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Now that Debian GNU/kFreeBSD is an official part of Debian, it is time to play around with the new toy. But in order to do such feat there are several issues that have to be resolved on the path to success. Assuming you use Debian GNU/Linux with GRUB2 (as seen in testing and unstable these [...]

Debian Squeeze (testing) has been slated to be frozen    in March. A freeze means that no new packages will be entered into Squeeze and bug reports will start to be worked on. This will be the first idea of what Squeeze might be like.
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Improve ‘apt-get install’ And ‘upgrade’ Speed [How-to] ~ Web Upd8.
Axel is a command line application which accelerates HTTP/FTP downloads by using multiple sources for one file. For example, some FTP sites limit the speed of each connection, therefore opening more than one connection at a time multiplies the allowable bandwidth.
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Since today for kfreebsd-amd64, and probably tomorrow for kfreebsd-i386 too, the gnome metapackage is installable on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD. In the end, this should hopefully give a fully functional desktop for these brand new architectures (to be included in the Squeeze release), with a few notable exceptions:
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Nokia N900: First Look | Linux Journal.
The Nokia N900 has just started shipping and there are already a number of reviews of the device out on the net. I’ve had the opportunity evaluate a pre-release N900 for a few weeks now, and while you can expect a full review in an upcoming issue of Linux [...]