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Last Update: 2026-04-06 01:23 UTC


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
forky
13
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 2026-04-06 2026-04-06 2025-08-09 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       2026-06 2024-08 2022-09 2020-07 2018-06 2016-04 2014-05 2012-02 2010-02 2008-03 2006-06 2003-06 200-09         End Of Life
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
Image Size (MB)     700-3900 700-3800 300-3800 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 ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical 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 GNOME         Default Desktop
Default Browser                                         Default Browser
Package Format deb deb deb deb deb deb deb deb deb deb deb deb deb deb deb deb deb deb deb deb Package Format
Package Management                                         Package Management
Release Model Rolling Semi Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Release Model
Office Suite LibreOffice LibreOffice 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, armhf, ppc64el, riscv, s390x amd64, aarch64, armhf, ppc64el, riscv, s390x amd64, aarch64, armhf, ppc64el, riscv, 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 systemd SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV SysV Init Software
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS 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 Yes Multilingual
Full Package List unstable testing 13 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
forky
13
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
alsa-lib (1.2.15.3) 1.2.15.3 1.2.15.3 1.2.14 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 (1.2.15.3)
amdgpu (25.0.0) 25.0.0 25.0.0 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 (25.0.0)
apparmor (4.1.7) 4.1.7 4.1.6 4.1.0 3.0.8 2.13.6 2.13.2 2.11.0 2.9.0 2.7.103 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apparmor (4.1.7)
apt (3.2.0) 3.1.16 3.1.16 3.0.3 2.6.1 2.2.4 1.8.2 1.4.6 1.0.9.8 0.9.7.8 0.8.10.3 0.7.20.2 0.6.46.4 0.5.28.6 0.5.4 0.3.19 0.3.10 -- -- -- -- apt (3.2.0)
bash (5.3) 5.3 5.3 5.2.37 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 (5.3)
bind (9.20.22) 9.20.22 9.20.22 9.20.11 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 (9.20.22)
chromium (147.0.7727.55) 146.0.7680.177 146.0.7680.177 138.0.7204.183 113.0.5672.126 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 (147.0.7727.55)
cinnamon (6.6.7) 6.6.7 6.6.7 6.4.10 5.6.8 4.8.6 3.8.8 3.2.7 2.2.16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.6.7)
cups (2.4.16) 2.4.16 2.4.16 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 (2.4.16)
e2fsprogs (1.47.4) 1.47.4 1.47.4 1.47.2 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 (1.47.4)
ffmpeg (8.1) 8.1 8.1 7.1.1 5.1.3 4.3.2 4.1.3 3.2.5 -- 0.8.6 0.5.2 svn cvs cvs -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ffmpeg (8.1)
firefox (149.0.2) 149.0 140.9.0 128.13.0 102.11.0 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 (149.0.2)
flatpak (1.16.6) 1.16.3 1.16.3 1.16.1 1.14.4 1.10.2 1.2.4 0.8.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.16.6)
freetype (2.14.3) 2.14.3 2.14.2 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 (2.14.3)
gcc (15.2.0) 15.2.0 15.2.0 14.2.0 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 (15.2.0)
gimp (3.2.2) 3.2.2 3.2.2 3.0.4 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 (3.2.2)
git (2.53.0) 2.53.0 2.53.0 2.47.2 2.39.2 2.30.2 2.20.1 2.11.0 2.1.4 1.7.10.4 1.7.2.3 1.5.6.5 1.4.4.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- git (2.53.0)
glibc (2.43) 2.42 2.42 2.41 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 (2.43)
gnome-shell (50.0) 49.5 49.5 48.3 43.4 3.38.4 3.30.2 3.22.3 3.14.2 3.4.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (50.0)
grub (2.14) 2.14 2.14 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 (2.14)
gtk (4.22.2) 4.22.2 4.22.1 4.18.6 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 (4.22.2)
httpd (2.4.66) 2.4.66 2.4.66 2.4.65 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 (2.4.66)
inkscape (1.4.3) 1.4.2 1.4.2 1.4 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 (1.4.3)
kmod (34.2) 34.2 34.2 34.2 30 28 26 23 18 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (34.2)
krita (6.0.1) 5.3.1 5.2.16 5.2.9 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 (6.0.1)
LibreOffice (26.2.2) 26.2.2.2 26.2.2.2 25.2.3 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 (26.2.2)
Package unstable
sid
testing
forky
13
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
libselinux (3.10) 3.10 3.9 3.8.1 3.4 3.1 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.1.9 2.0.96 2.0.65 1.32 1.22 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- libselinux (3.10)
linux (6.19.11) 6.19.11 6.19.10 6.12.38 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 (6.19.11)
mariadb (12.2.2) 11.8.6 11.8.6 11.8.2 10.11.3 10.5.11 10.3.15 10.1.23 10.0.16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (12.2.2)
mate-desktop (1.28.2) 1.28.2 1.28.2 1.26.2 1.26.0 1.24.1 1.20.4 1.16.2 1.8.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mate-desktop (1.28.2)
mesa (26.0.4) 26.0.4 26.0.3 25.0.7 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 (26.0.4)
mysql (9.6.0) 8.0.45 -- -- -- -- -- -- 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 (9.6.0)
nautilus (50.0) 50.0 49.3 48.3 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 (50.0)
NVIDIA (595.58.03) 550.163.01 550.163.01 550.163.01 525.105.17 460.91.03 418.74 375.66 340.65 304.88 195.36.31 173.14.09 1.0-8776 1.0-7174 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (595.58.03)
openjdk (26) -- 21.0.118ea 21.0.8 17.0.6 11.0.12 11.0.3 8u131 7u75 7u3 6b18 6b11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (26)
openssh (10.3p1) 10.2p1 10.2p1 10.0p1 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 (10.3p1)
openssl (3.6.2) 3.6.1 3.6.1 3.5.1 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 (3.6.2)
perl (5.42.2) 5.40.1 5.40.1 5.40.1 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 (5.42.2)
php (8.5.5) 8.4.16 8.4.16 8.4.11 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 (8.5.5)
plasma-desktop (6.6.4) 6.5.4 6.5.4 6.3.6 5.27.5 5.20.5 5.14.5.1 5.8.6 4.11.13 4.8.4 4.4.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- plasma-desktop (6.6.4)
postfix (3.11.1) 3.11 3.11 3.10.3 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 (3.11.1)
postgresql (18.3) 18.3 18.3 17.5 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 (18.3)
Python (3.14.4) 3.13.9 3.13.9 3.13.5 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 (3.14.4)
qt (6.11.0) 6.10.2 6.10.2 6.8.2 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 (6.11.0)
samba (4.24.0) 4.23.6 4.23.6 4.22.3 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 (4.24.0)
systemd (260.1) 260.1 260.1 257.7 252.6 247.3 241 232 215 44 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (260.1)
thunderbird (149.0.2) 140.9.0 140.9.0 128.13.0 102.11.0 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 (149.0.2)
vim (9.2) 9.2 9.2 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 (9.2)
vlc (3.0.23) 3.0.23 3.0.23 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 (3.0.23)
wayland (1.25.0) 1.24.0 1.24.0 1.23.1 1.21.0 -- 1.16.0 1.12.0 1.6.0 0.85.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- wayland (1.25.0)
xfdesktop (4.20.2) 4.20.2 4.20.2 4.20.1 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 (4.20.2)
xorg-server (21.1.21) 21.1.21 21.1.21 21.1.16 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 (21.1.21)

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Version: testing
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-02-28
Country: Germany
Votes: 143


I’ve been using Debian since 1999, back when I started in the Corel Linux days (yes, it’s been that long 😉). To this day, Debian is the most reliable foundation for me, and Debian Testing is currently my favorite sweet spot for the desktop.

With KDE, Testing runs very smoothly for me: packages are much more up to date than Stable, yet it remains perfectly suitable for everyday use and stays stable. Of course, there are occasional transitions where it pays to be a bit cautious with updates—but overall that’s rare and very manageable. If you want a modern KDE desktop without committing yourself to a rolling distro, Debian Testing is an excellent choice. For servers, I personally still stick with Stable.


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Version: 13
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-02-28
Country: United States
Votes: 146


Debian is a foundation to build a stable workstation or server. I've distrohopped so much trying to find that one, but its always been Debian. Debian always works and does exactly what you want it to. No, it doesn't have the flashiest/latest tech, but I've realized I don't need that, and if I do, I can use flatpak. Currently using Trixie on my server and workstation and its worry-free. What always stood about about Debian as well, that often goes unspoken, is its policies. Things like the Debian Social Contract remind users that we are Debian's priorities, nothing else. Feels good. Debian Forever.


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Version: 13
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-02-15
Country: Switzerland
Votes: 142


One thing I'll say in Debian's favour is it will work on almost anything. I've had laptops that have rejected other Linux OS's but work happily with this OS without complaint.

Debian offers lots of options in terms of desktop environments, so you can make choice that works with high performance or low end systems. Its generally pretty stable too which is a selling point.That's not to say there are not limitations. The install process is a bit more long winded than many other Linux distro's and I have had consistent problems stepping beyond use of the APT software manager. Flathub for example doesn't always play happily with Debian. I've also had repeat issues on and off retrieving updates and upgrades from mirrors across different hardware, different ISP's and over several years.

In summary I'd call Debian a bit of a likeable rough diamond that does get a little more polish with each new release and offers a solid back end for a lot of great distro's like Linux Mint.






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