What is 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 uses the Linux kernel (the core of an operating system), but most of the basic OS tools come from the GNU project; hence the name GNU/Linux.

Debian GNU/Linux provides more than a pure OS: it comes with more than 3950 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine.

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Getting Started

The latest release of Debian is 2.2r6. It was released on April 3rd, 2002. Release information is available; information can be found there about what's new in Debian 2.2r6, notes on how to upgrade, and an Installation Manual suitable for new users.

To get help in using or setting up Debian, see our support and documentation 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.

News

[22 May 2002] Debian Woody in less than two minutes
[01 May 2002] Debian at upcoming events in May
[03 Apr 2002] Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 updated (r6)
[02 Feb 2002] Debian Conference in Australia
[10 Jan 2002] Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r5 released
[31 Dec 2001] Euro Support in Debian

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. Debian Weekly News is an in-depth summary of what's happened in the world of Debian.

Security Alerts

[26 Apr 2002] DSA-128 sudo - buffer overflow
[17 Apr 2002] DSA-127 xpilot-server - remote buffer overflow
[16 Apr 2002] DSA-126 imp - cross-site scripting
[28 Mar 2002] DSA-125 analog - cross-site scripting
[26 Mar 2002] DSA-124 mtr - buffer overflow
[19 Mar 2002] DSA-123 listar - remote exploit
[11 Mar 2002] DSA-122 zlib - malloc error (double free)
[11 Mar 2002] DSA-121 xtell - buffer overflow, symlink problem, ".." directory traversal
[10 Mar 2002] DSA-120 mod_ssl - buffer overflow
[07 Mar 2002] DSA-119 ssh - local root exploit, remote client exploit

For older security alerts see the Security Page. If you would like to receive security alerts as soon as they're announced, subscribe to the debian-security-announce mailing list.

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