经过21个月的开发,Debian GNU/Linux version 4.0, codenamed etch终于发布,它支持多达11款处理器架构,内置KDE,GNOME和Xfce桌面环境,并提供加密软件和对FHS v2.3的支持.查看:Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 released

支持架构列表:

SPARC (sparc), HP Alpha (alpha), Motorola/IBM PowerPC (powerpc), Intel IA-32 (i386) and IA-64 (ia64), HP PA-RISC (hppa), MIPS (mips, mipsel), ARM (arm), IBM S/390 (s390) and – newly introduced with Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 – AMD64 ,Intel EM64T (amd64).