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Debian


Last Update: 2025-01-15 06:22 UTC

The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system. This operating system is called Debian. Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel. Linux is a completely free piece of software started by Linus Torvalds and supported by thousands of programmers worldwide. Of course, the thing that people want is application software: programs to help them get what they want to do done, from editing documents to running a business to playing games to writing more software. Debian comes with over 50,000 packages (precompiled software that is bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine) - all of it free. It's a bit like a tower. At the base is the kernel. On top of that are all the basic tools. Next is all the software that you run on the computer. At the top of the tower is Debian -- carefully organizing and fitting everything so it all works together.

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Debian Summary
Distribution Debian (formerly Debian GNU/Linux)
Home Page https://www.debian.org/
Mailing Lists https://lists.debian.org/
User Forums https://forums.debian.net/
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Documentation https://www.debian.org/doc/
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Bug Tracker https://bugs.debian.org/
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3.1: Linux DevCenter • Linux.com
3.0: Linux.com • ServerWatch • DistroWatch
Where To Donate, Buy or Try • The Linux Shop • Donate • Web-based Debian VM

Recent Related News and Releases
  Releases announcements with download links and checksums:
 • 2023-06-10: Distribution Release: Debian 12
 • 2021-08-14: Distribution Release: Debian 11
 • 2019-07-07: Distribution Release: Debian 10
 • 2017-06-18: Distribution Release: Debian 9
 • 2015-04-26: Distribution Release: Debian GNU/Linux 8.0
 • 2013-05-05: Distribution Release: Debian GNU/Linux 7.0
 • 2011-02-06: Distribution Release: Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
 • 2009-02-15: Distribution Release: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
 • 2009-02-01: Development Release: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 RC2
 • 2008-11-13: Development Release: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 RC1
 • 2008-10-24: Distribution Release: Debian GNU/Linux 4.0r5
 • 2008-08-27: Development Release: Debian Live 5.0 Beta 1
 • More Debian releases...

  Headlines:
 • 2025-01-11 Debian updates Bookworm with 12.9 media refresh
 • 2024-12-31 Preview of features for the Debian 13 system installer
 • 2024-11-09 Debian publishes refresh media for Bookworm
 • 2024-10-14 Debian starts adoption of Perl 5.40
 • 2024-09-05 Debian developers consider how best to cull old packages
 • 2024-08-31 Debian updates version 11 and 12 media
 • 2024-08-30 Debian orphans bcachefs-tools
 • 2024-08-01 Debian launches Tiny QA Tasks
 • 2024-06-30 Debian publishes new media for 12.6
 • 2024-06-05 Debian developers discuss /tmp
 • More Debian headlines...

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Feature unstable
sid		 testing
trixie		 12
bookworm		 11
bullseye		 10
buster		 9
stretch		 8.0
jessie		 7.0
wheezy		 6.0
squeeze		 5.0
lenny		 4.0
etch		 3.1
sarge		 3.0
woody		 2.2
potato		 2.1
slink		 2.0
hamm		 1.3
bo		 1.2
rex		 1.1
buzz		 Feature
Release Date 2025-01-15 2023-06-11 2023-06-10 2021-08-14 2019-07-06 2017-06-18 2015-04-26 2013-05-04 2011-02-06 2009-02-15 2007-04-08 2005-06-06 2002-07-19 2000-08-15 1999-03-09 1998-07-23 1997-06-05 1996-12-12 1996-06-17 Release Date
End Of Life             2020-07 2018-05 2016-02                     End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB)       300-3700 300-3700 300-3700                         Image Size (MB)
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Graphical Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Text mode Installation
Default Desktop GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME GNOME         Default Desktop
Package Management DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB DEB Package Management
Release Model Rolling Semi Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, KOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, KOffice, LibreOffice GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o GOffice, KOffice, OO.o KOffice -- -- -- -- -- -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture amd64, aarch64, armel, armhf, i686, mips64el, ppc64el, s390x amd64, aarch64, armel, armhf, i686, mipsel, mips64el, ppc64el, s390x amd64, aarch64, armel, armhf, i686, mipsel, mips64el, ppc64el, s390x amd64, aarch64, armel, armhf, i686, mipsel, mips64el, ppc64el, s390x amd64, aarch64, armel, armhf, i386, mips, mipsel, mips64el, ppc64el, s390x amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, i386, mips, mips64el, ppc64el, s390x amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, i386, mips, mipsel, powerpc, ppc64el, s390x amd64, armel, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390x, sparc amd64, armel, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc amd64, alpha, arm, armel, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc amd64, alpha, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, mipsel, powerpc, s390, sparc alpha, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, powerpc, s390, sparc alpha, arm, hppa, i386, ia64, m68k, mips, powerpc, s390, sparc             Processor Architecture
Init Software systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd systemd SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, ReiserFS             Journaled File Systems
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw Asian Language Support
Full Package List unstable testing 12 11 10 9 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.1 3.0 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.3 1.2 1.1 Full Package List

Full Package List:   Debian 1.1
  Number of packages: 403 (download as TXT)
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  •  9wm 1.1
  •  CGI-modules 2.75
  •  XFree86 3.1.2
  •  a2gs 1.0
  •  aXe 6.1.2
  •  acct 6.2
  •  acm 4.7
  •  acs 019
  •  adduser 1.99
  •  adjtimex 1.2
  •  ae 962
  •  afio 2.4.2
  •  amd-upl102
  •  amsfonts 2.2
  •  amslatex 1.2
  •  amstex 2.1
  •  aout-binutils 2.5.2
  •  aout-gcc 2.6.3
  •  aout-librl 2.0.3
  •  apache 1.0.5
  •  apmd 2.4
  •  apsfilter 4.9.1
  •  ash 0.2
  •  at 2.9b
  •  auctex 9.3c
  •  autoconf 2.10
  •  automake 1.0
  •  ax25-kernel-source 1.2.1
  •  ax25-util 0.28.0
  •  babel 3.5
  •  base 1.1.0
  •  bash 1.14.6
  •  bc 1.03
  •  bdflush 1.5
  •  beav 140
  •  bibtool 2.33
  •  biff 5.3
  •  bin86 0.3
  •  bind 4.9.3-P1
  •  binutils 2.6
  •  bison-A2.6
  •  boot-floppies 1.1.1
  •  bsdmainutils 3.1
  •  bsdutils 3.0
  •  byacc 1.9
  •  c2man 2.41
  •  cdtool 1.0
  •  cdwrite 2.0
  •  cern-httpd 3.0
  •  cfengine 1.3.4
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  •  cflow 2.0
  •  cnews-cr.g
  •  color-ls 3.12
  •  cpio 2.4.2
  •  cron 3.0pl1
  •  csh 5.26
  •  cvs 1.8.1
  •  dbview 1.0.0
  •  dchanges 3.3.tar.gz
  •  ddd 1.4d
  •  debianutils 1.2
  •  dejagnu 1.3
  •  deliver 2.1.12
  •  diald 0.14
  •  dialog 0.9a
  •  diff 2.7
  •  dist 3.60
  •  dld 3.2.6
  •  dlltools 2.17
  •  dnsutils 951231
  •  doc-debian 1.0
  •  doc-linux 96.06
  •  dpkg 1.2.6
  •  dump 0.3
  •  dvi2tty 5.1
  •  dviljk 2.5
  •  dvipsk 5.58f
  •  e2fsprogs 1.02
  •  ecc 1.35
  •  ed 0.2
  •  ee 126.1.89
  •  efax 07a
  •  electric-fence 2.0.5
  •  elisp-manual 19
  •  elm 2.4pl25
  •  elvis 2.0
  •  emacs 19.31
  •  es 0.84
  •  expect 5.19.0
  •  f2c 960315
  •  fdflush 1.0.0
  •  fdutils 4.3
  •  figlet 2.1.1
  •  file 3.19
  •  fileutils 3.12
  •  findutils 4.1
  •  flex 2.5.2
  •  fort77 1.11
  •  fortune 2.1
  •  fvwm 1.24r
  •  fvwm2 2.0.42-BETA
  •  g77 0.5.18
  •  gawk 3.0.0
  •  gcc 2.7.2
  •  gcl 2.2
  •  gclinfo 2.2
  •  gdb 4.15.1
  •  genscript 1.2.20
  •  ghostview 1.5
  •  gimp 0.54.1
  •  git 4.3.9
  •  glibcdoc 0.06
  •  gmp 1.3.2
  •  gnats 3.2
  •  gnuchess 4.0.pl75
  •  gnuchess 4.0.pl75
  •  gnugo 1.2
  •  gnuplot 3.5
  •  gnushogi 1.2p03
  •  gpm 1.06
  •  grep 2.0
  •  groff 1.09
  •  gs 2.62
  •  gsfonts 2.62
  •  guile 0.4.0
  •  gwm 1.8c
  •  gzip 1.2.4
  •  hdparm 2.3
  •  hello 1.3
  •  hfsutils 1.13b
  •  hkgerman 2
  •  hostname 1.9
  •  hyperlatex 1.4pl2
  •  ical 2.0p2
  •  ilu 2.0.0.6
  •  indent 1.9.1
  •  inews 2.1
  •  infocom 4.01pl2
  •  inn 1.4unoff4
  •  intercal 0.13
  •  ipx 1.0
  •  ircii 2.8.16beta
  •  ispell 3.1.18
  •  itimer 1.00
  •  j1 7
  •  jargon 3.3.1
  •  jgraph 83
  •  joe 2.8
  •  kbd 0.91
  •  kernel-source 2.0.0
  •  knews 0.9.6
  •  kpathsea 2.6
  •  ksmbfs 0.2.4
  •  latex 2e
  •  latex2e-doc 1.6
  •  latex2rtf 1.1
  •  ld.so 1.7.14
  •  leave 1.4
  •  less 290
  •  libc4 4.6.27
  •  libc5 5.2.18
  •  libdb 1.85.2
  •  libg++27 2.7.1
  •  libgdbm 1.7.3
  •  libgr 2.0.5
  •  libident 0.17
  •  libjpeg 6a
  •  libobjects 0.1.19
  •  libpng 0.88
  •  libreadline 2.0
  •  libwww-perl 5.00
  •  lilo 17
  •  linuxdoc-sgml 1.5
  •  loginutils 1.0
  •  lout 3.08
  •  lpr 5.9
  •  lrzsz 0.12a
  •  lshell 2.01
  •  lsof 3.61
  •  ltxgraph 0.7b
  •  ltxmisc 1.0
  •  ltxtool 1.0
  •  lxtools 1.1
  •  lynx 2.4-FM
  •  lyx 0.9.23
  •  m4 1.4
  •  maelstrom 1.4.1-L6
  •  magicfilter 1.21
  •  mailagent 3.44
  •  mailcrypt 3.4
  •  mailx 8.5.5
  •  make 3.74
  •  makeindex 2.12
  •  man 2.3.10
  •  mandelspawn 0.07
  •  manpages 1.11
  •  manpages-de 0.1
  •  mawk 1.2.2
  •  mbr 1.0.0
  •  mc 3.2.1
  •  mdutils 0.34
  •  mesa 1.2.7
  •  metamail 2.7
  •  mfbasfnt 1.0
  •  mflib 1.0
  •  mfnfss 2.1g
  •  mgetty 0.98
  •  mh 6.8.4
  •  mime-support 1.0
  •  mingetty 0.9.2
  •  minicom 1.75
  •  mirror 2.8
  •  mirrormagic 1.3
  •  mkisofs 1.05
  •  modconf 0.1.0
  •  modules 1.3.69k
  •  most 4.5.0
  •  motifnls 2.1
  •  mount 2.5j
  •  mpack 1.5
  •  mtools 3.0
  •  nas 1.2p4
  •  ncpfs 0.23
  •  ncurses 1.9.9e
  •  netatalk 1.3.3
  •  netbase 2.04
  •  netbase 2.04
  •  netcdf 2.4
  •  nethack 3.1.3
  •  netscape 3.0-beta4
  •  netstd 2.05
  •  netstd 2.05
  •  news 0.8
  •  nis 1.20
  •  nntp 1.5.11t5
  •  npasswd_boulder 1.2.2
  •  nvi 1.34
  •  octave 1.1.1
  •  oldgerman 1.0
  •  oleo 1.6
  •  p10cfgd 1.0
  •  p2c 1.20
  •  pandora 1.0
  •  par 1.41
  •  pari 1.39.03
  •  patch 2.1
  •  pc532down 1.1
  •  pcb 1.1.1.2
  •  pdksh 5.2.3
  •  perforate 1.0
  •  perl 5.002
  •  perl-tk-b11.02
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  •  pixmap 2.6pl1
  •  pmake 1.0
  •  ppp 2.2.0f
  •  procmail 3.10
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  •  psnfss 5.2
  •  psutils 1.16
  •  python 1.3
  •  qpopper 2.1.4
  •  quota 1.52
  •  ratfor77 1.0
  •  rc 1.4
  •  rcs 5.7
  •  recode 3.4.1
  •  rpncalc 1.0
  •  rspfd 0.04
  •  rxvt 2.14
  •  sam 4.3
  •  samba 1.9.15p4
  •  saoimage 1.17
  •  scotty 2.0.2
  •  screen 3.7.1
  •  sed 2.05
  •  seesat5 0.90
  •  sendmail 8.7.5
  •  setserial 2.10
  •  sh-utils 1.12
  •  sharutils 4.2
  •  slang 0.99.23
  •  slrn 0.8.7.1
  •  smail 3.1.29.1
  •  snmp 2.1.2l4
  •  sox 11gamma
  •  spellprogs 1.1
  •  spline 1.0
  •  statserial 1.1
  •  strace 3.0
  •  suck 2.6.3
  •  sudo 1.4.2
  •  super 3.9.7
  •  svgalib 1.28
  •  symlinks 1.0
  •  sysklogd 1.3
  •  syslinux 1.20
  •  sysutils 1.1
  •  sysvinit 2.62
  •  taper 6.2
  •  tar 1.11.8
  •  tcl74 7.4p3
  •  tcl75 7.5
  •  tclX 7.4a-p2
  •  tcpdump 3.0.4
  •  tcsh 6.06
  •  term 2.3.5
  •  termcap-compat 1.0.0
  •  texinfo 3.7
  •  texlib 1.0
  •  texpsfnt 1.0
  •  textfm 1.0
  •  textutils 1.11
  •  tf 3.5a13
  •  tgif 3.0p5
  •  time 1.6
  •  timezone 7.48
  •  tin 1.3beta.950824
  •  tk40 4.0p3
  •  tk41 4.1
  •  tkdesk 1.0a2
  •  tkdiff 1.0b9
  •  tkined 1.3.4
  •  tkmail 4.0beta7
  •  tob 0.14
  •  transfig 3.1.1
  •  trn 3.6
  •  ucbmpeg 1r2
  •  umsdos 0.8
  •  unarj 2.41a
  •  unclutter 0.8
  •  untex 9210
  •  util-linux 2.5
  •  uucp 1.06.1
  •  uutraf 1.0
  •  vgrind 5.7
  •  vim 3.0
  •  vlock 0.8
  •  vm 5.95beta
  •  w3-el 2.2.25
  •  watch 1.0
  •  watchdog 1.2
  •  web2c 6.1
  •  weblint 1.016
  •  wenglish 1.0
  •  wg15-locale 1
  •  win32binutils 2.6.cygnus.960412
  •  win32gcc 2.7.2.cygnus.960412
  •  win32libs 0.0.14
  •  workbone 2.3
  •  wu-ftpd 2.4
  •  x10 1.03
  •  xarclock 1.0
  •  xasteroids 5.0
  •  xautolock-pl10
  •  xaw3d 1.2a
  •  xbattle 5.4.1
  •  xbmbrowser 4.2
  •  xboard 3.4.pl1
  •  xcal 4.1
  •  xcolors 1.5
  •  xcompat 3.1.2
  •  xcontrib 3.1.2
  •  xcoral 2.5
  •  xdaliclock 2.06
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Version: 12
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-12-12
Votes: 107


 It's been at least a decade since I last installed and ran Debian, so I decided to give it a spin and see how it's changed. The install was much easier and quicker than I expected. There was no problem connecting to my Wi-Fi router or printer. The Gnome desktop looks clean as does the file manager. I especially like Debian's simplicity, but I was surprised that by the number of games that were prepackaged. I'm not a gamer, so I uninstalled them, which took longer than it did to install my usual go-to apps. In short, Debian is now my everyday Linux distro.


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Version: 12
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-11-18
Votes: 337


 If you want a distribution that really works, the answer is Debian. This latest version is extremely functional and user-friendly. I even find Debian today strange. When I started using Debian in version 3.1, everything was difficult. You had to do everything by hand. Today it seems like child's play, you install it and everything works. If you have some knowledge of the system, of course it helps, but it doesn't compare to the pain of installing it in the 2000s. I am particularly impressed with the lightness and stability of the system. I had problems downloading videos from YouTube with yt-dlp, but the latest version of backports worked perfectly. For the unbelievers, I say: Debian works!!!! God save GNU/Linux.


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Version: 12
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-11-12
Votes: 101


 Debian GNU/Linux 12 Bookworm is not a Linux distribution suitable for beginners, but for intermediate and experienced users it is excellent in all respects. It offers a wide choice of desktop environments: KDE Plasma, GNOME, Xfce, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Cinnamon. It is not owned by multinational computer companies or corporations: Debian belongs to the user community and has user satisfaction (not profit) as its sole objective. Debian offers a large pool of tested and secure software; the latest versions of programmes are not available, instead only older, thoroughly tested versions are available. But what do you do with the latest version of ‘Gimp’ if it is unstable? What do you do with the latest Linux kernel if it consumes twice as much RAM and is unstable? Debian is solid, reliable, usable on servers and desktops, plus it is supported for 5 years. It is also available - free of charge - the ‘Debian Administrator's Handbook’ to master the operating system in more intimate details. I don't think you can ask for more from a free and open-source operating system.


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