Debian GNU/Linux
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 uses the Linux kernel (the core of an operating system), but most of the basic OS tools come from the GNU project; hence the name GNU/Linux.
Debian GNU/Linux provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 29000 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
[20 Jan 2012] Meet Debian at FOSDEM 2012
[02 Nov 2011] DebConf12 Nicaragua dates confirmed
[08 Oct 2011] Updated Debian 6.0: 6.0.3 released
[01 Oct 2011] Updated Debian GNU/Linux 5.0: 5.0.9 released
[18 Sep 2011] Upcoming point releases and call for test
[16 Aug 2011] Debian Community celebrates its 18th birthday
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
[27 Jan 2012] DSA-2396 qemu-kvm - buffer underflow
[27 Jan 2012] DSA-2395 wireshark - buffer underflow
[27 Jan 2012] DSA-2394 libxml2 - several vulnerabilities
[25 Jan 2012] DSA-2393 bip - buffer overflow
[23 Jan 2012] DSA-2392 openssl - out-of-bounds read
[23 Jan 2012] DSA-2301 rails - several vulnerabilities
[22 Jan 2012] DSA-2391 phpmyadmin - several vulnerabilities
[15 Jan 2012] DSA-2390 openssl - several vulnerabilities
[15 Jan 2012] DSA-2389 linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service/information leak
[14 Jan 2012] DSA-2388 t1lib - several vulnerabilities
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.