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
[12 May 2012] Updated Debian 6.0: 6.0.5 released
[25 Apr 2012] Deploy your own cloud
with Debian Wheezy
[15 Apr 2012] Debian Project reelects Stefano Zacchiroli as Project Leader
[12 Apr 2012] Registration open for DebConf12
[30 Mar 2012] The Debian Project joins the OSI
[11 Mar 2012] First Squeeze
-based Debian Edu version released
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
[11 May 2012] DSA-2470 wordpress - several vulnerabilities
[10 May 2012] DSA-2469 linux-2.6 - privilege escalation/denial of service
[09 May 2012] DSA-2468 libjakarta-poi-java - unbounded memory allocation
[09 May 2012] DSA-2467 mahara - insecure defaults
[09 May 2012] DSA-2466 rails - cross site scripting
[09 May 2012] DSA-2465 php5 - several vulnerabilities
[09 May 2012] DSA-2422 file - missing bounds checks
[08 May 2012] DSA-2464 icedove - several vulnerabilities
[04 May 2012] DSA-2459 quagga - several vulnerabilities
[03 May 2012] DSA-2462 imagemagick - several vulnerabilities
[02 May 2012] DSA-2463 samba - missing permission checks
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.