Debian GNU/Linux [LWN.net]

The January 27 issue of the Debian Weekly News is out, with looks at preparing for FOSDEM, proposed release process and social contract changes, a public Debian GNU/Hurd system, and several other topics.

DebianPlanet takes a look at the GNOME 2.4 packages that are available for 'sarge'.

Netcraft reports that, according to its surveys, Debian is the fastest-growing Linux distribution among systems serving web sites. Over 440,000 Debian-based servers were counted in January, a 25% increase over last July. The number of Red Hat-based servers actually fell slightly in January.

Martin Michlmayr presents Bits from the DPL with news from Linux.conf.au, the DebConf.org Picture Gallery, and the upcoming DebConf4.

James Troup reports on the migration of 'ftp-master'.