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#Debian 8 software#

New distributions are updated continually, and the next candidate is released after a time-based freeze.

#Debian 8 software#

The project is coordinated over the Internet by a team of volunteers guided by the Debian Project Leader and three foundational documents: the Debian Social Contract, the Debian Constitution, and the Debian Free Software Guidelines.

Debian is also the basis for many other distributions, most notably Ubuntu.ĭebian is one of the oldest operating systems based on the Linux kernel, and is currently the second oldest Linux distribution still in active development, only behind Slackware. The Debian Stable branch is the most popular edition for personal computers and servers. The first version of Debian (0.01) was released on September 15, 1993, and its first stable version (1.1) was released on June 17, 1996.

KDE Plasma available on Debian's websiteĭebian ( / ˈ d ɛ b i ə n/), also known as Debian GNU/Linux, is a Linux distribution composed of free and open-source software, developed by the community-supported Debian Project, which was established by Ian Murdock on August 16, 1993.

Long-term support in Stable edition, rolling release in Testing and Unstable (Sid) editions