Debian Development team released Debian GNU/Linux version 5.0 (codenamed Lenny) after 22 months of constant development on 14th February 2009.
You can check release announcement from here and release notes from here
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Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Debian Lenny on the Samsung NC10
Motivation
I like Debian for its stability and predictability. And I like Ubuntu Netbook Remix for its suitability for small screen devices like the NC10. Running Ubuntu is in some sense like gambling – you never know if the next update will be a winner or a loser. So I decided to take the best of both worlds and combine Debian’s predictability with the beauty of UNR. At the end I got a system which behaves exactly like I want it to: almost all special keys are supported, the automatic power management works like expected and the system is its biggest part plain Debian Lenny.
Flip – Convert text file line endings between Unix and DOS formats
This program converts line endings of text files between MS-DOS and **IX formats. It detects binary files in a nearly foolproof way and leaves them alone unless you override this. It will also leave files alone that are already in the right format and preserves file timestamps. User interrupts are handled gracefully and no garbage or corrupted files left behind. ‘flip’ does not convert files to a different character set, and it can not handle Apple Macintosh line endings (CR only). For that (and more), you can use the ‘recode’ program (package ‘recode’).
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Howto install nginx webserver in Debian
Nginx (pronounced “engine x”) is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server and reverse proxy, as well as an IMAP/POP3 proxy server. Written by Igor Sysoev in 2005, Nginx now hosts between 1% and 4% of all domains worldwide .Nginx is known for its stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption.
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