Squeeze receives many updates and corrections for security issues!

Jan 30, 2012 14:41 GMT  ·  By

The Debian project proudly announced a couple of days ago, January 28th, the fourth maintenance release of the stable Debian 6.0 operating system.

Debian 6.0.4 brings fixes to various security issues, as well as improvements to some serious problems. Some of the packages included in the previous versions of the distribution were also updated with the Debian 6.0.4 release.

"Please note that this update does not constitute a new version of Debian 6.0 but only updates some of the packages included."

"There is no need to throw away 6.0 CDs or DVDs but only to update via an up-to-date Debian mirror after an installation, to cause any out of date packages to be updated." - was stated in the announcement.

The Debian installer was also updated in this release, allowing users to install Debian 6.0 on POWER7 machines and to adjust the dimensions of the first boot menu in order to bypass problems with various screens.

The Linux kernel included in Debian 6.0.4 was also updated with security fixes, and bringing support for Agere ET-1310-based network cards (et131x driver), USB 3.0 controllers (xhci driver), and Intel C600-series SAS/SATA controllers (isci driver).

Moreover, the partlibrary and cad packages were removed from Debian 6.0.4 as they were non-distributable.

To see all the security updates and miscellaneous bugfixes applied to Debian 6.0.4 (Squeeze) you can check out the official release notes.

As usual, Debian 6.0 users who update their system regularly don't need to worry about this maintenance release, as only a small number of packages will be downloaded from security.debian.org.

"New installation media and CD and DVD images containing updated packages will be available soon at the regular locations."

"Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the aptitude (or apt) package tool (see the sources.list(5) manual page) to one of Debian's many FTP or HTTP mirrors." - was stated in the announcement.

Download Debian 6.0.4 right now from Softpedia.