Last Friday, Progeny released the second beta of its distribution. This release distinguished itself from the first beta in that it offered the option to download ISO images and execute a standalone install. Previously, Progeny had been available only as an upgrade to an existing Debian 2.2 (Potato) installation.

Users interested in performing a complete installation can download the ISO images from http://archive.progeny.com/images/. In addition to the image for a binaries CD, there are two images for source distribution CD's and a pair of floppy images in case your system can't boot from a CD.

Upgrading to Progeny Debian from an existing Debian 2.2 or a VA Linux "Slink-and-a-Half" system is accomplished by adding the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list:

deb http://archive.progeny.com progeny main contrib non-free

then executing the following commands:

• apt-get update
• apt-get -f dist-upgrade
• apt-get install debconf
• apt-get install task-progeny-potato-upgrade

The upgrade will run users through the usual file configuration as well as install a new kernel (2.2.18), which is made available after reboot.

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