Debian
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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 that we have created is called Debian.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
- International
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Self-Hosted
Features
Debian News & Activities
Highlights All activities
Recent News
- POX published news article about Debian
Debian 12.11 “Bookworm” brings 81 bug fixes and 45 security updates to this Linux distroDebian has announced the release of Debian 12.11, marking the eleventh update to its stable “Bookwo...
- Maoholguin published news article about Debian
Debian 12.10 released with 66 bug fixes and 43 security patches for stability and securityDebian 12.10, the latest update to the Debian 12 "Bookworm" series, has been released, offering 66 ...
- POX published news article about Debian
Debian 12.9 released with a focus on stability, security, and compatibility updatesThe Debian Project has released Debian 12.9, marking the eighth update to the Debian 12 “Bookworm” ...
Recent activities
- braky added Multiple desktops as a feature to Debian
- braky added Debian package compatible as a feature to Debian
Comments and Reviews
Debian is super stable and highly customizable. If you want a Linux distribution that provides guaranteed stability and a great community, you should check out Debian.
They use mailing lists and IRC for public discussions... At least they have a proper bug tracker as alternative.
My second choice distro for both desktop and servers. More reliable than Ubuntu, more stable than Fedora, easier to install than Arch, though a bit slower to update. Bigger than Alpine, but uses the more typical glibc. Runs on just about any architecture.
I like Debian Testing to run Apache Web servers.
I started with Ubuntu in 2009, and I tried various Debian derivatives, before switching to their mother distro! Over the years the installer has improved: very easy to use! I even use it on an old 32-bit laptop born with Windows XP... and it still works! You can install it practically everywhere! Its official software park (so without third-party repositories, such as AUR for Arch Linux) is the largest of all! I have been on the Testing/Unstable branch for almost ten years, and in the meantime I had the opportunity to do distro hopping to experiment with other package managers on other base distributions, such as Fedora, Arch Linux and Gentoo. No way, APT is very simple, and Synaptics has no equal among graphical frontends. If hundreds of distributions use Debian or one of its derivatives, the reason is clear: Debian is a guarantee of stability and reliability... and I who use development branches, I can guarantee that certain packages have nothing to envy to those of Arch Linux, in terms of updates. Stable is not for me, I like to experiment, and with Debian Testing/Unstable I never get bored.
Personally, i have never used plain Debian. It looks nice, though. Its the foundation for Ubuntu as well.
Stable and secure. My recommendation for anyone new to Linux.
A bit bloated, but I guess you could technically do a net install and replace things like systemd with runit.