Debian 8.0 Jessie's Installer RC3 Released

Written by Michael Larabel in Debian on 19 April 2015 at 11:02 AM EDT. 5 Comments
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The third release candidate for the installer of Debian 8.0 "Jessie" is now available for last minute testing.

The Debian Installer Jessie RC3 changes apt-setup to stop enabling backports by default, mirror lists have been updated, missing firmware detection has been improved, SD-card image support improvements, and there's various hardware support improvements.

More details on the Debian Jessie Installer RC3 release can be found via the DI Jessie RC3 release announcement.

The Debian 8.0 release is tentatively scheduled to finally happen on 25 April.
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