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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...

The latest stable release of Debian is 8.6. The last update to this release was made on September 17th, 2016. Read more about available versions of Debian.

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

[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
[01 Jan 2017] DSA-3751 libgd2 - security update
[31 Dec 2016] DSA-3750 libphp-phpmailer - security update
[29 Dec 2016] DSA-3749 dcmtk - security update
[26 Dec 2016] DSA-3748 libcrypto++ - security update
[25 Dec 2016] DSA-3747 exim4 - 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.