As the Debian developers work on completing development of the free software Debian GNU/Linux 6.0, known as “Squeeze”, they have also been selecting the name for the next version, 7.0. In a recent release update posting, it was announced that Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 will be named “Wheezy”. More here

This is just a quick walkthrough describing how to setup a decent development environment allowing the easy setup of multiple sites. It already assumes you have a working Debian or Ubuntu OS installed and configured with PHP, MySql & Apache already running. You will also need to have a working sudo. More here

Italian Debian Community Conference 2010 – 17th-19th September, Perugia – The Debian Project and the Debian Italian community are pleased to announce that the 5th edition of the Debian Italian community conference will take place from the 17th to the 19th of September in Perugia, Italy.
For the first time, the conference has been organized
in association with the Italian Ubuntu community[1], joining efforts
with the traditional Italian Ubuntu Meeting. For the occasion the
conference has been renamed to “Italian Debian/Ubuntu Community
Conference”[2] (DUCC-IT ’10 for short) and will focus on bringing
together both communities and improving cross-distribution
collaboration. Users, contributors, and enthusiasts of Debian, Ubuntu,
and any other Debian-based distribution are invited to attend. The
event will also be an opportunity to celebrate the annual Software
Freedom Day[3] in Italy, which will be co-located in the city of
Perugia[4].

[1] http://www.ubuntu-it.org/
[2] http://deb.li/duccit10
[3] http://softwarefreedomday.org/
[4] http://www.fsugitalia.org/eventi/doku.php?id=sfd:sfd10

The conference will see the prominent participation of the current
Debian Project Leader, Stefano Zacchiroli, and some members of both
Debian-women[5] and Ubuntu-women[6] teams, explaining the benefits of a
wider collaboration scheme, and how we encourage a more heterogeneous
and balanced environment.

[5] http://women.debian.org
[6] http://ubuntu-women.org/

Scheduled events currently include some major technical tracks, aimed
toward new contributors, and practical sessions on Saturday, as well as
social launches, a key-signing party[7] and a round table discussion
about female participation in the Italian free software world[8] on the
other days. More information and logistical details are available on
the Debian wiki[9], or directly on the conference website[10] (in
Italian).

[7] http://www.fsugitalia.org/eventi/doku.php?id=duccit10:ksp
[8] http://www.fsugitalia.org/eventi/doku.php?id=duccit10:women
[9] http://wiki.debian.org/DebianItalia/MiniDebconf2010
[10] http://www.fsugitalia.org/eventi/doku.php?id=duccit10

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Hi, I’m trying to think up a pithy remark or comment to add to the top of the mail, or perhaps a small picture. However, someone decided to
announce a freeze a while back, so there’s a few hundred threads on the release mailing list asking for unblocks. So instead, you’ll have to
make do with a release update.

Freeze status
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Squeeze has been frozen for some time now, and the previously mentioned
relaxed attitude towards new releases will be hardened. Additionally, to
continue our release efforts, exceptions for packages that were waiting
in the NEW queue/uploaded shortly before the freeze are dropped.

From now on, only the following rules apply:

A new version may only contain changes falling in one of the
following categories (compared to the version in testing):
– fixes for release critical bugs (i.e., bugs of severity critical,
grave, and serious) in all packages;
– changes for release goals, if they are not invasive;
– fixes for severity: important bugs in packages of priority: optional
or extra, only when this can be done via unstable;
– translation updates
– documentation fixes

Please upload packages fitting this description to unstable, then
request the freeze exception by filing a bug against
release.debian.org. You don’t need to include the full diff (which we
re-generate from the uploaded packages anyway), but please include the
relevant changelog entries.

For further information on freeze exceptions, refer to our freeze
announcement [RM:FA], but note that the rules are a bit stricter now.

Transitions
~~~~~~~~~~~
Finished: icu, gnustep, petsc, libmodplug, mpfr, nifticlib, apt, xapian
Ongoing: ace, opencv
Planned: mono

Release critical bugs, Removals, BSPs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The release team is, as always, concerned about the number of release
critical bugs affecting testing. We are still optimistic that currently
known issues can be squashed in short time with your help.

Leaf packages with open RC bugs will be removed in the coming weeks.
Use the “rc-alert” script from the devscripts package to identify
removal candidates that you use.

We’re also looking for hosts for real-life and online bug squashing
parties! These have shown to be hugely effective at getting the number
of RC bugs down, and a great way to get developers together to work
towards the release. Volunteers are welcome, please feel free to contact
us.

Release notes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There is still quite a lot of work to be done on the squeeze release
notes. Coordination for this will happen on the
This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it mailing list (further information to appear
in a mail to that list). If you know of any issues that need to be
documented, file them as bugs against the “release-notes” pseudo
package.

While you are pondering noteworthy things, feel free to document
important improvements, newly included packages and similiar things on
the NewInSqueeze page in the Debian Wiki [DW:NIS].

Release name
~~~~~~~~~~~~
We will continue to use Toy Story character names for squeeze’s
successor. The next release will be called “wheezy” (the rubber toy
penguin with a red bow tie), and will be Debian 7.0.

Cheers
Neil
– http://release.debian.org Debian Release Team References: [RM:FA] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2010/08/msg00000.html [DW:NIS] http://wiki.debian.org/NewInSqueeze

Setting up awstats on Debian Lenny is a bit tricky. I will describe how to set up awstats and install the cron job for updating the awstats statistics automatically. The Last step will be to set up logrotate to not miss any user. More here

Surprisingly, the Squeeze CD I downloaded today had GNOME on it. Thinking I?ll be able to remove it, I installed it. It was useless, except the fact that it fixed my framebuffer , so I tried removing it. More here

Choosing the distribution–or “distro”–that’s right for your business will depend in large part on five key factors, as I’ve already described. It’s also helpful, however, to have a basic understanding of how the major Linux distros differ. More here