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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
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 2024-10-03 2023-06-11 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             2020-07 2018-05 2016-02                     End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB)       300-3700 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 Free Download
Installation 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         Default Desktop
Package Management 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 Release Model
Office Suite Calligra, GOffice, LibreOffice Calligra, GOffice, 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, armel, armhf, i686, mips64el, ppc64el, s390x amd64, aarch64, armel, armhf, i686, mipsel, mips64el, ppc64el, 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 SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3, 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 Multilingual
Asian Language Support 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 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
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
abiword (3.0.5) 3.0.5 3.0.5 3.0.5 3.0.4 3.0.2 3.0.2 3.0.0 2.9.2 2.8.2 2.6.4 2.4.6 2.2.7 1.0.2 0.7.7 -- -- -- -- -- abiword (3.0.5)
alsa-lib (1.2.12) 1.2.10 -- 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 (1.2.12)
amdgpu (23.0.0) 23.0.0 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 (23.0.0)
bash (5.2.37) 5.2.32 5.2.32 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 (5.2.37)
bind (9.20.2) 9.20.2 9.20.2 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 (9.20.2)
chromium (129.0.6668.89) 129.0.6668.70 129.0.6668.70 113.0.5672.126 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 (129.0.6668.89)
cups (2.4.11) 2.4.10 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 (2.4.11)
dhcp (4.4.3-P1) 4.4.3 4.4.3 4.4.3 4.4.1 4.4.1 4.3.5 4.3.1 4.2.2 4.1.1-P1 3.1.1 3.0.4 3.0.1 2.0pl5 2.0pl4 1.0.2 1.0.2 -- -- -- dhcp (4.4.3-P1)
e2fsprogs (1.47.1) 1.47.1 1.47.1 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 (1.47.1)
firefox (131.0) 131.0 -- -- 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 (131.0)
freetype (2.13.3) 2.13.3 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 (2.13.3)
gcc (14.2.0) 14.1.0 14.1.0 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 (14.2.0)
gimp (2.10.38) 2.10.38 -- 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 (2.10.38)
glibc (2.40) 2.40 2.40 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 (2.40)
gnome-shell (47.0) 46.4 46.4 43.4 3.38.4 3.30.2 3.22.3 3.14.2 3.4.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (47.0)
gnucash (5.9) 5.8 5.8 4.13 4.4 3.4 2.6.15 2.6.4 2.4.10 2.2.9 2.2.6 2.0.5 1.8.10 1.6.6 1.3.4 -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (5.9)
gnumeric (1.12.57) 1.12.57 1.12.57 1.12.55 1.12.48 1.12.44 1.12.32 1.12.18 1.10.17 1.10.8 1.8.3 1.6.3 1.4.3 1.0.8 0.47 0.3 -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.12.57)
grub (2.12) 2.12 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 (2.12)
gtk (4.16.2) 3.24.41 -- 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 (4.16.2)
httpd (2.4.62) 2.4.62 2.4.62 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 (2.4.62)
inkscape (1.3.2) 1.2.2 1.2.2 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 (1.3.2)
k3b (24.08.1) 24.05.2 24.05.2 22.12.3 20.12.2 18.08.1 2.0.3a 2.0.2 2.0.2 2.0.1 1.0.5 0.12.17 0.11.20 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- k3b (24.08.1)
kmod (33) 33 33 30 28 26 23 18 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (33)
krita (5.2.6) 5.2.6 5.2.3 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 (5.2.6)
LibreOffice (24.8.2) 24.8.2 24.8.2 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 (24.8.2)
linux (6.11.1) 6.10.12 6.10.11 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 (6.11.1)
Package unstable
sid
testing
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
lxpanel (0.10.1) 0.10.1 0.10.1 0.10.1 0.10.1 0.10.0 0.9.3 0.7.2 0.5.10 0.5.6 0.3.8.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxpanel (0.10.1)
mariadb (11.4.3) 11.4.3 11.4.3 10.11.3 10.5.11 10.3.15 10.1.23 10.0.16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.4.3)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) 1.26.2 1.26.2 1.26.0 1.24.1 1.20.4 1.16.2 1.8.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (24.2.4) 23.1.3 -- 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 (24.2.4)
mysql (9.0.1) 8.0.39 -- -- -- -- -- 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 (9.0.1)
nautilus (47.0) 47.0 47.0 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 (47.0)
NVIDIA (560.35.03) 535.183.06 535.183.06 525.105.17 460.91.03 418.74 375.66 340.65 304.88 195.36.31 173.14.09 1.0-8776 1.0-7174 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (560.35.03)
openbox (3.6.1) 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.5.2 3.5.0 3.4.11.1 3.4.7.2 3.3 3.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.6.1)
openjdk (23) 11.0.255ea -- -- 11.0.12 11.0.3 8u131 7u75 7u3 6b18 6b11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (23)
openssh (9.9p1) 9.9p1 9.9p1 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 (9.9p1)
openssl (3.3.2) 3.3.2 3.3.2 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 (3.3.2)
perl (5.40.0) 5.38.2 5.38.2 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 (5.40.0)
php (8.3.12) 8.2.24 8.2.24 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 (8.3.12)
plasma-desktop (6.1.5) 5.27.11 5.27.11 5.27.5 5.20.5 5.14.5.1 5.8.6 4.11.13 4.8.4 4.4.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.1.5)
postfix (3.9.0) 3.9 3.9 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 (3.9.0)
postgresql (17.0) 17.0 17.0 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 (17.0)
Python (3.12.7) 3.12.6 3.12.6 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 (3.12.7)
qt (6.7.3) 5.15.10 -- 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 (6.7.3)
samba (4.21.0) 4.21.0 4.21.0 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 (4.21.0)
systemd (256.6) 256.6 256.6 252.6 247.3 241 232 215 44 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (256.6)
thunderbird (131.0) 128.2.3 128.2.0 102.11.0 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 (131.0)
vim (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 (3.0.21) 3.0.21 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 (3.0.21)
wayland (1.23.1) 1.23.0 1.23.0 1.21.0 -- 1.16.0 1.12.0 1.6.0 0.85.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.23.1)
xfdesktop (4.18.1) 4.18.1 4.18.1 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 (4.18.1)
xorg-server (21.1.13) 21.1.13 21.1.13 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 (21.1.13)

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Version: 12
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-09-29
Votes: 17


Debian 12 Gnome is my daily driver, I'm done with distro hooping. The first thing I did was switch from Weiland to X11 because I feel that Weiland is not yet ready to use and that the X11 is better. I set up DNS via HTTPS and now I use Quad9 (Malware blocking) which encrypts my DNS traffic and protects me from viruses. I installed macchanger through the terminal and so I fake my MAC address. In the Gnome repository there is a great little program called "Carburetor", it is a Tor network that you can turn on with one click and your OS is protected by the Tor network. If you do a manual network setup, you will have your browsers in the Tor network and your real IP address will be hidden. You practically have a Tor proxy server where your browsers work without the slowdown we have when using the Tor Browser. I've set up my security updates automatically through the terminal and now I'm left to enjoy Debian.


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Version: 12
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-09-18
Votes: 37


This is so far the best distro for me on both my older and newer laptops , both with different graphic cards. This distro delivers a pleasant stable experience on both my computers. I have not had a problem on any of my computers using debian os. Fortunately I can stop distro hopping for now. I just wish they could develop a pdf document editor that works just like adobe reader on debian. Then this distro would be complete for me. Otherwise This has been my main operating system for quite a while now , and I don`t see myself returning to another distro anytime soon. Thank you debian development team for providing us this great microsoft windows alternative , to the point where this operating system most definitely outclasses old windows.


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Version: 12
Rating: 10
Date: 2024-09-13
Votes: 48


This is so far the best distro for me on both my older and newer laptops , both with different graphic cards. This distro delivers a pleasant stable experience on both my computers. I have not had a problem on any of my computers using debian os. Fortunately I can stop distro hopping for now. I just wish they could develop a pdf document editor that works just like adobe reader on debian. Then this distro would be complete for me. Otherwise This has been my main operating system for quite a while now , and I don`t see myself returning to another distro anytime soon. Thank you debian development team for providing us this great microsoft windows alternative , to the point where this operating system most definitely outclasses old windows.


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