Latest News
[26 Sep 2020] Updated Debian 10: 10.6 released
[30 Aug 2020] DebConf20 online closes
[01 Aug 2020] Updated Debian 10: 10.5 released
[18 Jul 2020] Updated Debian 9: 9.13 released
[09 Jul 2020] Debian 8 Long Term Support reaching end-of-life
[16 Jun 2020] Ampere donates Arm64 server hardware to Debian to fortify the Arm ecosystem
[09 May 2020] Updated Debian 10: 10.4 released
[16 Mar 2020] Official communication channels for Debian
[08 Feb 2020] Updated Debian 10: 10.3 released
[08 Feb 2020] Updated Debian 9: 9.12 released
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