Debian 5.0 (lenny) released !

http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090214

Sweet, time to upgrade

 

Yea, about time!

I read the release notes the other day, no more floppy install!

The release notes for x64 can be found here.

 

I am using it right now - version amd64. It works great.

 

Sweet! Time to test out Debian 5.0 on my spare desktop. How is Debian 5.0 running on your T61, Fire Snake?

 

Yup, time to upgrade. I always run testing on my desktop, so I changes the sources to Squeeze.

 

Debian Lenny is running GREAT on my T61p . I installed a real barebones version of Gnome on my machine so I had to spend quite some time to get things up and going as I wanted. I am still not done configuring everything, but most everything I need is up and running.

Details:
- Comes with kernel 2.6.26
- Intel 4965 Intel wifi works perfectly(requires some configuration though)
- Wired ethernet works perfectly
- Built in trackpad and trackpoint work perfectly
- Screen resolution is set perfectly
- My bluetooth mouse works perfectly and reassociates with the machine after a reboot(required some research on this and some tweaking, but works great now).
- Audio from speakers works perfectly
- All USB ports work
- DVD drive works and I can play movies from it
- Still working on figuring out how to install the nvidia driver
- Wifi light and Bluetooth light blink like they should

 

aptitude search nvidia-glx-legacy

have you tried this?

 

Doesnt NVIDIA have linux drivers on their website ?

 

There are two ways to install the proprietary nvidia drivers, you can either do it the Debian way or get them straight from NVIDIA. Good luck.

 

You know, I honestly don't remember. I will try it when I play with this again and see. Thanks.

 

Thanks. I might have actually looked into these when I was playing with it in the past. I will check it out again. Thanks again!