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 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
[12 May 2012] Updated Debian 6.0: 6.0.5 released
[25 Apr 2012] Deploy your own cloud
with Debian Wheezy
[15 Apr 2012] Debian Project reelects Stefano Zacchiroli as Project Leader
[12 Apr 2012] Registration open for DebConf12
[30 Mar 2012] The Debian Project joins the OSI
[11 Mar 2012] First Squeeze
-based Debian Edu version 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
[24 May 2012] DSA-2480 request-tracker3.8 - several vulnerabilities
[23 May 2012] DSA-2479 libxml2 - off-by-one
[23 May 2012] DSA-2478 sudo - parsing error
[20 May 2012] DSA-2477 sympa - authorization bypass
[19 May 2012] DSA-2476 pidgin-otr - format string vulnerability
[17 May 2012] DSA-2475 openssl - integer underflow
[16 May 2012] DSA-2474 ikiwiki - cross-site scripting
[16 May 2012] DSA-2473 openoffice.org - buffer overflow
[15 May 2012] DSA-2472 gridengine - privilege escalation
[13 May 2012] DSA-2471 ffmpeg - several vulnerabilities
[13 May 2012] DSA-2458 iceape - several vulnerabilities
[13 May 2012] DSA-2457 iceweasel - several vulnerabilities
[11 May 2012] DSA-2470 wordpress - 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.