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
[14 Jan 2017] Updated Debian 8: 8.7 released
[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
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
[14 Jan 2017] DSA-3765 icoutils - security update
[13 Jan 2017] DSA-3764 pdns - security update
[13 Jan 2017] DSA-3763 pdns-recursor - security update
[13 Jan 2017] DSA-3762 tiff - security update
[13 Jan 2017] DSA-3761 rabbitmq-server - security update
[12 Jan 2017] DSA-3760 ikiwiki - security update
[12 Jan 2017] DSA-3759 python-pysaml2 - security update
[11 Jan 2017] DSA-3758 bind9 - security update
[11 Jan 2017] DSA-3757 icedove - security update
[09 Jan 2017] DSA-3756 icoutils - security update
[08 Jan 2017] DSA-3755 tomcat8 - security update
[08 Jan 2017] DSA-3754 tomcat7 - security update
[05 Jan 2017] DSA-3753 libvncserver - security update
[04 Jan 2017] DSA-3752 pcsc-lite - 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.