Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 Beta 2

Many readers have asked us to publish release announcements of the Debian installers for Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny", especially since these releases come as full sets of installation CD and DVD images. So here you go: the second Debian Installer beta for "Lenny" is out: "The Debian Installer team is proud to announce the second beta release of the installer for Debian GNU/Linux Lenny. Improvements in this release of the installer: the installer uses and installs the 2.6.24 kernel; support for the armel (Arm Little Endian) architecture, using the new 'Embedded ABI'; installer images for i386 and amd64 have a new boot menu; the graphical installer now has full support for encrypted partitioning...." Read the complete release announcement for further information. Debian "Lenny" installation images are available for download from the Debian-Installer home page; here are a few quick links to the first of the installation DVD images: debian-LennyBeta2-i386-DVD-1.iso (4,447MB, MD5, torrent), debian-LennyBeta2-amd64-DVD-1.iso (4,472MB, MD5, torrent).