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
[20 Dec 2016] DSA-3742 flightgear - security update
[20 Dec 2016] DSA-3741 tor - security update
[19 Dec 2016] DSA-3740 samba - security update
[18 Dec 2016] DSA-3739 tomcat8 - security update
[18 Dec 2016] DSA-3738 tomcat7 - security update
[16 Dec 2016] DSA-3737 php5 - security update
[16 Dec 2016] DSA-3736 libupnp - security update
[15 Dec 2016] DSA-3735 game-music-emu - security update
[14 Dec 2016] DSA-3734 firefox-esr - security update
[13 Dec 2016] DSA-3733 apt - security update
[13 Dec 2016] DSA-3732 php5 - security update
[11 Dec 2016] DSA-3731 chromium-browser - security update
[11 Dec 2016] DSA-3730 icedove - security update
[07 Dec 2016] DSA-3729 xen - 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.