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On 15/08/2021 06:36, Paul Sutton via list wrote: > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Debian Project https://www.debian.org/ > Debian 11 "bullseye" released press@xxxxxxxxxx > August 14th, 2021 https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20210814 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > After 2 years, 1 month, and 9 days of development, the Debian project is > proud to present its new stable version 11 (code name "bullseye"), which > will be supported for the next 5 years thanks to the combined work of > the Debian Security team [1] and the Debian Long Term Support [2] team. > > 1: https://security-team.debian.org/ > 2: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS > > Debian 11 "bullseye" ships with several desktop applications and > environments. Amongst others it now includes the desktop environments: > > * Gnome 3.38, > * KDE Plasma 5.20, > * LXDE 11, > * LXQt 0.16, > * MATE 1.24, > * Xfce 4.16. > > This release contains over 11,294 new packages for a total count of > 59,551 packages, along with a significant reduction of over 9,519 > packages which were marked as "obsolete" and removed. 42,821 packages > were updated and 5,434 packages remained unchanged. > > "bullseye" becomes our first release to provide a Linux kernel with > support for the exFAT filesystem and defaults to using it for mount > exFAT filesystems. Consequently it is no longer required to use the > filesystem-in-userspace implementation provided via the exfat-fuse > package. Tools for creating and checking an exFAT filesystem are > provided in the exfatprogs package. > > Most modern printers are able to use driverless printing and scanning > without the need for vendor specific (often non-free) drivers. > "bullseye" brings forward a new package, ipp-usb, which uses the vendor > neutral IPP-over-USB protocol supported by many modern printers. This > allows a USB device to be treated as a network device. The official SANE > driverless backend is provided by sane-escl in libsane1, which uses the > eSCL protocol. > > Systemd in "bullseye" activates its persistent journal functionality, by > default, with an implicit fallback to volatile storage. This allows > users that are not relying on special features to uninstall traditional > logging daemons and switch over to using only the systemd journal. > > The Debian Med team has been taking part in the fight against COVID-19 > by packaging software for researching the virus on the sequence level > and for fighting the pandemic with the tools used in epidemiology; this > work will continue with focus on machine learning tools for both fields. > The team's work with Quality Assurance and Continuous integration is > critical to the consistent reproducible results required in the > sciences. Debian Med Blend has a range of performance critical > applications which now benefit from SIMD Everywhere. To install packages > maintained by the Debian Med team, install the metapackages named med-*, > which are at version 3.6.x. > > Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and many other languages now have a new Fcitx > 5 input method, which is the successor of the popular Fcitx4 in > "buster" ; this new version has much better Wayland (default display > manager) addon support. > > Debian 11 "bullseye" includes numerous updated software packages (over > 72% of all packages in the previous release), such as: > > * Apache 2.4.48 > * BIND DNS Server 9.16 > * Calligra 3.2 > * Cryptsetup 2.3 > * Emacs 27.1 > * GIMP 2.10.22 > * GNU Compiler Collection 10.2 > * GnuPG 2.2.20 > * Inkscape 1.0.2 > * LibreOffice 7.0 > * Linux kernel 5.10 series > * MariaDB 10.5 > * OpenSSH 8.4p1 > * Perl 5.32 > * PHP 7.4 > * PostgreSQL 13 > * Python 3, 3.9.1 > * Rustc 1.48 > * Samba 4.13 > * Vim 8.2 > * more than 59,000 other ready-to-use software packages, built from > more than 30,000 source packages. > > With this broad selection of packages and its traditional wide > architecture support, Debian once again stays true to its goal of being > "The Universal Operating System". It is suitable for many different use > cases: from desktop systems to netbooks; from development servers to > cluster systems; and for database, web, and storage servers. At the same > time, additional quality assurance efforts like automatic installation > and upgrade tests for all packages in Debian's archive ensure that > "bullseye" fulfills the high expectations that users have of a stable > Debian release. > > A total of nine architectures are supported: 64-bit PC / Intel EM64T / > x86-64 (amd64), 32-bit PC / Intel IA-32 (i386), 64-bit little-endian > Motorola/IBM PowerPC (ppc64el), 64-bit IBM S/390 (s390x), for ARM, armel > and armhf for older and more recent 32-bit hardware, plus arm64 for the > 64-bit "AArch64" architecture, and for MIPS, mipsel (little-endian) > architectures for 32-bit hardware and mips64el architecture for 64-bit > little-endian hardware. > > If you simply want to try Debian 11 "bullseye" without installing it, > you can use one of the available live images [3] which load and run the > complete operating system in a read-only state via your computer's > memory. > > 3: https://www.debian.org/CD/live/ > > These live images are provided for the amd64 and i386 architectures and > are available for DVDs, USB sticks, and netboot setups. The user can > choose among different desktop environments to try: GNOME, KDE Plasma, > LXDE, LXQt, MATE, and Xfce. Debian Live "bullseye" has a standard live > image, so it is also possible to try a base Debian system without any of > the graphical user interfaces. > > Should you enjoy the operating system you have the option of installing > from the live image onto your computer's hard disk. The live image > includes the Calamares independent installer as well as the standard > Debian Installer. More information is available in the release notes [4] > and the live install images [5] sections of the Debian website. > > 4: https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/releasenotes > 5: https://www.debian.org/CD/live/ > > To install Debian 11 "bullseye" directly onto your computer's hard disk > you can choose from a variety of installation media such as Blu-ray > Disc, DVD, CD, USB stick, or via a network connection. Several desktop > environments — Cinnamon, GNOME, KDE Plasma Desktop and Applications, > LXDE, LXQt, MATE and Xfce — may be installed through those images. In > addition, "multi-architecture" CDs are available which support > installation from a choice of architectures from a single disc. Or you > can always create bootable USB installation media (see the Installation > Guide [6] for more details). > > 6: https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/installmanual > > There has been a lot of development on the Debian Installer, resulting > in improved hardware support and other new features. > > In some cases, a successful installation can still have display issues > when rebooting into the installed system; for those cases there are a > few workarounds [7] that might help log in anyway. There is also an > isenkram-based procedure [7] which lets users detect and fix missing > firmware on their systems, in an automated fashion. Of course, one has > to weigh the pros and cons of using that tool since it's very likely > that it will need to install non-free packages. > > 7: > https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/amd64/ch06s04#completing-installed-system > > > In addition to this, the non-free installer images that include firmware > packages [8] have been improved so that they can anticipate the need for > firmware in the installed system (e.g. firmware for AMD or Nvidia > graphics cards, or newer generations of Intel audio hardware). > > 8: > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/ > > > For cloud users, Debian offers direct support for many of the best-known > cloud platforms. Official Debian images are easily selected through each > image marketplace. Debian also publishes pre-built OpenStack images [9] > for the amd64 and arm64 architectures, ready to download and use in > local cloud setups. > > 9: https://cloud.debian.org/images/openstack/current/ > > Debian can now be installed in 76 languages, with most of them available > in both text-based and graphical user interfaces. > > The installation images may be downloaded right now via bittorrent [10] > (the recommended method), jigdo [11], or HTTP [12]; see Debian on > CDs [13] for further information. "bullseye" will soon be available on > physical DVD, CD-ROM, and Blu-ray Discs from numerous vendors [14] too. > > 10: https://www.debian.org/CD/torrent-cd/ > 11: https://www.debian.org/CD/jigdo-cd/#which > 12: https://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/ > 13: https://www.debian.org/CD/ > 14: https://www.debian.org/CD/vendors > > Upgrades to Debian 11 from the previous release, Debian 10 (code name > "buster") are automatically handled by the APT package management tool > for most configurations. > > For bullseye, the security suite is now named bullseye-security and > users should adapt their APT source-list files accordingly when > upgrading. If your APT configuration also involves pinning or > APT::Default-Release, it is likely to require adjustments too. See the > Changed security archive layout [15] section of the release notes for > more details. > > 15: > https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/amd64/release-notes/ch-information#security-archive > > > If you are upgrading remotely, be aware of the section No new SSH > connections possible during upgrade [16]. > > 16: > https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/amd64/release-notes/ch-information#ssh-not-available > > > As always, Debian systems may be upgraded painlessly, in place, without > any forced downtime, but it is strongly recommended to read the release > notes [17] as well as the installation guide [18] for possible issues, > and for detailed instructions on installing and upgrading. The release > notes will be further improved and translated to additional languages in > the weeks after the release. > > 17: https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/releasenotes > 18: https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/installmanual > > > About Debian > ------------ > > Debian is a free operating system, developed by thousands of volunteers > from all over the world who collaborate via the Internet. The Debian > project's key strengths are its volunteer base, its dedication to the > Debian Social Contract and Free Software, and its commitment to provide > the best operating system possible. This new release is another > important step in that direction. > > > Contact Information > ------------------- > > For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at > https://www.debian.org/ or send mail to <press@xxxxxxxxxx>. > > > > Dear Paul, 20210815 Many thanks for this. I have one machine that only runs Debian (very old Machine) I had just updated it to Debian 10.7 a week of so ago. Failed at an upgrade so used a minimum net install for first time. So in a few weeks when rush has stopped I will get more practice at trying to upgrade it to Debian 11. I have just -- regards Eion MacDonald -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq