Debian Etch Released

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The Debian Project, which writes the operating system that drives Techahedron's servers, today released the long-awaited fourth iteration of Debian - Etch. Debian is the second oldest distribution of Linux, and has a reputation for Enterprise-class stability and security, an excellent package management system and strong ties to the open source community.

With this update, Debian offers an unprecedented number of applications in one product, culminating in the largest single collaborative software project ever created. It offers the latest versions of key software for the Web 2.0 platform including Apache 2.2, PHP 5 and MySql 5. Due to these enhancements, the functionality provided by Debian powered servers will be greatly improved. The Debian Project recommends all administrators to migrate to the latest version of the operating system to utilise these new applications.

The Techahedron servers have been running Debian 3.1, since they were first installed. Debian is one of the most admired Linux distributions and thanks to the GPL has been the inspiration for several other derived works that have been based around it's core code. Most notably Ubuntu, which is fast becoming the most popular Linux distribution, particularly on the desktop. Over the next couple of months, Techahedron will be running reliability and compatibility tests to ensure that all software running in the data centre is stable on the new platform. Following the successful completion of these tests, a migration strategy will be provided to all our clients, and the servers will be upgraded.

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