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 37500 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
[28 Sep 2013] Debian Edu / Skolelinux Wheezy — a complete Linux solution for your school
[09 Aug 2013] Debian invites you to its 20th birthday
[15 Jun 2013] Updated Debian 7: 7.1 released
[23 May 2013] Debian Project mourns the loss of Ray Dassen
[04 May 2013] Debian 7.0 Wheezy
released
[04 Apr 2013] A Bytemark donation boosts reliability of Debian's core infrastructure
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
[29 Sep 2013] DSA-2767 proftpd-dfsg - denial of service
[27 Sep 2013] DSA-2766 linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak
[26 Sep 2013] DSA-2765 davfs2 - privilege escalation
[25 Sep 2013] DSA-2764 libvirt - programming error
[24 Sep 2013] DSA-2763 pyopenssl - hostname check bypassing
[23 Sep 2013] DSA-2762 icedove - several vulnerabilities
[19 Sep 2013] DSA-2761 puppet - several vulnerabilities
[18 Sep 2013] DSA-2760 chrony - several vulnerabilities
[18 Sep 2013] DSA-2759 iceweasel - several vulnerabilities
[17 Sep 2013] DSA-2758 python-django - denial of service
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.
