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 37500 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
[08 Sep 2014] FSF and Debian join forces to help free software users find the hardware they need
[31 Aug 2014] DebConf 14 closes in Portland and DebConf 15 dates announced
[19 Jul 2014] Updated Debian 6.0: 6.0.10 released
[12 Jul 2014] Updated Debian 7: 7.6 released
[16 Jun 2014] Debian 6 debuts its long term support period
[26 Apr 2014] Updated Debian 7: 7.5 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
[08 Oct 2014] DSA-3048 apt - security update
[08 Oct 2014] DSA-3047 rsyslog - security update
[05 Oct 2014] DSA-3046 mediawiki - security update
[04 Oct 2014] DSA-3045 qemu - security update
[04 Oct 2014] DSA-3044 qemu-kvm - security update
[04 Oct 2014] DSA-3042 exuberant-ctags - security update
[01 Oct 2014] DSA-3041 xen - security update
[30 Sep 2014] DSA-3040 rsyslog - security update
[28 Sep 2014] DSA-3039 chromium-browser - security update
[27 Sep 2014] DSA-3038 libvirt - security update
[26 Sep 2014] DSA-3037 icedove - security update
[26 Sep 2014] DSA-3036 mediawiki - security update
[25 Sep 2014] DSA-3035 bash - security update
[25 Sep 2014] DSA-3034 iceweasel - security update
[25 Sep 2014] DSA-3033 nss - 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.