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# Status: [open-for-edit]
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# $Id$
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# $Rev$
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<define-tag pagetitle>Help the Debian Installer team: test the new
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version of the installer!</define-tag>
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<define-tag release_date>2012-08-10</define-tag>
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#use wml::debian::news
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<p>
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The Debian Installer team announced the first beta release of the
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installer for Debian 7.0 <q>Wheezy</q>. This new release includes
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various improvements in different areas, like booting, Linux kernel, APT,
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low memory installs, and networking. It also uses the new official theme
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<q>Joy</q>. The installer supports 73 languages, of which 56 are fully translated.
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All the changes are listed in the Debian Installer team's
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<a href="$(DEVEL)/debian-installer/News/2012/20120804">announcement</a>
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to the Debian community.
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</p>
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<p>
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The team asks Debian users to help in testing and improving this new
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version of the installer: while there are some
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<a href="$(DEVEL)/debian-installer/errata">known
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issues</a> with the installer that do not need to be reported, it is very
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important to try the installer in order to find all possible bugs before
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the release.
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</p>
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<p>
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Problems should be reported as an
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<a href="http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch05s04.html#submit-bug">installation
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report</a>.
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<br />
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More experienced user can help by triaging bugs for
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<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/upgrade-reports">upgrade-reports</a> and
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<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/installation-reports">installation-reports</a>
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pseudopackages or by proposing texts for problems, which should be documented in the
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<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/release-notes">release-notes</a>.
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Installer CDs, other media and everything else you will need to install
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Debian on one of the thirteen architectures supported, are
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available at the
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<a href="$(DEVEL)/debian-installer/">web site</a>.
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</p>
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<h2>About Debian</h2>
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<p>
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The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly
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free community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of
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the largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of
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volunteers from all over the world work together to create and
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maintain Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and
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supporting a huge range of computer types, Debian calls itself the
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<q>universal operating system</q>.
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</p>
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<h2>Contact Information</h2>
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<p>For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at
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<a href="$(HOME)/">http://www.debian.org/</a> or send mail to
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<press@debian.org>.</p>
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