As Ext4 was experimental during the release of Lenny, it wasn’t fully implemented. However, you can mount an Ext4 file system on Ext3 with Debian Lenny, but only in “Read Only” mode. As root tune2fs -E test_fs /dev/XXX mount -t ext4dev -o ro /dev/XXX /mnt/ZZZ I had Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx and Windows 7 on [...]

I needed a stable, fast environment to get some work done so I decided that as I had a spare partition on my Acer 3004 laptop i’d go back to Debian Lenny. I installed Debian Lenny Netinstall via a wired connection to my router. I chose to install to an Ext3 partition, and only selected [...]

Well this is great news for Debian users and Dreamlinux users alike, as Dreamlinux is built on the Debian Lenny base. Debian “lenny” Release Information Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.0 was released February 14th, 2009. The release included many major changes, described in our press release and the Release Notes. To obtain and install Debian GNU/Linux, see [...]

This guide will show you how to install Conky 1.6.1 and also how to install custom ttf fonts to use as symbols and charts and also the OpenLogos fonts which show a logo of your Linux distro next to the kernel entry 1.6.1 is the latest Conky at this present time, and at the moment [...]

Excellent news, after the long wait, Debian Lenny finally goes stable on the 14th February. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2009/02/msg00000.html The weekend of February 14th is going to be our tentative target for release. We’ve checked with all the involved teams (which are many!), and the date works for all of them. Share and Enjoy: