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The Debian Project announced the third update to their flagship stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 4.0.

This is not a new distribution but rather the release of a series of new packages for updating Debian systems already in place through Debian’s package manager and there are no new .iso images available for download –but there could come up in the days ahead.

While this is relevant mainly for users who already are using this distro, it could end up being very important for other users as well, given Debian’s huge influence in the free software world and the amount of distros using it as a development base.

Some of the interesting changes are:

• Complete removal of the Adobe Flash Player. The reason given is that Debian cannot get or give security support for it since it’s not an open source piece of software. Chances are that the project’s interpretation of the GPL license played a roll there too.
• New packages with modules for newer kernel support. These include drivers for nvidia graphics cards.
• Lots of bugfixes and security fixes.

Debian is known for their quality control and strong emphasis on stability. Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 was released last april and the current update is the third one.