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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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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 2026-07-12 2026-07-12 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 Chromium, Firefox, Firefox ESR Chromium, Firefox ESR Chromium, Firefox ESR Chromium, Firefox ESR Chromium, Firefox ESR Chromium, Firefox ESR Chromium, Firefox ESR Chromium, IceWeasel Chromium, IceWeasel Chromium, IceWeasel Chromium, IceWeasel IceWeasel Mozilla Mozilla Mozilla Mozilla, Netscape Mozilla, Netscape       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 apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt apt Package Management
Release Model Rolling Semi-Rolling 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 (1.2.16.1) 1.2.16.1 1.2.16.1 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 (1.2.16.1)
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 (5.0.1) 4.1.7 4.1.7 4.1.0 3.0.8 2.13.6 2.13.2 2.11.0 2.9.0 2.7.103 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- apparmor (5.0.1)
apt (3.3.1) 3.3.1 3.3.1 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 (3.3.1)
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 (9.20.24) 9.20.24 9.20.24 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 (9.20.24)
chromium (150.0.7871.114) 150.0.7871.114 150.0.7871.100 138.0.7204.183 113.0.5672.126 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 (150.0.7871.114)
cinnamon (6.6.8) 6.6.8 6.6.8 6.4.10 5.6.8 4.8.6 3.8.8 3.2.7 2.2.16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- cinnamon (6.6.8)
cups (2.4.19) 2.4.18 2.4.18 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 (2.4.19)
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 (8.1.2) 8.1.2 8.1.2 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 (8.1.2)
firefox (152.0.5) 152.0.5 140.12.0 128.13.0 102.11.0 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 (152.0.5)
flatpak (1.18.0) 1.18.0 1.18.0 1.16.1 1.14.4 1.10.2 1.2.4 0.8.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- flatpak (1.18.0)
freetype (2.14.3) 2.14.3 2.14.3 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 (16.1.0) 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 (16.1.0)
gimp (3.2.4) 3.2.4 3.2.4 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 (3.2.4)
git (2.55.0) 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 (2.55.0)
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 (50.3) 50.2 50.2 48.3 43.4 3.38.4 3.30.2 3.22.3 3.14.2 3.4.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (50.3)
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 (4.22.4) 4.22.4 4.22.4 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 (4.22.4)
httpd (2.4.68) 2.4.68 2.4.68 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 (2.4.68)
hyprland (0.55.4) 0.55.4 0.55.4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- hyprland (0.55.4)
inkscape (1.4.4) 1.4.3 1.4.3 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 (1.4.4)
kmod (34.2) 34.2 34.2 34.2 30 28 26 23 18 9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- kmod (34.2)
krita (6.0.2.1) 5.3.2.1 5.3.2.1 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 (6.0.2.1)
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
LibreOffice (26.2.4) 26.2.4.2 26.2.4.2 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 (26.2.4)
libselinux (3.11) 3.11 3.10 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 (3.11)
linux (7.1.3) 7.1.3 7.1.3 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 (7.1.3)
mariadb (12.3.2) 11.8.8 11.8.8 11.8.2 10.11.3 10.5.11 10.3.15 10.1.23 10.0.16 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- mariadb (12.3.2)
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 (26.1.4) 26.1.4 26.1.2 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 (26.1.4)
nautilus (50.2.2) 50.2.2 50.1 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 (50.2.2)
NVIDIA (610.43.03) 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 (610.43.03)
openjdk (26.0.1) -- -- 21.0.8 17.0.6 11.0.12 11.0.3 8u131 7u75 7u3 6b18 6b11 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openjdk (26.0.1)
openssh (10.4p1) 10.4p1 10.3p1 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 (10.4p1)
openssl (4.0.1) 3.6.3 3.6.3 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 (4.0.1)
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 (8.5.8) 8.4.23 8.4.23 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 (8.5.8)
plasma-desktop (6.7.2) 6.6.5 6.6.5 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 (6.7.2)
postfix (3.11.5) 3.11.5 3.11.5 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 (3.11.5)
postgresql (18.4) 18.4 18.4 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 (18.4)
Python (3.14.6) 3.14.6 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 (3.14.6)
qt (6.11.1) 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 (6.11.1)
samba (4.24.4) 4.24.4 4.24.3 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 (4.24.4)
systemd (261.1) 261.1 261.1 257.7 252.6 247.3 241 232 215 44 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- systemd (261.1)
thunderbird (152.0.1) 140.12.0 140.12.0 128.13.0 102.11.0 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 (152.0.1)
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) 1.25.0 1.25.0 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 (21.1.24) 21.1.23 21.1.23 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 (21.1.24)

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Version: 13
Rating: 9
Date: 2026-07-10
Country: France
Votes: 3


Rock stable on desktop and my old Thinkpad. Used with Gnome Desktop and flatpak for about one year now. Very happy with it. Far away from the trendy distros or bleeding edge ones. Also, very few things to do to accommodate it to my liking which is a major bonus. And I use it with kernel 6.12 LTS up to date (I know I could use something more recent but why bother when everything is working perfectly and both performances and security are good).

Hardware : 9900x + Asrock B850I Lightning WiFi, 64 Gb DDR5 6000 Mhz, 9060 XT 16 Gb, nvme Samsung PCIE4 2 To.
Laptop : Thinkpad 470s


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Version: 13
Rating: 10
Date: 2026-05-08
Country: Brazil
Votes: 217


Debian 13 Trixie. It works very well. You install the system and everything works right away. The system has become very user-friendly. I remember Debian Sarge 3.1 was my first contact with Debian in 2005. It was pure suffering. Today you install it and everything works. If you have any problems, there's a vast community to help you solve anything. In all these years with Linux, I've tried several flavors, but nothing is like Debian. I'm impressed how a group of people can create something like this system without support from specialized companies. And companies that sponsor distributions make distros full of problems. These Debian people deserve my respect.


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Version: 12
Rating: 9
Date: 2026-04-22
Country: France
Votes: 54


Debian has a well deserved reputation for being very solid. As long as you stick to supported software (and sometimes even when you don't) it just won't break on you. If you want your software to stop getting new features every two seconds, and just get security updates, this is it. It doesn't get better than this. Debian is well documented, very well supported for various architectures, and is no-nonsense. They are basically the most vanilla you can get.

Debian provides a perfect in-between experience. They have a good experience out of the box, without holding onto your hand too hard. They have sane defaults, then document clearly how to depart from those defaults. The more mature Linux software gets, the better Debian looks. You don't always need the latest to have the greatest. Debian will just get the job done.

Now my only pain point with Debian was their lack of support for the AAC codec due to licensing issues. This made it so my bluetooth headphones wouldn't work. I ended up just using them wired.

Once you set up Debian, it will just continue to work the same way forever. Their releases are supported for such a long time, you never have any pressure to update. Things can just keep on working. Now of course, if you want newer software (or need for hardware quirks), or don't like needing to do a big update from one LTS to another, then Debian may not be for you. And there is some truth to the fact that some bugs are there to stay (but at least you know they're there, and if you can work around them, then your fix will continue to work). The Gnome software slowness never went away in Debian 12 for me. I just used the command line.

Overall, Debian is my #1 recommendation for people who want to put in just a little work to make sure their desktop is solid for years.


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