The results of the Debian general-resolution vote on the use of large language models have been posted; the winner is choice 5: Responsible Use of Generative AI. Debian neither endorses nor prohibits the use of generative AI tools in the … Read more
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Debian 13 “Trixie” introduces an important change to /tmp. Traditionally, it’s been just another filesystem, albeit with some special permissions that allows everyone on the system to use it without being able to remove each other’s files. In Trixie, it’s … Read more
Debian / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET ZDNET’s key takeaways The latest Debian Linux comes with multiple improvements. Debian will no longer support old 32-bit x86 architectures. Debian supports essentially all Linux desktop interfaces. Debian Linux is everywhere. Debian may … Read more
August 9th, 2025 After 2 years, 1 month, and 30 days of development, the Debian project is proud to present its new stable version 13 (code name trixie). trixie will be supported for the next 5 years thanks to the … Read more
Venerable Linux distribution Debian is side-stepping the Y2K38 bug – also known as the Unix Epochalypse – by switching to 64-bit time for everything but the oldest of supported hardware, starting with the upcoming Debian 13 “Trixie” release. “[We will] … Read more
When I wrote Why is Debian the way it is?, a year and a half ago, I was asked to also cover why Debian changes the software it packages. Here’s a brief list of examples of why that happens: Software … Read more
In a short note to the Reproducible Builds mailing list, Debian developer Roland Clobus announced that live images for Debian 12.10 (“bookworm”) are now 100% reproducible. See the reproducible live images and Debian Live todo pages on the Debian wiki … Read more
It has long been said that naming things is one of the hard things to do in computer science. That may be so, but it pales in comparison to the challenge of handling usernames properly in applications. This is especially … Read more