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 29000 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
[29 Sep 2012] Updated Debian 6.0: 6.0.6 released
[16 Aug 2012] Debian Community celebrates its 19th birthday
[13 Aug 2012] Organize a Debian Birthday party in your city
[10 Aug 2012] Help the Debian Installer team: test the new
version of the installer!
[16 Jul 2012] DebConf makes in-roads in Central America
[07 Jul 2012] Full video coverage of DebConf
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
[26 Sep 2012] DSA-2554 iceape - several vulnerabilities
[26 Sep 2012] DSA-2552 tiff - several vulnerabilities
[26 Sep 2012] DSA-2550 asterisk - several vulnerabilities
[24 Sep 2012] DSA-2553 iceweasel - several vulnerabilities
[23 Sep 2012] DSA-2551 isc-dhcp - denial of service
[15 Sep 2012] DSA-2549 devscripts - multiple vulnerabilities
[15 Sep 2012] DSA-2480 request-tracker3.8 - several vulnerabilities
[13 Sep 2012] DSA-2548 tor - several vulnerabilities
[12 Sep 2012] DSA-2547 bind9 - improper assert
[11 Sep 2012] DSA-2546 freeradius - stack-based buffer overflows
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.