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
[18 Mar 2017] DSA-3812 ioquake3 - security update
[18 Mar 2017] DSA-3811 wireshark - security update
[15 Mar 2017] DSA-3810 chromium-browser - security update
[14 Mar 2017] DSA-3809 mariadb-10.0 - security update
[13 Mar 2017] DSA-3808 imagemagick - security update
[12 Mar 2017] DSA-3807 icoutils - security update
[10 Mar 2017] DSA-3806 pidgin - security update
[08 Mar 2017] DSA-3805 firefox-esr - security update
[08 Mar 2017] DSA-3804 linux - security update
[08 Mar 2017] DSA-3803 texlive-base - security update
[05 Mar 2017] DSA-3802 zabbix - security update
[04 Mar 2017] DSA-3801 ruby-zip - 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.