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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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Feature unstable
sid
testing
forky
13
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 2026-01-17 2026-01-17 2025-08-09 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       2026-06 2024-08 2022-09 2020-07 2018-06 2016-04 2014-05 2012-02 2010-02 2008-03 2006-06 2003-06 200-09         End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB)     700-3900 700-3800 300-3800 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 ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical 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 GNOME         Default Desktop
Default Browser                                         Default Browser
Package Management DEB 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 Fixed Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice 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, armhf, ppc64el, riscv, s390x amd64, aarch64, armhf, ppc64el, riscv, s390x amd64, aarch64, armhf, ppc64el, riscv, 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 systemd SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS 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 Yes Multilingual
Asian Language Support Yes 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 13 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
Package unstable
sid
testing
forky
13
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
Package
alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) 1.2.15.1 1.2.15.1 1.2.14 1.2.8 1.2.4 1.1.8 1.1.8 1.0.28 1.0.25 1.0.23 1.0.16 1.0.13 1.0.8 0.9.0beta12 0.4.1e 0.1.1 -- -- -- -- alsa-lib (1.2.15.3)
amdgpu (25.0.0) 25.0.0 25.0.0 23.0.0 23.0.0 19.1.0 18.1.99 -- 14.301.1001 8.980 8.771 8.12 8.28.8 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- amdgpu (25.0.0)
apparmor (4.1.3) 4.1.3 4.1.3 4.1.0 3.0.8 2.13.6 2.13.2 2.11.0 2.9.0 2.7.103 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apparmor (4.1.3)
apt (3.1.13) 3.1.13 3.1.13 3.0.3 2.6.1 2.2.4 1.8.2 1.4.6 1.0.9.8 0.9.7.8 0.8.10.3 0.7.20.2 0.6.46.4 0.5.28.6 0.5.4 0.3.19 0.3.10 -- -- -- -- apt (3.1.13)
bash (5.3) 5.3 5.3 5.2.37 5.2.15 5.1 5.0 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.1 3.2 3.1 2.05b 2.05a 2.03 -- -- 2.0 1.14.7 1.14.6 bash (5.3)
bind (9.20.17) 9.20.15 9.20.15 9.20.11 9.18.12 9.16.15 9.11.5-P4 9.10.3-P4 9.9.5 9.8.4-P1 9.7.2-P3 9.5.1 9.3.4 9.2.4 8.3.3 8.2.2-P7 8.1.2 8.1.2 4.9.7 4.9.4-P1 4.9.3-P1 bind (9.20.17)
chromium (144.0.7559.59) 144.0.7559.59 144.0.7559.59 138.0.7204.183 113.0.5672.126 90.0.4430.212 73.0.3683.75 59.0.3071.86 41.0.2272.118 26.0.1410.43 6.0.472.63 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (144.0.7559.59)
cinnamon (6.6.5) 6.4.13 6.4.13 6.4.10 5.6.8 4.8.6 3.8.8 3.2.7 2.2.16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.6.5)
cups (2.4.16) 2.4.16 2.4.16 2.4.10 2.4.2 2.3.3 2.2.10 2.2.1 1.7.5 1.5.3 1.4.4 1.3.8 1.2.7 1.1.23 1.1.14 1.0.4 -- -- -- -- -- cups (2.4.16)
e2fsprogs (1.47.3) 1.47.2 1.47.2 1.47.2 1.47.0 1.46.2 1.44.5 1.43.4 1.42.12 1.42.5 1.41.12 1.41.3 1.39 1.37 1.27 1.18 -- -- 1.10 1.06 1.02 e2fsprogs (1.47.3)
ffmpeg (8.0.1) 8.0.1 8.0.1 7.1.1 5.1.3 4.3.2 4.1.3 3.2.5 -- 0.8.6 0.5.2 svn cvs cvs -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ffmpeg (8.0.1)
firefox (147.0.1) 147.0 140.6.0 128.13.0 102.11.0 78.12.0 60.7.2 52.2.0 31.6.0 10.0.12 3.5.16 3.0.6 2.0.0.3 1.0.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- firefox (147.0.1)
flatpak (1.16.2) 1.16.2 1.16.2 1.16.1 1.14.4 1.10.2 1.2.4 0.8.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.16.2)
freetype (2.14.1) 2.14.1 2.14.1 2.13.3 2.12.1 2.10.4 2.9.1 2.6.3 2.5.2 2.4.9 2.4.2 2.3.7 2.2.1 2.1.7 1.4pre 1.3.1 1.2 1.0 0.3 -- -- freetype (2.14.1)
gcc (15.2.0) 15.2.0 15.2.0 14.2.0 12.2.0 10.2.1 8.3.0 6.3.0 4.9.2 4.7.2 4.4.5 4.3.2 4.1.1 3.3.5 2.95.4 2.95.2 2.7.2.3 2.7.2.3 2.7.2.1 -- 2.7.2 gcc (15.2.0)
gimp (3.0.6) 3.2.0RC2 3.2.0RC2 3.0.4 2.10.34 2.10.22 2.10.8 2.8.18 2.8.14 2.8.2 2.6.10 2.4.7 2.2.13 2.2.6 1.2.3 1.0.4 1.0.2 1.0.0 0.54.1 -- 0.54.1 gimp (3.0.6)
git (2.52.0) 2.51.0 2.51.0 2.47.2 2.39.2 2.30.2 2.20.1 2.11.0 2.1.4 1.7.10.4 1.7.2.3 1.5.6.5 1.4.4.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- git (2.52.0)
glibc (2.42) 2.42 2.42 2.41 2.36 2.31 2.28 2.24 2.19 2.13 2.11.2 2.7 2.3.6 2.3.2 2.2.5 2.1.3 2.0.7 2.0.7t 1.92 1.92 -- glibc (2.42)
gnome-shell (49.2) 49.2 49.2 48.3 43.4 3.38.4 3.30.2 3.22.3 3.14.2 3.4.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (49.2)
grub (2.14) 2.14 2.14 2.12 2.06 2.04 2.02 2.02beta3 2.02beta2 1.99 1.98 0.97 0.97 0.95 0.91 0.5.93.1 -- -- -- -- -- grub (2.14)
gtk (4.20.3) 4.20.3 4.20.3 4.18.6 3.24.37 3.24.24 3.24.5 3.22.11 3.14.5 3.4.2 2.20.1 2.12.11 2.8.20 2.6.4 2.0.2 1.0.6 1.0.6 1.0.4 -- -- -- gtk (4.20.3)
httpd (2.4.66) 2.4.66 2.4.66 2.4.65 2.4.57 2.4.48 2.4.38 2.4.25 2.4.10 2.2.22 2.2.16 2.2.9 2.2.3 2.0.54 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.4.66)
inkscape (1.4.3) 1.4.2 1.4.2 1.4 1.2.2 1.0.2 0.92.4 0.92.1 0.48.5 0.48.3.1 0.47.0 0.46 0.44.1 0.41 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (1.4.3)
kmod (34.2) 34.2 34.2 34.2 30 28 26 23 18 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (34.2)
krita (5.2.14) 5.2.14 5.2.14 5.2.9 5.1.5 4.4.2 4.1.7 3.1.1 2.8.5 2.4.4 2.2.1 1.6.3 1.6.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- krita (5.2.14)
LibreOffice (25.8.4) 25.8.4 25.8.4 25.2.3 7.4.5 7.0.4 6.1.5 5.2.7 4.3.3 3.5.4 3.2.1 2.4.1 2.0.4 1.1.3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- LibreOffice (25.8.4)
Package unstable
sid
testing
forky
13
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
Package
libselinux (3.9) 3.9 3.9 3.8.1 3.4 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.1.9 2.0.96 2.0.65 1.32 1.22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- libselinux (3.9)
linux (6.18.5) 6.18.3 6.17.13 6.12.38 6.1.27 5.10.46 4.19.37 4.9.30 3.16.7 3.2.41 2.6.32 2.6.26 2.6.18 2.4.27 2.2.20 2.2.16 2.0.36 2.0.34 2.0.29 2.0.27 2.0.0 linux (6.18.5)
mariadb (12.1.2) 11.8.5 11.8.5 11.8.2 10.11.3 10.5.11 10.3.15 10.1.23 10.0.16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (12.1.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) 1.28.2 1.28.2 1.26.2 1.26.0 1.24.1 1.20.4 1.16.2 1.8.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (25.3.3) 25.3.3 25.3.3 25.0.7 22.3.6 20.3.5 18.3.6 13.0.6 10.3.2 8.0.5 7.7.1 7.0.3 6.5.1 4.3.0 4.2.1 3.1 3.0 2.6 2.2 2.0 1.2.7 mesa (25.3.3)
mysql (9.5.0) 8.0.44 -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.5.43 5.5.30 5.1.49 5.0.51a 5.0.32 4.0.24 3.23.49 3.22.32 3.21.33b 3.21.31 -- -- -- mysql (9.5.0)
nautilus (49.3) 49.3 49.3 48.3 43.2 3.38.2 3.30.5 3.22.3 3.14.1 3.4.2 2.30.1 2.20.0 2.14.3 2.8.2 1.0.6 -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (49.3)
NVIDIA (590.48.01) 550.163.01 550.163.01 550.163.01 525.105.17 460.91.03 418.74 375.66 340.65 304.88 195.36.31 173.14.09 1.0-8776 1.0-7174 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (590.48.01)
openjdk (25) -- 21.0.104ea 21.0.8 17.0.6 11.0.12 11.0.3 8u131 7u75 7u3 6b18 6b11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (25)
openssh (10.2p1) 10.2p1 10.2p1 10.0p1 9.2p1 8.4p1 7.9p1 7.4p1 6.7p1 6.0p1 5.5p1 5.1p1 4.3p2 3.8.1p1 3.4p1 1.2.3 1.2 -- -- -- -- openssh (10.2p1)
openssl (3.6.0) 3.5.4 3.5.4 3.5.1 3.0.9 1.1.1k 1.1.1c 1.1.0f 1.0.1k 1.0.1e 0.9.8o 0.9.8g 0.9.8c 0.9.7e 0.9.6c -- -- -- -- -- -- openssl (3.6.0)
perl (5.42.0) 5.40.1 5.40.1 5.40.1 5.36.0 5.32.1 5.28.1 5.24.1 5.20.2 5.14.2 5.10.1 5.10.0 5.8.8 5.8.4 5.6.1 5.4.5 5.4.4 5.4.4 5.3.7 5.3.7 5.2 perl (5.42.0)
php (8.5.2) 8.4.16 8.4.16 8.4.11 8.2.5 7.4.21 7.3.4 7.0.19 5.6.7 5.4.4 5.3.3 5.2.6 5.2.0 4.3.10 4.1.2 4.0.3pl1 3.0.5 3.0 2.0b10 -- -- php (8.5.2)
plasma-desktop (6.5.5) 6.5.4 6.5.4 6.3.6 5.27.5 5.20.5 5.14.5.1 5.8.6 4.11.13 4.8.4 4.4.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.5.5)
postfix (3.10.7) 3.10.6 3.10.6 3.10.3 3.7.5 3.5.6 3.4.5 3.1.4 2.11.3 2.9.6 2.7.1 2.5.5 2.3.8 2.1.5 1.1.11 19991231 -- -- -- -- -- postfix (3.10.7)
postgresql (18.1) 18.1 18.1 17.5 15.3 13.3 11.4 9.6.3 9.4.1 9.1.9 8.4.5 8.3.6 8.1.8 7.4.7 7.2.1 6.5.3 6.3.2 6.3.2 -- -- -- postgresql (18.1)
Python (3.14.2) 3.13.9 3.13.7 3.13.5 3.11.2 3.9.2 3.7.3 2.7.13 2.7.9 2.7.3 2.6.6 2.5.2 2.4.4 2.3.5 2.1.3 1.5.2 1.5.1 1.5.1 1.4.0 1.4.0 1.3 Python (3.14.2)
qt (6.10.1) 6.9.2 6.9.2 6.8.2 5.15.8 5.15.2 5.11.3 5.7.1 4.8.6 4.8.2 4.6.3 3.3.8b 3.3.7 3.3.4 2.3.1 1.45 1.40 1.33 1.2 -- -- qt (6.10.1)
samba (4.23.4) 4.23.4 4.23.4 4.22.3 4.17.8 4.13.5 4.9.5 4.5.8 4.1.17 3.6.6 3.5.6 3.2.5 3.0.24 3.0.14a 2.2.3a 2.0.7 2.0.5a 1.9.18p8 1.9.17p2 1.9.16p9 1.9.15p4 samba (4.23.4)
systemd (259) 259 259 257.7 252.6 247.3 241 232 215 44 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (259)
thunderbird (147.0) 140.7.0 140.6.0 128.13.0 102.11.0 78.12.0 60.7.2 45.8.0 31.6.0 10.0.12 3.0.11 2.0.0.19 1.5.0.10 1.0.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (147.0)
vim (9.1) 9.1 9.1 9.1 9.0 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.4 7.3 7.2 7.1 7.0 6.3 6.1 5.6 5.3 5.0 4.6 4.5 3.0 vim (9.1)
vlc (3.0.23) 3.0.23 3.0.23 3.0.21 3.0.18 3.0.16 3.0.7 2.2.6 2.2.0rc2 2.0.3 1.1.3 0.8.6h 0.8.6 0.8.1 0.2.92 -- -- -- -- -- -- vlc (3.0.23)
wayland (1.24.0) 1.24.0 1.24.0 1.23.1 1.21.0 -- 1.16.0 1.12.0 1.6.0 0.85.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.24.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.1) 4.20.1 4.20.1 4.20.1 4.18.1 4.16 4.12.4 4.12.3 4.10.2 4.8.3 4.6.2 4.4.2 4.3.99.2 4.0.5 3.8.16 -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.20.1)
xorg-server (21.1.21) 21.1.21 21.1.21 21.1.16 21.1.7 1.20.11 1.20.4 1.19.2 1.16.4 1.12.4 1.7.7 1.4.2 1.1.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xorg-server (21.1.21)

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Version: 13
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-01-16
Votes: 2


Debian, over 30 years in the Linux Industry. Anyone new from Windows, I highly recommend Debian before anything else. That was the mistake I made. One can get addicted to Distrohopping without checking out a pioneer in the Linux world.
I migrated to Linux after my gaming/touchscreen laptop was not compatible with Windows 11. It has been quite a journey looking for a distro that works for a end user like myself. I have had compatibility issues with most Linux distros surprisingly enough. I first tried Ubuntu and had issues. Then just about every other distro available, except Debian. Now, finally, after 6 years, I decided to give Debian a try.
I couldn't be happier with a distro. My main concern was it might give me problems like all other Debian based distros. And boy was I wrong. I haven't experienced a smoother system like Debian except fyde os. But who wants a proprietary system when Linux is FOSS, or supposed to be.
The installation process took some time I must say. It was well worth the wait. Other distros doing the same tasks, I noticed caused my laptop to run hard. I mean, I could hear the laptops cooling fan running nonstop. And touching the bottom of the laptop, I found it really hot. Reminded me of Windows. This is not the case with Debian. My laptop handles all tasks and I haven't heard the system run like that ever.
Streaming quality is exceptional to say the least. I haven't had any buffering issues whatsoever. From Webapps to Appimages, no matter how many I install, the system is Solid! Running Debian 13 with KDE. I prefer KDE for customization reasons. Such as a wallpaper slideshow, video wallpaper etc. And of course the theming options. To all the devs and everyone that contributes to Debian, thank you so much!


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Version: 13
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-01-15
Votes: 8


Last night I installed distro M... on my laptop. Tried to add DE XFCE using the usual . Bad decision. That distro crashed Cathyos and AnduinOS installed in other partitions.Well, lesson learned. I uninstalled it and decided to go with Debian stable. What a breeze of fresh air. I used it in the past (3 to 4 years ago). Today's installation was nothing like before. Was very smooth and the devs really improved this dstro. Speed and performance at a maximum. Debian found a home in my laptop and I am giving thanks to the Debian developers for their accomplisments. Congratulations. Seriously,10 over10. It's a short review. All I could add to it is : Try it for yourself. You won't regret it.


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Version: 13
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-01-04
Votes: 44


Debian is an eceptional OS with it's stability (specially of you choose Debian stable), performance and community support (they help people for ages, now).
For me, it's the best distro. Even with KDE Plasma, it runs like the wind when other distros used to run slower even with Cinnamon or Gnome.
I also added easily Snap and Flatpak (just in case) to Discover, so i have everything in one place.
Also, i have full control of my computer and that's very important for me.
I wouldn't switch it for the world!


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