Debian
Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run.
Debian provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 43000 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine. Read more...
Getting Started
- If you'd like to start using Debian, you can easily obtain a copy, and then follow the installation instructions to install it.
- If you're upgrading to the latest stable release from a previous version, please read the release notes before proceeding.
- To get help in using or setting up Debian, see our documentation and support pages.
- Users that speak languages other than English should check the international section.
- People who use systems other than Intel x86 should check the ports section.
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News
[13 May 2016] Debian Project wishes to thank Mythic Beasts for loaned hardware
[25 Apr 2016] Security support for Wheezy handed over to the LTS team
[02 Apr 2016] Updated Debian 8: 8.4 released
[02 Apr 2016] Updated Debian 7: 7.10 released
[12 Feb 2016] Debian 6.0 Long Term Support reaching end-of-life
[23 Jan 2016] Updated Debian 8: 8.3 released
For older news items see the News Page. If you would like to receive mail whenever new Debian news comes out, subscribe to the debian-announce mailing list.
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Security Advisories
[23 May 2016] DSA-3586 atheme-services - security update
[22 May 2016] DSA-3585 wireshark - security update
[19 May 2016] DSA-3584 librsvg - security update
[18 May 2016] DSA-3583 swift-plugin-s3 - security update
[18 May 2016] DSA-3582 expat - security update
[17 May 2016] DSA-3581 libndp - security update
[16 May 2016] DSA-3580 imagemagick - security update
[16 May 2016] DSA-3579 xerces-c - security update
[14 May 2016] DSA-3578 libidn - security update
[14 May 2016] DSA-3577 jansson - security update
[13 May 2016] DSA-3576 icedove - security update
[12 May 2016] DSA-3575 libxstream-java - security update
For older security advisories see the Security Page. If you would like to receive security advisories as soon as they're announced, subscribe to the debian-security-announce mailing list.