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Debian GNU/Linux

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 over 29000 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine. Read more...

The latest stable release of Debian is 6.0. The last update to this release was made on March 19th, 2011. Read more about available versions of Debian.

Getting Started


News

[01 Apr 2011] The Canterbury Project
[30 Mar 2011] Debian welcomes student applications for Google Summer of Code 2011
[29 Mar 2011] Fixed ISO images for Debian 6.0.1 released
[25 Mar 2011] Nicaragua to host Debian Developer Conference 2012
[19 Mar 2011] Updated Debian 6.0: 6.0.1 released
[18 Mar 2011] Debian Derivatives Exchange project launched

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.


Security Advisories

[08 Apr 2011] DSA-2214 ikiwiki - missing input validation
[08 Apr 2011] DSA-2213 x11-xserver-utils - missing input sanitization
[07 Apr 2011] DSA-2212 tmux - privilege escalation
[06 Apr 2011] DSA-2211 vlc - missing input sanitising
[03 Apr 2011] DSA-2210 tiff - several vulnerabilities
[02 Apr 2011] DSA-2209 tgt - double free
[30 Mar 2011] DSA-2208 bind9 - denial of service
[30 Mar 2011] DSA-2207 tomcat5.5 - several vulnerabilities
[29 Mar 2011] DSA-2206 mahara - several vulnerabilities
[28 Mar 2011] DSA-2205 gdm3 - privilege escalation
[27 Mar 2011] DSA-2204 imp4 - insufficient input sanitising
[26 Mar 2011] DSA-2203 nss - ssl certificate blacklist update

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