Debian Stretch Released

Today the Debian project is pleased to announce the release of the next stable release of Debian GNU/Linux, code-named Stretch.

The release notes, which cover upgrading, can be found here:

• https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/releasenotes

Changes and improvements are summarized in the release notes themselves, and in this brief summary of the release, but for me the highlights include:

Database changes

MariaDB is now the default MySQL variant in Debian, at version 10.1.

Security Improvements

The Debian version of the GNU GCC 6 compiler now defaults to compiling "position independent executables" (PIE). Accordingly the vast majority of all executables will now support address space layout randomization (ASLR),

Expected Updates

Many new upgraded packages, many new packages period.

What are you looking forward to the most? What new features are the best?

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