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
[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
[04 Jun 2016] Updated Debian 7: 7.11 released
[13 May 2016] Debian Project wishes to thank Mythic Beasts for loaned hardware
[25 Apr 2016] Security support for Wheezy handed over to the LTS team
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
[17 Aug 2016] DSA-3650 libgcrypt20 - security update
[17 Aug 2016] DSA-3649 gnupg - security update
[12 Aug 2016] DSA-3648 wireshark - security update
[11 Aug 2016] DSA-3647 icedove - security update
[11 Aug 2016] DSA-3646 postgresql-9.4 - security update
[09 Aug 2016] DSA-3645 chromium-browser - security update
[08 Aug 2016] DSA-3644 fontconfig - security update
[06 Aug 2016] DSA-3643 kde4libs - security update
[05 Aug 2016] DSA-3642 lighttpd - security update
[04 Aug 2016] DSA-3641 openjdk-7 - 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.