of Debian's core infrastructure
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April 4th, 2013                 http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130404
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Earlier this week, Debian started deploying machines for its core
infrastructure services which will be hosted in a new data centre in
York, UK. The hardware, generously donated and hosted by Bytemark
Hosting [1], consists of a fully-populated HP BladeSystem (containing 16
server blades) and several HP Modular Storage Arrays (providing a total
of 57 TB).

    1: http://bytemark.co.uk

"Bytemark's servers have relied on Debian since the day we started the
company in 2002, and it was always an embarassingly good deal. We've
tried to repay it through sponsorship of the annual DebConf gatherings,
and through publication of Symbiosis (our own packages to make Debian
easier for hosting tasks)," explained Matthew Bloch, co-founder of
Bytemark. "While we can't match the unpaid efforts of the project's
thousand of volunteers, we're at least happy to be providing such a
substantial part of Debian's infrastructure. Debian's success will
continue to spur Bytemark's."

"This significant hardware and hosting donation will allow the Debian
Systems Administration (DSA) team [2] to distribute Debian's core
services across a greater number of geographically diverse locations,
and improve, in particular, the fault-tolerance and availability of end-
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Francesca Ciceri | 1 Apr 2013 15:23
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Debian Project News - April 1st, 2013

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April 1st, 2013               http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2013/07/
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Welcome to this year's seventh issue of DPN, the newsletter for the
Debian community. Topics covered in this issue include:

  * Bits from the Release Team
  * Bits from the DSA team
  * DebConf13 matching fund
  * New Maintainer process
  * Editorial changes to the constitution
  * Interviews
  * Other news
  * New Debian Contributors
  * Release-Critical bugs statistics for the upcoming release
  * Important Debian Security Advisories
  * New and noteworthy packages
  * Work-needing packages
  * Want to continue reading DPN?

Bits from the Release Team
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Julien Cristau sent an update on Release Team activities [1], announcing
the start of the final stage of the freeze. This basically means that
from now on, there will be an even stricter policy on the changes that
can be uploaded (only fixes for release critical bugs will be accepted)
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Francesca Ciceri | 21 Mar 2013 14:34
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Eaton donates hardware to Debian

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March 21st, 2013                http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130321
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Eaton [1], a global technology leader in electrical products and long
time Debian partner, has donated several large-capacity uninterruptible
power supplies (UPSs) and intelligent power distribution units (PDUs)
for Debian's core infrastructure located in Darmstadt, Germany and
Vienna, Austria.

    1: http://www.eaton.com

"Not only do we, at Eaton, strongly back the principle of freely
available open source software, we are also finding that our customers
increasingly prefer to work with open source packages, especially with
Linux and related systems," said Arnaud Quette, Eaton Opensource
Solutions Lead and Debian Developer.

"Most Debian porter machines and Debian auto-builder machines are not
equipped with out of band management access or remote power control.
Eaton's donation gives us this capability, significantly improving our
ability to operate our infrastructure efficiently and effectively,
without having to disturb the staff of our hosting partners. We are very
appreciative of this generous donation," said Martin Zobel-Helas, member
of the Debian System Administration team.

About Eaton
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Francesca Ciceri | 18 Mar 2013 10:51
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Debian Project News - March 18th, 2013

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March 18th, 2013              http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2013/06/
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Welcome to this year's sixth issue of DPN, the newsletter for the Debian
community. Topics covered in this issue include:

  * Debian Edu Squeeze updated
  * DPL election campaign
  * A deeper look inside the freeze
  * Kali Linux: a new Debian derivative for penetration tests
  * Other news
  * Upcoming events
  * New Debian Contributors
  * Release-Critical bugs statistics for the upcoming release
  * Important Debian Security Advisories
  * New and noteworthy packages
  * Work-needing packages
  * Want to continue reading DPN?

Debian Edu Squeeze updated
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Holger Levsen announced the first update of Debian Edu Squeeze since its
initial release [1]. "This update contains all the changes between
Debian 6.0.4 and 6.0.7, as well as Debian Edu specific bugfixes and
enhancements", explained Holger. The updated installer images [2] are
available for downloading.
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Francesca Ciceri | 4 Mar 2013 11:22
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Debian Project News - March 4th, 2013

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March 4th, 2013               http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2013/05/
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Welcome to this year's fifth issue of DPN, the newsletter for the Debian
community. Topics covered in this issue include:

  * Update for Debian 6.0: 6.0.7 released
  * Call for projects and mentors for Debian GSoC 2013
  * Wheezy release progress
  * Debian at Open Source Conference 2013 Tokyo/Spring
  * arm64 image available
  * Other news
  * Upcoming events
  * New Debian Contributors
  * Release-Critical bugs statistics for the upcoming release
  * Important Debian Security Advisories
  * New and noteworthy packages
  * Work-needing packages
  * Want to continue reading DPN?

Update for Debian 6.0: 6.0.7 released
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The seventh update for Debian 6.0 (codenamed "Squeeze") [1] has been
released. This update mainly adds corrections of security problems to
the stable release, along with some adjustments for serious problems.
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