Debian GNU/Linux
Debian is an operating system for your computer that consists only of Free Software. It uses the Linux kernel, and a large part of the basic tools that fill out the operating system come from GNU, which are also free. It comes with thousands of packages.
| Tags | Operating Systems Linux Distributions |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | POSIX GNU/Hurd Linux |
Recent releases
- 18 Feb 2009 08:52
Changes: This release includes GNU C Library 2.3.6, Python 2.4, PHP 5.2, GNU GCC 4.1 as the default compiler, Linux kernel 2.6.26, Xorg 7.3, GNU Emacs 22, GNOME 2.22, KVM, and many new fonts. The installer can now be started from inside Windows.
- 02 Feb 2009 05:42
Changes: This release updates the Linux kernel (2.6.26-13) and external modules (2.6.26-5). There are various bugfixes.
- 24 Dec 2008 14:25
No changes have been submitted for this release.
- 21 Dec 2008 11:39
Changes: Support for live CD installation media was improved, and is now much faster and more reliable than earlier releases. Other improvements were made as well.
- 08 Apr 2007 17:31
Changes: This release comes with a lot more software than its predecessor; the distribution includes over 6500 new packages, for a total of over 18200 packages. Some of the major programs included are: X.Org 7.1, GNOME 2.14[2], KDE 3.5.5a, Xfce 4.4, OpenOffice.org 2.0.4a, KOffice 1.6, GNUcash 2.0.5, GNUmeric 1.6.3, Abiword 2.4.6, Evolution 2.6.3, and Gaim 2.0. The Mozilla suite is renamed: iceweasel (2.0.0.2) is the unbranded Firefox Web browser and icedove (1.5) is the unbranded Thunderbird mail client.
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Recent commentsRe: 4000?
%Almost 10000 would be a better guess these days...
11948 binary packages (i386); 7162 source packages currently. ("grep|wc -l"ed from relevant files in my apt's /var/lib/apt/lists/).
4000?
> It comes with almost 4000 packages.
Wrong! Almost 10000 would be a better guess these days...