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
[03 Oct 2016] Several donations boost reliability of Debian's core infrastructure
[27 Sep 2016] Debian Project mourns the loss of Kristoffer H. Rose
[17 Sep 2016] Updated Debian 8: 8.6 released
[09 Jul 2016] DebConf16 closes in Cape Town and DebConf17 dates announced
[02 Jul 2016] Debian Edu / Skolelinux Jessie — a complete Linux solution for your school
[04 Jun 2016] Updated Debian 8: 8.5 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
[08 Nov 2016] DSA-3709 libxslt - security update
[07 Nov 2016] DSA-3708 mat - security update
[07 Nov 2016] DSA-3707 openjdk-7 - security update
[07 Nov 2016] DSA-3706 mysql-5.5 - security update
[03 Nov 2016] DSA-3705 curl - security update
[03 Nov 2016] DSA-3704 memcached - security update
[01 Nov 2016] DSA-3703 bind9 - security update
[01 Nov 2016] DSA-3702 tar - security update
[25 Oct 2016] DSA-3701 nginx - security update
[25 Oct 2016] DSA-3700 asterisk - security update
[25 Oct 2016] DSA-3699 virtualbox - end-of-life
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.