Debian GNU/Linux

Here is the Debian Weekly News for February 11, 2003. This issue covers GNOME and KDE participation in the Free Desktop Project, the Turbo Desktop Environment aimed at users with older computers who still want to run a proper desktop, and much more.

Four candidates have been nominated for Debian Project Leader; Moshe Zadka, Bdale Garbee, Martin Michlmayr and Branden Robinson. Platforms for these candidates can be found here. The campaigning period will last until March 7, when voting will begin.

Here's a note about the Debian Project's participation in the Desktop Linux Summit, February 20 - 21, 2003.

The results of the Debian security survey (which tried to get a handle on how long Debian 'potato' users needed security updates) have been released. The end result seems to be that potato will continue to have security updates through the end of June.

The Debian Weekly News for February 17, 2003 is available. In addition to the FLOSS report sponsored by the European Commission, researchers at Stanford University's Institute for Economic Policy Research designed another survey and asked the community for its assistance. If you have ever wondered whether (GNU/)Linux was the only new and free operating system recently begun, take a look at ReactOS, which aims to implement a free version of NT.

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