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
[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
[01 Dec 2016] DSA-3728 firefox-esr - security update
[30 Nov 2016] DSA-3727 hdf5 - security update
[27 Nov 2016] DSA-3725 icu - security update
[26 Nov 2016] DSA-3726 imagemagick - security update
[24 Nov 2016] DSA-3724 gst-plugins-good0.10 - security update
[24 Nov 2016] DSA-3723 gst-plugins-good1.0 - security update
[22 Nov 2016] DSA-3722 vim - security update
[21 Nov 2016] DSA-3721 tomcat7 - security update
[21 Nov 2016] DSA-3720 tomcat8 - security update
[21 Nov 2016] DSA-3719 wireshark - security update
[17 Nov 2016] DSA-3718 drupal7 - security update
[17 Nov 2016] DSA-3717 gst-plugins-bad1.0, gst-plugins-bad0.10 - 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.