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vici1
Jan 09, 2012Aspirant
New versions of various software
Hello, I have been trying to install truecrypt for some time but everytime I think I have fixed a problem I run into new problems. I am testing on an Ultra 2 with 2 x 2TB disks. It runs radiaor ...
mdgm-ntgr
Jan 10, 2012NETGEAR Employee Retired
The new ARM products (Duo v2 and NV+ v2) use Debian Squeeze.
I agree they should move on from Debian Etch and I know they want to from taking a look at chirpa's comment here: http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=332047#p332047
Stability is important. If they are going to move to a new distribution they need a smooth upgrade path for existing users. Maintaining two versions of the firmware for x86, one on Etch and the other on squeeze is not the way to go.
So for now, they continue to backport to get things to run on Etch.
I agree they should move on from Debian Etch and I know they want to from taking a look at chirpa's comment here: http://www.readynas.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=332047#p332047
Stability is important. If they are going to move to a new distribution they need a smooth upgrade path for existing users. Maintaining two versions of the firmware for x86, one on Etch and the other on squeeze is not the way to go.
So for now, they continue to backport to get things to run on Etch.
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