During my christmas holydays, I managed to find some time for backup-manager (it was hard last months to do so because of my paid-work).
The good news is that there is only one 0.8-blocker left in the bug database.
I’ve closed all the others, including a security issue regarding the way BM handles the MySQL client password and some fixes about the way encryption is performed.
I hope I can close that last bug soon, and at last, release 0.8…
Stay tuned.
Yes, I can tell you, if you have a laptop and want to power it with GNU/Linux, dont run too fast towards Ubuntu’s mirrors, give Debian etch 4.0 a try. It rocks baby.
I’ve just installed it on an Asus W3 and a Sony Vaio SZ and the result is amazing.
Everything works, even the damned suspend-to-ram thing works out-of-the box on the Asus laptop (not to mention it’s the first time I manage to suspend that laptop in that mode).
Congratulations to the Debian-Installer team, you’ve made a great job guys: I wanted to have a 100% encrypted partition for my laptop and had nothing to do but telling d-i so. The graphical interface rocks too, maybe a little issue with synaptic touchpads though but that’s not that a problem as you can use the keyboard bindings at any time.
That’s why I like Debian, you can raise your voice as much as you like when the release is not out in time, it just does not matter, because when it’s out, you know that quality is there.
So be patient and enjoy the pleasure of the sexiest distro ever: Debian “etch” 4.0