Latest News

[05 Sep 2010] Backports service becoming official
[04 Sep 2010] Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 updated
[03 Sep 2010] Italian Debian Community Conference 2010 - 17th-19th September, Perugia (PG - Italy)
[31 Aug 2010] Debian Project mourns the loss of Frans Pop
[16 Aug 2010] Debian celebrates its 17th birthday
[06 Aug 2010] Debian 6.0 Squeeze frozen
[30 Jul 2010] 2010 Annual Debian Conference - World's Largest GNU/Linux Distribution Developers' Conference about to start
[29 Jun 2010] More collaboration among Debian-based distributions: the Derivatives Front Desk
[26 Jun 2010] Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 updated
[18 Jun 2010] Debian Project At LSM/RMLL 2010
[22 May 2010] Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 updated
[19 May 2010] A better DebConf10 with your help: donate or become a sponsor
[16 Apr 2010] Debian Project elects Stefano Zacchiroli as next Project Leader
[12 Apr 2010] New archive snapshot service available
[08 Apr 2010] First Debian Mini Conference to be held in Germany
[24 Mar 2010] DebConf10 Registration Reminder
[16 Mar 2010] New cdbuilder server improves Debian infrastructure
[22 Feb 2010] Debian Project at CeBIT 2010
[30 Jan 2010] Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 updated
[21 Jan 2010] Security Support for Debian 4.0 to be terminated


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