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
[06 May 2017] Updated Debian 8: 8.8 released
[25 Apr 2017] Shutting down public FTP services
[17 Apr 2017] Statement concerning the arrest of Dmitry Bogatov
[14 Jan 2017] Updated Debian 8: 8.7 released
[03 Oct 2016] Several donations boost reliability of Debian's core infrastructure
[27 Sep 2016] Debian Project mourns the loss of Kristoffer H. Rose
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 2017] DSA-3861 libtasn1-6 - security update
[24 May 2017] DSA-3860 samba - security update
[19 May 2017] DSA-3859 dropbear - security update
[19 May 2017] DSA-3858 openjdk-7 - security update
[18 May 2017] DSA-3857 mysql-connector-java - security update
[18 May 2017] DSA-3856 deluge - security update
[18 May 2017] DSA-3855 jbig2dec - security update
[15 May 2017] DSA-3853 bitlbee - security update
[14 May 2017] DSA-3854 bind9 - security update
[13 May 2017] DSA-3852 squirrelmail - security update
[12 May 2017] DSA-3851 postgresql-9.4 - security update
[12 May 2017] DSA-3850 rtmpdump - security update
[12 May 2017] DSA-3849 kde4libs - 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.