What is 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 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 18733 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine.
Getting Started
The latest stable release of Debian is 4.0. The last update to this release was made on April 8th, 2007. Read more about available versions of Debian.
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.
News
[25 Apr 2007] Debian participates in Google's Summer of Code
[08 Apr 2007] Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 released
[07 Apr 2007] Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 updated
[18 Feb 2007] Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 updated
[10 Jan 2007] Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 archived
[06 Nov 2006] Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 updated
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
[23 Jun 2007] DSA-1320 clamav - several vulnerabilities
[23 Jun 2007] DSA-1319 maradns - memory leaks
[23 Jun 2007] DSA-1317 tinymux - buffer overflow
[22 Jun 2007] DSA-1318 ekg - several vulnerabilities
[21 Jun 2007] DSA-1316 emacs21 - denial of service
[21 Jun 2007] DSA-1315 libphp-phpmailer - missing input validation
[19 Jun 2007] DSA-1314 open-iscsi - several vulnerabilities
[19 Jun 2007] DSA-1313 mplayer - buffer overflow
[18 Jun 2007] DSA-1312 libapache-mod-jk - programming error
[17 Jun 2007] DSA-1311 postgresql-7.4 - programming error
[16 Jun 2007] DSA-1310 libexif - integer overflow
[16 Jun 2007] DSA-1309 postgresql-8.1 - programming error
[16 Jun 2007] DSA-1304 kernel-source-2.6.8 - several vulnerabilities
[14 Jun 2007] DSA-1308 iceweasel - several vulnerabilities
[13 Jun 2007] DSA-1305 icedove - several vulnerabilities
[12 Jun 2007] DSA-1307 openoffice.org - heap overflow
[12 Jun 2007] DSA-1306 xulrunner - several vulnerabilities
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.