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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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Distribution Debian (formerly Debian GNU/Linux)
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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 2023-09-24 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 (1.2.10) 1.2.10 1.2.9 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 (1.2.10)
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 (5.2.15) 5.2.15 5.2.15 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 (5.2.15)
bind (9.18.19) 9.19.17 9.18.16 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 (9.18.19)
chromium (117.0.5938.92) 117.0.5938.62 116.0.5845.140 113.0.5672.126 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 (117.0.5938.92)
cups (2.4.7) 2.4.2 2.4.2 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 (2.4.7)
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 (1.47.0) 1.47.0 1.47.0 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 (1.47.0)
firefox (117.0.1) 117.0.1 -- -- 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 (117.0.1)
freetype (2.13.2) 2.13.2 2.13.2 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 (2.13.2)
gcc (13.2.0) 13.2.0 13.2.0 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 (13.2.0)
gimp (2.10.34) 2.10.34 2.10.34 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 (2.10.34)
glibc (2.38) 2.37 2.37 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 (2.38)
gnome-shell (45.0) 44.5 44.5 43.4 3.38.4 3.30.2 3.22.3 3.14.2 3.4.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (45.0)
gnucash (5.4) 5.3 5.3 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 (5.4)
gnumeric (1.12.55) 1.12.55 1.12.55 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 (1.12.55)
grub (2.06) 2.12rc1 2.06 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 (2.06)
gtk (4.12.2) 3.24.38 3.24.38 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 (4.12.2)
httpd (2.4.57) 2.4.57 2.4.57 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 (2.4.57)
inkscape (1.3) 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)
k3b (23.08.1) 22.12.3 22.12.3 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 (23.08.1)
kmod (30) 30 30 30 28 26 23 18 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (30)
krita (5.1.5) 5.1.5 5.1.5 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 (5.1.5)
libreoffice (7.6.1) 7.5.6 7.5.6 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 (7.6.1)
linux (6.5.5) 6.5.3 6.4.13 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 (6.5.5)
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 (11.0.3) 10.11.4 10.11.4 10.11.3 10.5.11 10.3.15 10.1.23 10.0.16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (11.0.3)
mate-desktop (1.26.2) 1.26.1 1.26.1 1.26.0 1.24.1 1.20.4 1.16.2 1.8.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.26.2)
mesa (23.1.8) 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 (23.1.8)
mysql (8.1.0) 8.0.34 -- -- -- -- -- 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 (8.1.0)
nautilus (45.0) 45rc 44.2.1 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 (45.0)
NVIDIA (535.113.01) 525.125.06 525.125.06 525.105.17 460.91.03 418.74 375.66 340.65 304.88 195.36.31 173.14.09 1.0-8776 1.0-7174 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (535.113.01)
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 (21) 11.0.214ea -- -- 11.0.12 11.0.3 8u131 7u75 7u3 6b18 6b11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (21)
openssh (9.4p1) 9.4p1 9.4p1 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 (9.4p1)
openssl (3.1.3) 3.0.11 3.0.11 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 (3.1.3)
perl (5.38.0) 5.36.0 5.36.0 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 (5.38.0)
php (8.2.10) 8.2.10 8.2.10 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 (8.2.10)
plasma-desktop (5.27.8) 5.27.8 5.27.8 5.27.5 5.20.5 5.14.5.1 5.8.6 4.11.13 4.8.4 4.4.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (5.27.8)
postfix (3.8.2) 3.8.2 3.8.2 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 (3.8.2)
postgresql (16.0) 16.0 16.0 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 (16.0)
Python (3.11.5) 3.11.4 3.11.4 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 (3.11.5)
qt (6.5.2) 5.15.10 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 (6.5.2)
samba (4.19.0) 4.19.0 4.19.0 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 (4.19.0)
systemd (254.4) 254.4 254.1 252.6 247.3 241 232 215 44 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (254.4)
thunderbird (115.2.3) 115.2.2 115.2.2 102.11.0 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 (115.2.3)
vim (9.0) 9.0 9.0 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 (9.0)
vlc (3.0.18) 3.0.18 3.0.18 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 (3.0.18)
wayland (1.22.0) 1.22.0 1.22.0 1.21.0 -- 1.16.0 1.12.0 1.6.0 0.85.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.22.0)
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 (21.1.8) 21.1.8 21.1.8 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 (21.1.8)

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Version: 12
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-09-24
Votes: 8


Since Debian 12 was available for download it has been running smoothly. No problems so far, on Intel
platform. Wayland is also getting better and better and works well under KDE Plasma.
Debian is brilliant operating system:

1) it is perfectly stable;

2) it is endlessly flexible and customizable;

3) offers a wide range of software;

4) boots in 3 seconds (SSD disk);

5) uses little RAM and CPU, even under KDE;

6) offers many ways to install;

7) easy to add new repositories;

8) if some hardware is not supported out of the box, it is generally very easy
to add that same support, install drivers etc.

9) proxy servers and firewalls run very well under Debian;

10) all f-keys work out of the box, audio and brightness control;

11) font rendering is great (hinting=none makes it perfect);

12) very easy to install commercial software, like Bitdefender Endpoint Protection, Master pdf Editor, and
many more;

13) security tests give good result

Debian is probably the best operating system I have ever used and have tried most of them, Windows,
various UNIX systems, and many Linux systems.

Keep up the good work Debian. Thanks.






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Version: 12
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-09-22
Votes: 11


Initially I was very reticent to use it. It was hard to set up and configure, especially to my liking and needs, so I looked elsewhere. I hopped onto so many distros, from Debian kids and grandkids to OpenSUSE to Manjaro to Arch to Fedora, and then I settled. But it still bothered me. Fedora was good, but was not giving me the satisfaction I wanted.

Next I tried Pop! OS and NixOS, and I loved them both. But I wasn't a happy camper yet.

Finally I decided to take the time tunnel, draw inspiration from my original mentors, download the ISO, and make it work. I installed it countless times on a VM, every time trying something new: different disk layouts; different FS formats; encryption or no encryption, and what partitions to encrypt; different DEs; no DEs. You name it, I tried it.

And kept the lessons.

So here I am, running Debian Bookworm with Gnome on an encrypted BTRFS partition with Timeshift on my old faithful desktop. I preferred this configuration because my desktop also serves as a home server, and rebooting it after most updates, especially when they come too frequently, is an annoyance. It's rock solid and everything works. Couldn't be happier.

On my laptop, it's a different story. I opted for Debian Testing. Although updates come quite often, a full reboot isn't always required. The only problem is that, whenever it comes out of hibernation, I need to enter three passwords: one to unlock the root partition, one to unlock swap, and one to restore my session. If you think of it, it's a very small price to pay when you take security into consideration. Likewise, I have an encrypted BTRFS partition with Timeshift, but also an encrypted swap partition. It's also rock solid and everything works.

Oh, I didn't mention the DE on the laptop… I have Gnome, i3, Sway, Qtile, herbstluftwm, and dwm.

As I look back (and sideways), I don't regret getting in earlier. I prefer to think that all the experience I got with the past distros helped prepare and shape me for this final upgrade.




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Version: 12
Rating: 10
Date: 2023-09-21
Votes: 10


After some times on rpm distros (OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, mostly), I needed some stable (not abruptly changing) distro.
Debian was an obvious choice, and with version 12 it's some smooth desktop experience: it works like a charm; it finds my printer; it's actually customizable; it finds my printer: it can be extremely minimal or it can be as "bloated" as you wish; it finds my printer; it's snappy and light on my medium-low hardware.
Oh, and it finds my printer.

The only thing I'm missing from Tumbleweed is it's wonderful font rendering.


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