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width:100%; text-align:center&quot;"><tbody><tr> <td style="&quot; border:none&quot;"><p class="line862"> <img alt="http://www.debian.org/banners/debian_banner_07-modjoy.png" class="external_image" src="http://www.debian.org/banners/debian_banner_07-modjoy.png" title="http://www.debian.org/banners/debian_banner_07-modjoy.png" /></td> </tr> </tbody></table></div><span class="anchor" id="line-13"></span><p class="line862">Etch was the code name for a former <a href="/DebianStable">DebianStable</a> distribution. It was released on Apr 8th 2007 as <strong>Debian GNU/Linux 4.0</strong>. It was superseded by Debian/<a href="/DebianLenny">Lenny</a> on Feb 15th 2009. It has been archived and no longer receives security updates. <span class="anchor" id="line-14"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-15"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="line-16"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-17"></span><div class="warning"><span class="anchor" id="line-1-1"></span><p class="line867"><strong>Security updates are not provided anymore</strong>. </div><span class="anchor" id="line-18"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-19"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="line-20"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-21"></span><div class="debian"><span class="anchor" id="line-1-2"></span><p class="line867"><a class="http" href="http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/">http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/</a> - Debian/Etch Release Information </div><span class="anchor" id="line-22"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-23"></span><p class="line867"> <h4 id="Debian.2FEtch_Life_cycle">Debian/Etch Life cycle</h4> <span class="anchor" id="line-24"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="line-25"></span><ul><li><p class="line862">24 Jul 2006 : Announcement of Upcoming Release <small>(<a class="http" href="http://www.debian.org/News/2006/20060724">press release</a>)</small>. <span class="anchor" id="line-26"></span></li><li><p class="line862">08 Apr 2007 : <strong>Initial released</strong> : 4.0r0 <small>(<a class="http" href="http://www.debian.org/News/2007/20070408">press release</a>)</small>. <span class="anchor" id="line-27"></span></li><li><p class="line862">17 Aug 2007 : Updated (4.0r1) <small>(<a class="http" href="http://release.debian.org/etch/4.0/4.0r1/">preparation</a>; <a class="http" href="http://www.debian.org/News/2007/20070817">press release</a>)</small>. <span class="anchor" id="line-28"></span></li><li><p class="line862">27 Dec 2007 : Updated (4.0r2) <small>(<a class="http" href="http://release.debian.org/etch/4.0/4.0r2/">preparation</a>; <a class="http" href="http://www.debian.org/News/2007/20071227">press release</a>)</small>. <span class="anchor" id="line-29"></span></li><li><p class="line862">17 Feb 2008 : Updated (4.0r3) <small>(<a class="http" href="http://release.debian.org/etch/4.0/4.0r3/">preparation</a>; <a class="http" href="http://www.debian.org/News/2007/20080217">press release</a>)</small>. <span class="anchor" id="line-30"></span></li><li><p class="line862">27 Jul 2008 : Updated (4.0r4) <em>aka</em> <a href="/EtchAndAHalf">etch-and-a-half</a> <small>(<a class="http" href="http://release.debian.org/etch/4.0/4.0r4/">preparation</a>; <a class="http" href="http://www.debian.org/News/2008/20080726">press release</a>)</small>. <span class="anchor" id="line-31"></span></li><li><p class="line862">23 Oct 2008 : Updated (4.0r5) <small>(<a class="http" href="http://release.debian.org/etch/4.0/4.0r5/">preparation</a>; <a class="http" href="http://www.debian.org/News/2008/20081023">press release</a>)</small>. <span class="anchor" id="line-32"></span></li><li><p class="line862">18 Dec 2008 : Updated (4.0r6) <small>(<a class="http" href="http://release.debian.org/etch/4.0/4.0r6/">preparation</a>; <a class="http" href="http://www.debian.org/News/2008/20081218">press release</a>)</small>. <span class="anchor" id="line-33"></span></li><li><p class="line862">10 Feb 2009 : Updated (4.0r7) <small>(<a class="http" href="http://release.debian.org/etch/4.0/4.0r7/">preparation</a>; <a class="http" href="http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090210">press release</a>)</small>. <span class="anchor" id="line-34"></span></li><li><p class="line862">15 Feb 2009 : Etch becomes <a href="/DebianOldStable">old-stable</a>. <small>(i.e A new stable is released: <a href="/DebianLenny">Debian Lenny</a>)</small> <span class="anchor" id="line-35"></span></li><li><p class="line862">08 Apr 2009 : Updated (4.0r8) <small>(<a class="http" href="http://release.debian.org/etch/4.0/4.0r8/">preparation</a>; <a class="http" href="http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090408">press release</a>)</small>. <span class="anchor" id="line-36"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><strong>15 Feb 2010 : End of security updates / End of life</strong>. (<small><a class="http" href="http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100121">press release</a>)</small>. <span class="anchor" id="line-37"></span></li><li><p class="line862">22 May 2010 : Updated (4.0r9) <small>(<a class="http" href="http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100522">press release</a>)</small>. <span class="anchor" id="line-38"></span></li><li><p class="line862">20 Jun 2010 : The distribution is <a class="http" href="http://www.debian.org/distrib/archive">moved to archive</a> (<a class="http" href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2010/06/msg00003.html">post</a>). <span class="anchor" id="line-39"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-40"></span></li></ul><p class="line862">See Etch <a href="/DebianReleases/PointReleases">point-releases</a> <a class="http" href="http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/ChangeLog">ChangeLog</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-41"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-42"></span><p class="line867"> <h4 id="Architectures">Architectures</h4> <span class="anchor" id="line-43"></span><ul><li><p class="line862">Etch is officially supported on the following <a href="/SupportedArchitectures">architectures</a> : alpha, <strong>amd64</strong>, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc (see Etch's <a class="http" href="http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/">release page</a>, <a class="http" href="http://release.debian.org/etch_arch_criteria.html">release architecture criteria</a>, and <a class="http" href="http://release.debian.org/etch_arch_qualify.html">architecture re-qualification status</a>). <span class="anchor" id="line-44"></span><ul><li><p class="line862">(<span class="strike">m68k</span> support was <a class="http" href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2006/09/msg00187.html">dropped</a>). <span class="anchor" id="line-45"></span></li></ul></li></ul><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="line-46"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-47"></span><p class="line867"> <h4 id="New_Features">New Features</h4> <span class="anchor" id="line-48"></span><ul><li><p class="line862">Secure/Signed repositories (<a href="/SecureApt">SecureApt</a>). <span class="anchor" id="line-49"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Graphical Installer (<a href="/DebianInstaller/GUI">DebianInstaller/GUI</a>). <span class="anchor" id="line-50"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Debian-Installer supports 58 languages (i.e 18 new ones ; <a class="http" href="http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/doc/i18n/languages.html">map</a>) <span class="anchor" id="line-51"></span></li><li>UTF-8 enabled by default. <span class="anchor" id="line-52"></span></li></ul><p class="line862">see <a href="/NewInEtch">NewInEtch</a> <small>(<a class="nonexistent" href="/NewInEtchGerman">?</a>Deutsch - <a class="nonexistent" href="/NewInEtchRussian">?</a>袪褍褋褋泻懈泄 (Russkij) - <a class="nonexistent" href="/NewInEtchSpanish">?</a>Espa帽ol)</small> <span class="anchor" id="line-53"></span>and also <a href="/DebianDesktopInEtch">DebianDesktopInEtch</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-54"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-55"></span><p class="line867"> <h5 id="Packages_.26_versions">Packages & versions</h5> <span class="anchor" id="line-56"></span><ul><li>apt 0.5.3 <span class="anchor" id="line-57"></span></li><li>kernel : linux 2.6.18 <span class="anchor" id="line-58"></span></li><li>libc : libc6 2.2.3 <span class="anchor" id="line-59"></span></li><li>gcc : 4.1.1 <span class="anchor" id="line-60"></span></li><li>X-server : Xorg 7.1 <span class="anchor" id="line-61"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-62"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"> <h4 id="links">links</h4> <span class="anchor" id="line-63"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="line-64"></span><ul><li><p class="line862">Download CD : <a class="http" href="http://www.debian.org/CD/faq#old">http://www.debian.org/CD/faq#old</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-65"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Package Repository : <a class="http" href="http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/">http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-66"></span></li><li>Installation : <span class="anchor" id="line-67"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Upgrade from Sarge: <a href="/Sarge2EtchUpgrade">Sarge2EtchUpgrade</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-68"></span></li><li><p class="line862">Release Party : <a href="/ReleasePartyEtch">ReleasePartyEtch</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-69"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-70"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"> <h4 id="FAQ">FAQ</h4> <span class="anchor" id="line-71"></span><ul><li style="list-style-type:none"><p class="line891"><em>Many answers can be found in the <a class="http" href="http://www.debian.org/News/2007/20070408">4.0r0 press release</a> or in the Release Information.</em> <span class="anchor" id="line-72"></span></li></ul><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="line-73"></span><p class="line867"><span class="anchor" id="line-74"></span><dl><dt>Q) What were the release goals for Etch ? </dt><dd><p class="line862">see <a class="http" href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/07/msg00005.html">Etch 4.0, Blockers and Goals, Arch status, kernel 2.4, etc</a>. A summary of the initially planned features, as discussed on debian-devel, went to <a href="/EtchTODOList">EtchTODOList</a>. <span class="anchor" id="line-75"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-76"></span></dd></dl><p class="line874">See also : <span class="anchor" id="line-77"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><a href="/DebianReleases">Debian Releases</a>: <span class="anchor" id="line-78"></span><ul><li><p class="line891"><a href="/DebianSarge">Debian Sarge</a> - The previous distribution. <span class="anchor" id="line-79"></span></li><li><p class="line891"><a href="/DebianLenny">Debian Lenny</a> - The next distribution. <span class="anchor" id="line-80"></span><span class="anchor" id="line-81"></span></li></ul></li></ul><p class="line867"><hr /><p class="line874"> <span class="anchor" id="line-82"></span><a href="/CategoryRelease">CategoryRelease</a> <a href="/CategoryLegacy">CategoryLegacy</a> <span class="anchor" id="line-83"></span><span class="anchor" id="bottom"></span></div><div id="pagebottom"></div> </div> <div id="footer"> <p id="pageinfo" class="info" lang="en" dir="ltr">DebianEtch (<a class="nbinfo" href="/DebianEtch?action=info" rel="nofollow">last modified 2022-11-18 22:01:52</a>)</p> <ul id="credits"> <li>Debian <a href="https://www.debian.org/legal/privacy">privacy policy</a>, Wiki <a href="/Teams/DebianWiki">team</a>, <a href="https://bugs.debian.org/wiki.debian.org">bugs</a> and <a href="https://salsa.debian.org/debian/wiki.debian.org">config</a>.</li><li>Powered by <a href="https://moinmo.in/" title="This site uses the MoinMoin Wiki software.">MoinMoin</a> and <a href="https://moinmo.in/Python" title="MoinMoin is written in Python.">Python</a>, with hosting provided by <a href="https://www.man-da.de/">Metropolitan Area Network Darmstadt</a>.</li> </ul> </div> </body> </html>