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{{Short description|Releases of Debian GNU/Linux, a computer operating system}}
[[File:Debian10_Gnome.png|thumb|upright=1.5|A screenshot of Debian 10 (''Buster'') with the GNOME desktop environment]]

[[Software:Debian|Debian]] releases do not follow a fixed schedule. Recent releases have been made around every two years by the Debian Project. The most recent version of Debian is Debian version 12, codename "Bookworm".<ref name="Bullseye release">{{cite web |date=14 August 2021 |title=Debian 11 "bullseye" released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20210814 |access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref> The next up and coming release of Debian is Debian 13, codename "Trixie".<ref name="Debian 12 -- Release Notes">{{cite web |date=14 August 2021 |title=Debian 12 -- Release Notes |url=https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/releasenotes |access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref>

Debian always has at least three active branches at any time: "stable", "testing" and "unstable".<ref>{{cite web |date=30 December 2020 |title=Debian Releases |url=https://www.debian.org/releases/ |access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref> The stable branch is considered the primary release and what most people refer to when talking about Debian. The testing branch contains packages that have been imported from unstable. Testing has significantly more up-to-date packages than stable and is [[Software:Freeze (software engineering)|frozen]] some time before a release to become the next version of Debian. The unstable release (also known as Sid) is the branch where active development takes place. It is the most volatile version of Debian.

When the Debian stable branch is replaced with a newer release, the current stable becomes an "oldstable" release. When the Debian stable branch is replaced again, the oldstable release becomes the "oldoldstable" release. Oldoldstable is eventually moved to the archived releases repository.<ref>{{cite web |title=1.6. Lifecycle of a Release |website=www.debian.org |url=https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-handbook/sect.release-lifecycle.en.html#id-1.4.9.15 |access-date=2022-05-14}}</ref>

== Naming convention ==
Debian distribution codenames are based on the names of characters from the ''Toy Story'' films. Debian's ''unstable'' [[Software:Trunk|trunk]] is named after Sid, a character who regularly destroyed his toys.<ref>{{cite web |title=Debian Releases - Codenames |website=Debian Wiki |url=https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases#Codenames |access-date=25 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930033254/https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases#Codenames |archive-date=30 September 2017}}</ref>

== Release cycle ==
Debian Unstable, known as "Sid", contains all the latest packages as soon as they are available, and follows a [[Rolling release|rolling-release model]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=DebianUnstable - Debian Wiki |url=https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUnstable |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=wiki.debian.org}}</ref>

Once a package has been in Debian Unstable for 2-10 days (depending on the urgency of the upload), doesn't introduce critical bugs and doesn't break other packages (among other conditions), it is included in Debian Testing, also known as "next-stable".<ref>{{Cite web |title=DebianTesting - Debian Wiki |url=https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTesting |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=wiki.debian.org}}</ref>

In average about every two years, Debian Testing enters a "freeze" cycle, where new packages are held back unless they fix critical bugs.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=DebianReleases - Debian Wiki |url=https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases#Release_statistics |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=wiki.debian.org}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Chapter 6. The Debian archives |url=https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ftparchives#frozen |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=debian.org}}</ref> This frozen state lasts in average 7 months (but can be as short as one month).<ref name=":1" /> Once Debian Testing doesn't contain any more release critical bugs, it is declared "stable" and released with a version number.<ref name=":2" />

== Release table ==
{| class="sortable wikitable  mw-datatable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! rowspan=2 | {{abbr|Ver.|Version}}
! rowspan=2 | Code&shy;name
! rowspan=2 | Release date
! rowspan=2 | Final/latest release (date)
! rowspan=2 | [[Software:Debian#Architectures|No. of Archs.]]{{efn-lr|The number of hardware architectures supported}}
! colspan=2 | Package count
! rowspan=2 | [[Software:Linux kernel|Linux <br/>kernel]]
! colspan=3 | End of support
! rowspan=2 | References
|-
! Binary
! Source
! Security
! [[Long-term support|Long-term]]<!-- For kernel, is synced with its schedule..?? -->
! Freexian{{nbsp}}ELTS{{efn-lr|name=elts-disclaim|
 Extended long-term support (ELTS) provided by Freexian<ref name=ELTS/> but made available to all Debian users, as noted on official Debian pages. There is no kernel support, and only sponsored packages are supported.<ref>{{cite web
  | url          = https://www.freexian.com/lts/extended/
  | title        = Debian Extended LTS by Freexian
  | publisher    = Freexian
  | access-date  = 27 November 2022
  | archive-date = 28 October 2022
  | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20221028235106/https://www.freexian.com/lts/extended/
  | url-status   = live
  }}</ref>
 }}
|-
| {{Version|o|0.90}}
| {{Version|o|{{zwsp}}}}
| {{dts|26 January 1994}}
|
| rowspan="8" | 1
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{N/a}}
| rowspan="15" {{N/a|None}}
| rowspan="16" {{N/a|None}}
| style="text-align: left;" | {{r|DEBIANHISTORY}}<ref>[https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/historic-linux/distributions/debian-0.91/ChangeLog debian-0.91/ChangeLog]</ref>
|-
| {{Version|o|0.91}}
| {{Version|o|{{zwsp}}}}
| {{dts|29 January 1994}}
|
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 0.99.14t
| {{N/a}}
| style="text-align: left;" | {{r|DEBIANHISTORY}}
|-
| {{Version|o|0.93R5}}
| {{Version|o|{{zwsp}}}}
| {{dts|March 1995}}
|
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{N/a}}
| style="text-align: left;" | {{r|DEBIANHISTORY}}
|-
| {{Version|o|0.93R6}}
| {{Version|o|{{zwsp}}}}
| {{dts|November 1995}}
|
| 256
| {{dunno}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 1.2.13
| {{N/a}}
| style="text-align: left;" | {{r|DEBIANHISTORY}}<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/Debian-0.93R6/Packages
 |title        = Debian 0.93R6 packages metadata file
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |access-date  = 14 August 2021
 |archive-date = 24 December 2008
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20081224003409/http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/Debian-0.93R6/Packages
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:silver;|1.0
| style="background:silver;|{{zwsp}}
| {{N/a|Never released}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
| style="text-align: left;" | {{r|DEBIANHISTORY}}<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/1995/msg00010.html
 |title        = Wrong version of Debian on InfoMagic CD
 |author       = Bruce Perens
 |date         = 11 December 1995
 |publisher    = Infomagic and The Debian Project
 |access-date  = 14 August 2021
 |archive-date = 11 June 2011
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110611060639/https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/1995/msg00010.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version|o|1.1}}
| {{Version|o|Buzz}}
| {{dts|17 June 1996}}
|
| 474
| {{dunno}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.0
| {{N/a}}
| style="text-align: left;" | {{r|DEBIANHISTORY}}<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/1996/msg00021.html
 |title        = Debian Linux Distribution Release 1.1 Now Available
 |author       = Bruce Perens
 |date         = 17 June 1996
 |publisher    = Software in the Public Interest
 |access-date  = 14 August 2021
 |archive-date = 4 June 2008
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080604055125/https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/1996/msg00021.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version|o|1.2}}
| {{Version|o|Rex}}
| {{dts|12 December 1996}}
|
| 848
| {{dunno}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.0.27
| {{N/a}}
| style="text-align: left;" | {{r|DEBIANHISTORY}}<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/1996/msg00026.html
 |title        = Debian 1.2 Released
 |author       = Bruce Perens
 |date         = 12 December 1996
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |access-date  = 4 July 2017
 |archive-date = 7 November 2016
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20161107164806/https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/1996/msg00026.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version|o|1.3}}
| {{Version|o|Bo}}
| {{dts|5 June 1997}}
|
| 974
| {{dunno}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.0.33
| {{N/a}}
| style="text-align: left;" | {{r|DEBIANHISTORY}}<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/1997/msg00013.html
 |title        = Debian 1.3 Released
 |author       = Bruce Perens
 |date         = 5 June 1997
 |publisher    = Software in the Public Interest
 |access-date  = 14 August 2021
 |archive-date = 17 November 2010
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20101117113106/https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/1997/msg00013.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version|o|2.0}}
| {{Version|o|Hamm}}
| {{dts|24 July 1998}}
|
| 2
| data-sort-value=1500 | ≈1,500
| {{dunno}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.0.34
| {{N/a}}
| style="text-align: left;" | {{r|DEBIANHISTORY}}<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/1998/msg00015.html
 |title        = Debian 2.0 Released
 |author       = Nils Lohner
 |date         = 23 July 1998
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |access-date  = 14 August 2021
 |archive-date = 6 January 2009
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090106225642/https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/1998/msg00015.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version|o|2.1}}
| {{Version|o|Slink}}
| {{dts|9 March 1999}}
|
| 4
| data-sort-value=2250 | ≈2,250
| {{dunno}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.0.34, 2.0.35, <br/>2.0.36, 2.0.38
| {{dts|30 October 2000}}
| style="text-align: left;" | {{r|DEBIANHISTORY}}<ref name="Debian 2.1 slink Information"/><ref>{{cite web
 | url          = https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2000/msg00043.html
 | title        = [SECURITY] Security policy for Debian 2.1 (slink) (updated)
 | publisher    = The Debian Project
 | access-date  = 23 November 2015
 | archive-date = 9 September 2015
 | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20150909035515/https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2000/msg00043.html
 | url-status   = live
 }}</ref>
|-
| {{Version|o|2.2}}
| {{Version|o|Potato}}
| {{dts|14 August 2000|format=hide}}14–15 August 2000
|
| 6
| data-sort-value=3900 | ≈3,900
| data-sort-value=2600 | ≈2,600
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.0.38, 2.2.19
| {{dts|30 June 2003}}
| style="text-align: left;" | {{r|DEBIANHISTORY}}<ref name="The Debian Project"/><ref name="debian.org"/>
|-
| {{Version|o|3.0}}
| {{Version|o|Woody}}
| {{dts|19 July 2002}}
|
| rowspan="3" | 11
| data-sort-value=8500 | ≈8,500
| {{dunno}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.2.20, 2.4.18
| {{dts|30 June 2006}}
| style="text-align: left;" | {{r|DEBIANHISTORY}}<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 released"/><ref>{{cite web
 | url         = https://www.debian.org/News/2006/20060601
 | title         = Security Support for Debian 3.0 to be terminated
 | publisher         = The Debian Project
 | access-date         = 23 November 2015
 | archive-date         = 22 December 2015
 | archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222020209/http://www.debian.org/News/2006/20060601
 | url-status         = live
 }}</ref>
|-
| {{Version|o|3.1}}
| {{Version|o|Sarge}}
| {{dts|6 June 2005}}
|
| data-sort-value=15400 | ≈15,400
| {{dunno}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.4.27, 2.6.8
| {{dts|31 March 2008}}
| style="text-align: left;" | {{r|DEBIANHISTORY}}<ref name="Debian sarge Release Information"/><ref>{{cite web
 | url         = https://www.debian.org/News/2008/20080229
 | title         = Security Support for Debian 3.1 to be terminated
 | publisher         = The Debian Project
 | access-date         = 23 November 2015
 | archive-date         = 22 December 2015
 | archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222020115/http://www.debian.org/News/2008/20080229
 | url-status         = live
 }}</ref>
|-
| {{Version|o|4.0}}
| {{Version|o|Etch}}
| {{dts|8 April 2007}}
| 4.0r9<br/>(22 May 2010)
| data-sort-value=18000 | ≈18,000
| {{dunno}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.6.18, 2.6.24
| {{dts|15 February 2010}}
| style="text-align: left;" | {{r|DEBIANHISTORY}}<ref name="Debian etch Release Information"/><ref>{{cite web
 | url         = https://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100121
 | title         = Security Support for Debian 4.0 to be terminated
 | publisher         = The Debian Project
 | access-date         = 23 November 2015
 | archive-date         = 22 December 2015
 | archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222020011/http://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100121
 | url-status         = live
 }}</ref>
|-
| {{Version|o|5.0}}
| {{Version|o|Lenny}}
| {{dts|14 February 2009}}
| 5.0.10<br/>(10 Mar 2012)
| 12
| data-sort-value=23000 | ≈23,000
| data-sort-value=12000 | ≈12,000
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.6.26
| {{dts|6 February 2012}}
| style="text-align: left;" | {{r|DEBIANHISTORY}}<ref name="Debian lenny Release Information"/><ref name="Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 released"/>
|-
| {{Version|o|6.0}}
| {{Version|o|Squeeze}}
| {{dts|6 February 2011}}
| 6.0.10<br/>(19 Jul 2014)
| 11
| data-sort-value=29000 | ≈29,000
| data-sort-value=15000 | ≈15,000
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.6.32
| {{dts|31 May 2014}}
| {{dts|29 February 2016}}
| style="text-align: left;" | {{r|DEBIANHISTORY}}<ref name="ReferenceB"/><ref name="Debian 6.0 Squeeze released"/><ref name="LTS">{{cite web
 | url         = https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
 | title         = LTS
 | publisher         = The Debian Project
 | access-date         = 23 November 2015
 | archive-date         = 7 May 2020
 | archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20200507040157/https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/
 | url-status         = live
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | url         = https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2014/msg00082.html
 | title         = [SECURITY] [DSA 2907-1] Announcement of long term support for Debian oldstable
 | publisher         = The Debian Project
 | access-date         = 23 November 2015
 | archive-date         = 3 January 2016
 | archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20160103091037/https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2014/msg00082.html
 | url-status         = live
 }}</ref>
|-
| {{Version|o|7}}
| {{Version|o|Wheezy}}
| {{dts|4 May 2013}}
| 7.11<br/>(4 Jun 2016)
| 13
| data-sort-value=36000 | ≈36,000
| data-sort-value=17500 | ≈17,500
| style="text-align: center;" | 3.2
| 25 April 2016
| {{dts|31 May 2018}}
| {{dts|30 June 2020}}
| style="text-align: left;" | {{r|DEBIANHISTORY}}<ref name="ReferenceC"/><ref name="Debian 7.0 Wheezy released"/><ref>{{cite web
 | url         = https://www.debian.org/News/2016/20160212
 | title         = Debian 6.0 Long Term Support reaching end-of-life
 | publisher         = The Debian Project
 | access-date         = 1 March 2016
 | archive-date         = 6 March 2016
 | archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20160306085658/http://www.debian.org/News/2016/20160212
 | url-status         = live
 }}</ref><ref name="LTS" /><ref name="ELTS">{{cite web
 | url = https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Extended
 | title = LTS/Extended
 | publisher = The Debian Project
 | access-date = 19 July 2020
 | archive-date = 15 July 2020
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200715090538/https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Extended
 | url-status = live
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Security support for Wheezy handed over to the LTS team |url=https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/2016/msg00005.html |publisher=lists.debian.org |access-date=2023-10-24 |date=25 Apr 2016}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version|o|8}}
| {{Version|o|Jessie}}
| {{dts|25 April 2015|format=hide}}25–26 April 2015
| 8.11<br/>(23 Jun 2018)
| rowspan="3" | 10
| data-sort-value=43000 | ≈43,000
| data-sort-value=20000 | ≈20,000
| style="text-align: center;" | 3.16
| {{dts|17 June 2018}}
| {{dts|30 June 2020}}
| {{dts|30 June 2025}}
| style="text-align: left;" | {{r|DEBIANHISTORY}}<ref>{{cite web
 | url          = https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/
 | title        = Debian "Jessie" Release Information
 | publisher    = The Debian Project
 | access-date  = 23 November 2015
 | archive-date = 15 November 2015
 | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151115195044/http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/
 | url-status   = live
 }}</ref><ref name="Debian 8 Jessie released"/><ref name="LTS" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Jessie |title=LTS/Jessie - Debian Wiki |access-date=29 November 2018 |archive-date=28 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128210716/https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Jessie |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ELTS"/>
|-
| {{Version|o|9}}
| {{Version|o|Stretch}}
| {{dts|17 June 2017}}
| 9.13<br/>(18 Jul 2020)
| data-sort-value=51000 | ≈51,000
| data-sort-value=25000 | ≈25,000
| style="text-align: center;" | 4.9
| {{dts|18 July 2020}}
| {{dts|30 June 2022}}
| {{dts|30 June 2027}}
| style="text-align: left;" | {{r|DEBIANHISTORY}}<ref name="9-release-announcement" /><ref>{{cite web
 | url          = https://wiki.debian.org/DebianStretch
 | title        = DebianStretch - Debian Wiki
 | website      = wiki.debian.org
 | access-date  = 9 April 2018
 | archive-date = 17 February 2019
 | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20190217065158/https://wiki.debian.org/DebianStretch
 | url-status   = live
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | url          = https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/
 | title        = Debian "stretch" Release Information
 | publisher    = The Debian Project
 | access-date  = 23 November 2015
 | archive-date = 13 May 2015
 | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20150513103127/https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/
 | url-status   = live
 }}</ref><ref name="LTS"/><ref name="ELTS"/>
|-
| {{Version|co|10}}
| {{Version|co|Buster}}
| {{dts|6 July 2019}}
| 10.13<br/>(10 Sep 2022)
| data-sort-value=59000 | ≈59,000
| data-sort-value=29000 | ≈29,000
| style="text-align: center;" | 4.19
| {{dts|10 September 2022}}
| {{dts|30 June 2024}}
| {{dts|30 June 2029}}
| style="text-align: left;" | <ref name="buster-release" /><ref name="LTSWiki">{{cite web
 | url          = https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
 | title        = LTS
 | website      = debian.org
 | access-date  = 2021-03-09
 | archive-date = 7 May 2020
 | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20200507040157/https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/
 | url-status   = live
 }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web | title = linux - Debian Package Tracker | url = https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/linux | access-date = 2024-01-30 | website = tracker.debian.org}}</ref>
|-
| {{Version|co|11}}
| {{Version|co|Bullseye}}
| {{dts|14 August 2021}}
| 11.8<br/>(7 Oct 2023)
| rowspan="2" | 9
| data-sort-value=59551 | 59,551
| data-sort-value=31387 | 31,387
| style="text-align: center;" | 5.10
| {{dts|July 2024}}
| {{dts|June 2026}}
| {{N/A}}
| style="text-align: left;" | <ref name="Bullseye release" /><ref>{{cite web
 |url          = https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2016/07/msg00002.html
 |title        = Bits from the release team: Winter is Coming (but not to South Africa)
 |first        = Jonathan
 |last         = Wiltshire
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |access-date  = 7 July 2016
 |archive-date = 18 July 2016
 |archive-url  = https://archive.today/20160718173347/https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2016/07/msg00002.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url          = https://micronews.debian.org/2021/1628958296.html
 |title        = Debian Micronews: There are 31,387 source packages in Debian bullseye.
 |first        = Donald
 |last         = Norwood
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |access-date  = 14 August 2021
 |url-status   = live
 |archive-date = 14 August 2021
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20210814152004/https://micronews.debian.org/2021/1628958296.html
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url          = https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=base-files&suite=bullseye
 |title        = Debian Package Auto-Building
 |access-date  = 15 August 2021
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20210814
 |title        = Debian 11 "bullseye" released
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |access-date  = 15 August 2021
 |url-status   = live
 |archive-date = 14 August 2021
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20210814211009/https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20210814
}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
|-
| {{Version|c|12}}
| {{Version|c|Bookworm}}
|10 June 2023
| 12.4<br/>(10 Dec 2023)
| data-sort-value=64419 | 64,419
| 34,780
| style="text-align: center;" | 6.1
| June 2026
| June 2028
| {{N/A}}
| style="text-align: left;" |<ref name="deb12rel">{{Cite web |title=Debian 12 "bookworm" released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2023/20230610.en.html |date=2023-06-10 |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=debian.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://9to5linux.com/this-is-the-default-theme-of-debian-gnu-linux-12-bookworm |title=This Is the Default Theme of Debian GNU/Linux 12 "Bookworm" |website=9to5linux.com|access-date=February 6, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url          = https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2018/04/msg00006.html
 |title        = Bits from the release team: full steam ahead towards buster
 |first        = Emilio
 |last         = Pozuelo Monfort
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |access-date  = 16 April 2018
 |archive-date = 17 April 2018
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20180417023820/https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2018/04/msg00006.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Norwood |first1=Donald |title=Debian 12 has over 34,780 Source packages |url=https://micronews.debian.org/2023/1686422589.html |website=Debian micronews}}</ref>
|-
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 |url          = https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2020/11/msg00002.html
 |title        = bits from the release team: winter^Wfreeze is coming
 |first        = Paul
 |last         = Gevers
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |access-date  = 9 November 2020
 |archive-date = 8 November 2020
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20201108233057/https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2020/11/msg00002.html
 |url-status   = live
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When a release transitions to long-term support phase (LTS-phase), security is no longer handled by the main Debian security team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.debian.org/LTS|title=LTS - Debian Wiki|website=Wiki.debian.org|access-date=2017-10-25|quote=Debian Long Term Support (LTS) is a project to extend the lifetime of all Debian stable releases to (at least) 5 years. <!--Debian LTS will not be handled by the Debian security team, but by a separate group of volunteers and companies interested in making it a success.--> [..] Thus the Debian LTS team takes over security maintenance of the various releases once the Debian Security team stops its work.|archive-date=7 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507040157/https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/|url-status=live}}</ref> Only a subset of Debian architectures are eligible for Long Term Support, and there is no support for packages in backports.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/FAQ|title=LTS FAQ|website=Wiki.debian.org|access-date=2020-05-04|archive-date=30 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630215254/https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/FAQ|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Release history==
'''Debian 1.0''' was never released, as a vendor accidentally shipped a development release with that version number.<ref>{{cite web
 |title        = Wrong version of Debian on InfoMagic CD
 |publisher    = Bruce Perens
 |url          = https://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/1995/msg00010.html
 |access-date  = 17 May 2023
}}</ref>
The package management system [[Software:Dpkg|dpkg]] and its front-end dselect were developed and implemented on Debian in a previous release. A transition from the [[A.out|a.out]] binary format to the [[Executable and Linkable Format|ELF]] binary format had already begun before the planned 1.0 release. The only supported architecture was [[Engineering:Intel 80386|Intel 80386]] (i386).<ref name=DEBIANHISTORY>{{cite web |title=A Brief History of Debian |publisher=The Debian Project |url=https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/ |access-date=23 November 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151221235522/http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/ |archive-date=21 December 2015}}</ref>

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===Debian 1.1 (Buzz)===
Debian 1.1 (''Buzz''), released 17 June 1996, contained 474 packages. Debian had fully transitioned to the ELF binary format and used Linux kernel 2.0.<ref>{{cite web
 |title        = A Brief History of Debian
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |url          = https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |access-date  = 23 November 2015
 |url-status   = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151221235522/http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |archive-date = 21 December 2015
 |quote        = Debian 1.1 Buzz (June 17th, 1996): This was the first Debian release with a code name. It was taken, like all others so far, from a character in one of the Toy Story movies... in this case, Buzz Lightyear. By this time, Bruce Perens had taken over leadership of the Project from Ian Murdock, and Bruce was working at Pixar, the company that produced the movies. This release was fully ELF, used Linux kernel 2.0, and contained 474 packages.
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===Debian 1.2 (Rex)===
Debian 1.2 (''Rex''), released 12 December 1996, contained 848 packages maintained by 120 developers.<ref>{{cite web
 |title        = A Brief History of Debian
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |url          = https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |access-date  = 23 November 2015
 |url-status   = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151221235522/http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |archive-date = 21 December 2015
 |quote        = Rex is the code name for a former Stable Debian distribution.It was released on December 12th, 1996 as Debian GNU/Linux 1.2: Named for the plastic dinosaur in the Toy Story movies. This release consisted of 848 packages maintained by 120 developers. It was superseded by DebianBo on June 5th, 1997.Rex is now obsolete and security updates are no longer provided.
}}</ref>

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===Debian 1.3 (Bo)===
Debian 1.3 (''Bo''), released 5 June 1997, contained 974 packages maintained by 200 developers.<ref>{{cite web
 |title        = A Brief History of Debian
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |url          = https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |access-date  = 23 November 2015
 |url-status   = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151221235522/http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |archive-date = 21 December 2015
 |quote        = Debian 1.3 Bo (June 5th, 1997): Named for Bo Peep, the shepherdess. This release consisted of 974 packages maintained by 200 developers.
}}</ref>

Point releases:
* 1.3.1 ({{release date and age|df=yes|1997|07|08}})<ref>{{cite web |date=8 July 1997 |title=Debian 1.3.1 Released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/1997/19970708 |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>
* 1.3.1r1 (Release date unknown){{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
* 1.3.1r2 (Release date unknown){{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
* 1.3.1r3 (Release date unknown){{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
* 1.3.1r4 (Release date unknown){{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
* 1.3.1r5 (Release date unknown){{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
* 1.3.1r6 ({{release date and age|df=yes|1998|02|03}})<ref>{{cite web |date=3 February 1998 |title=Revised Debian CD Available |url=https://www.debian.org/News/1998/19980203c |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>

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===Debian 2.0 (Hamm)===
Debian 2.0 (''Hamm''), released 24 July 1998, contained over 1,500 packages maintained by over 400 developers. A transition was made to [[Software:GNU C Library|libc6]] and Debian was ported to the [[Motorola 68000 series]] (m68k) architectures.<ref>{{cite web
 |title        = A Brief History of Debian
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |url          = https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |access-date  = 23 November 2015
 |url-status   = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151221235522/http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |archive-date = 21 December 2015
 |quote        = Debian 2.0 Hamm (July 24th, 1998): Named for the piggy-bank in the Toy Story movies. This was the first multi-architecture release of Debian, adding support for the Motorola 68000 series architectures. With Ian Jackson as Project Leader, this release made the transition to libc6, and consisted of over 1500 packages maintained by over 400 developers.
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Point releases:
* 2.0r1 ({{release date and age|df=yes|1998|07|24}})<ref>{{cite web |date=24 October 1998 |title=security updates webpage |url=https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/1998/10/msg02453.html |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>

===Debian 2.1 (Slink)===
Debian 2.1 (''Slink''), released 9 March 1999,<ref>{{cite web |date=9 March 1999 |title=Release of Debian 2.1 |url=https://www.debian.org/News/1999/19990309 |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref> contained about 2,250 packages. The front-end APT was introduced for the package management system and Debian was ported to [[DEC Alpha|Alpha]] and [[SPARC]].<ref>{{cite web
 |title        = A Brief History of Debian
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |url          = https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |access-date  = 23 November 2015
 |url-status   = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151221235522/http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |archive-date = 21 December 2015
 |quote        = Debian 2.1 Slink (March 9th, 1999): Named for the slinky-dog in the movie. Two more architectures were added, Alpha and SPARC. With Wichert Akkerman as Project Leader, this release consisted of about 2250 packages and required 2 CDs in the official set. The key technical innovation was the introduction of apt, a new package management interface. Widely emulated, apt addressed issues resulting from Debian's continuing growth, and established a new paradigm for package acquisition and installation on Open Source operating systems.
}}</ref><ref name="Debian 2.1 slink Information">{{cite web
 | title         = Debian 2.1 (slink) Information
 | publisher     = The Debian Project
 | url           = https://www.debian.org/releases/slink/
 | access-date   = 23 November 2015
 | url-status    = live
 | archive-url   = https://web.archive.org/web/20151123134403/https://www.debian.org/releases/slink/
 | archive-date  = 23 November 2015
 }}</ref>

Point releases:
* 2.1r1 (Possibly never released)<ref>{{cite web |date=5 May 1999 |title=Re: CD-Image of latest release |url=https://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/1999/05/msg00008.html |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>
* 2.1r2 ({{release date and age|df=yes|1999|06|27}})<ref>{{cite web |date=27 June 1999 |title=2.1r2 images |url=https://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/1999/06/msg00051.html |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>
* 2.1r3 ({{release date and age|df=yes|1999|09|04}})<ref>{{cite web |date=4 September 1999 |title=2.1_r3 images appearing on cdimage.debian.org |url=https://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/1999/09/msg00008.html |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>
* 2.1r4 ({{release date and age|df=yes|1999|12|15}})<ref>{{cite web |date=15 December 1999 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 2.1r4 Released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/1999/19991215 |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>
* 2.1r5 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2000|02|16}})<ref>{{cite web |date=16 February 2000 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 2.1r5 Released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2000/20000216 |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>

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===Debian 2.2 (Potato)===
Debian 2.2 (''Potato''), released 14–15 August 2000, contained 2,600 packages maintained by more than 450 developers. New packages included the [[Software:X display manager (program type)|display manager]] [[Software:GNOME Display Manager|GDM]], the [[Directory service|directory service]] [[Software:OpenLDAP|OpenLDAP]], the security software [[Software:OpenSSH|OpenSSH]] and the [[Message transfer agent|mail transfer agent]] [[Software:Postfix|Postfix]]. Debian was ported to the [[PowerPC]] and [[ARM architecture|ARM]] architectures.<ref>{{cite web
 |title        = A Brief History of Debian
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |url          = https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |access-date  = 23 November 2015
 |url-status   = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151221235522/http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |archive-date = 21 December 2015
 |quote        = Debian 2.2 Potato (15 August 2000): Named for "Mr Potato Head" in the Toy Story movies. This release added support for the PowerPC and ARM architectures. With Wichert still serving as Project Leader, this release consisted of more than 3900 binary packages derived from over 2600 source packages maintained by more than 450 Debian developers.
}}</ref><ref name="The Debian Project">{{cite web
 | title         = Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 ('potato') Release Information
 | publisher     = The Debian Project
 | url           = https://www.debian.org/releases/potato/
 | access-date   = 23 November 2015
 | url-status    = live
 | archive-date  = 22 December 2015
 | archive-url   = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222000856/http://www.debian.org/releases/potato/
 }}</ref><ref name="debian.org">{{cite web
 | title         = Debian GNU/Linux 2.2, the "Joel 'Espy' Klecker" release, is officially released
 | publisher     = The Debian Project
 | url           = https://www.debian.org/News/2000/20000815
 | access-date   = 23 November 2015
 | url-status    = live
 | archive-date  = 29 June 2011
 | archive-url   = https://web.archive.org/web/20110629101301/http://www.debian.org/News/2000/20000815
 }}</ref>

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* 2.2r1 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2000|11|14}})<ref>{{cite web |date=1 November 2000 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r1 Released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2000/20001114 |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>
* 2.2r2 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2000|12|05}})<ref>{{cite web |date=5 December 2000 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r2 Released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2000/20001205 |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>
* 2.2r3 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2001|04|17}})<ref>{{cite web |date=17 April 2001 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r3 Released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2001/20010417 |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>
* 2.2r4 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2001|11|05}})<ref>{{cite web |date=5 November 2001 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r4 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2001/20011105 |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>
* 2.2r5 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2002|01|10}})<ref>{{cite web |date=10 January 2002 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r5 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2002/20020110 |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>
* 2.2r6 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2002|04|03}})<ref>{{cite web |date=3 April 2002 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 updated (r6) |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2002/20020403 |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>
* 2.2r7 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2002|07|13}})<ref>{{cite web |date=13 July 2002 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 updated (r7) |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2002/20020713 |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>

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===Debian 3.0 (Woody)===
Debian 3.0 (''Woody''), released 19 July 2002, contained around 8,500 packages maintained by more than 900 developers. [[Organization:KDE|KDE]] was introduced and Debian was ported to the following architectures: [[Engineering:IA-64|IA-64]], [[PA-RISC]] (hppa), [[MIPS architecture|mips and mipsel]] and IBM ESA/390 (s390).<ref>{{cite web
 |title        = A Brief History of Debian
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |url          = https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |access-date  = 23 November 2015
 |url-status   = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151221235522/http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |archive-date = 21 December 2015
 |quote        = Debian 3.0 Woody (19 July 2002): Named for the main character the Toy Story movies: "Woody" the cowboy. Even more architectures were added in this release: IA-64, HP PA-RISC, MIPS (big endian), MIPS (little endian) and S/390. This is also the first release to include cryptographic software due to the restrictions for exportation being lightened in the US, and also the first one to include KDE, now that the license issues with QT were resolved. With Bdale Garbee recently appointed Project Leader, and more than 900 Debian developers, this release contained around 8,500 binary packages and 7 binary CDs in the official set.
}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web
 | title        = Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 "woody" Release Information
 | publisher    = The Debian Project
 | url          = https://www.debian.org/releases/woody/
 | access-date  = 23 November 2015
 | url-status   = live
 | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222000854/http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/
 | archive-date = 22 December 2015
 }}</ref><ref name="Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 released">{{cite web
 | title        = Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 released
 | publisher    = The Debian Project
 | url          = https://www.debian.org/News/2002/20020719
 | access-date  = 23 November 2015
 | url-status   = live
 | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222020406/http://www.debian.org/News/2002/20020719
 | archive-date = 22 December 2015
 }}</ref>

Point releases:
* 3.0r1 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2002|12|16}})<ref>{{cite web |date=16 December 2002 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 updated (r1) |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2002/20021216 |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>
* 3.0r2 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2003|11|21}})<ref>{{cite web |date=21 November 2003 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 updated (r2) |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2003/20031121a |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>
* 3.0r3 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2004|10|26}})<ref>{{cite web |date=26 October 2004 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 updated (r3) |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2004/20041026 |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>
* 3.0r4 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2005|01|01}})<ref>{{cite web |date=1 January 2005 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 updated (r4) |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2005/20050101 |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>
* 3.0r5 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2005|04|16}})<ref>{{cite web |date=16 April 2005 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 updated (r5) |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2005/20050416 |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>
* 3.0r6 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2005|06|02}})<ref>{{cite web |date=2 June 2005 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 updated (r6) |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2005/20050602 |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>

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===Debian 3.1 (Sarge)===
Debian 3.1 (''Sarge''), released 6 June 2005, contained around 15,400 packages. debian-installer and [[Software:OpenOffice.org|OpenOffice.org]] were introduced.<ref>{{cite web
 |title        = A Brief History of Debian
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |url          = https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |access-date  = 23 November 2015
 |url-status   = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151221235522/http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |archive-date = 21 December 2015
 |quote        = Debian 3.1 Sarge (6 June 2005): named for the sergeant of the Green Plastic Army Men. No new architectures were added to the release, although an unofficial AMD64 port was published at the same time and distributed through the new Alioth project hosting site. This release features a new installer: debian-installer, a modular piece of software that feature automatic hardware detection, unattended installation features and was released fully translated to over thirty languages. It was also the first release to include a full office suite: OpenOffice.org. Branden Robinson had just been appointed as Project Leader. This release was made by more than nine hundred Debian developers, and contained around 15,400 binary packages and 14 binary CDs in the official set.
}}</ref><ref name="Debian sarge Release Information">{{cite web
 | title        = Debian "sarge" Release Information
 | publisher    = The Debian Project
 | url          = https://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/
 | access-date  = 23 November 2015
 | url-status   = live
 | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20180620130652/https://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/
 | archive-date = 20 June 2018
 }}</ref>

Point releases:
* 3.1r1 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2005|12|20}})<ref>{{cite web |date=20 December 2005 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 updated (r1) |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2005/20051220 |access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/3.1_r1 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/3.1_r1 | access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref>
* 3.1r2 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2006|04|19}})<ref>{{cite web |date=19 April 2006 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 updated (r2) |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2006/20060419 |access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/3.1_r2 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/3.1_r2 | access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref>
* 3.1r3 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2006|09|01}})<ref>{{cite web |date=1 September 2006 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 updated |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2006/20060901 |access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/3.1_r3 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/3.1_r3 | access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref>
* 3.1r4 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2006|11|06}})<ref>{{cite web |date=6 November 2006 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 updated |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2006/20061106 |access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/3.1_r4 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/3.1_r4 | access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref>
* 3.1r5 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2007|02|18}})<ref>{{cite web |date=18 February 2007 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 updated |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2007/20070218 |access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/3.1_r5 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/3.1_r5 | access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref>
* 3.1r6 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2007|04|07}})<ref>{{cite web |date=7 April 2007 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 updated |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2007/20070407 |access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/3.1_r6 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/3.1_r6 | access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref>
* 3.1r7 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2007|12|28}})<ref>{{cite web |date=28 December 2007 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 updated |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2007/20070407 |access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/3.1_r7 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/3.1_r7 | access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref>
* 3.1r8 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2008|04|13}}) this is the final update for codename Sarge.<ref>{{cite web |date=13 April 2008 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 updated |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2008/20080413 |access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/3.1_r8 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/3.1_r8 | access-date=7 May 2021}}</ref>

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===Debian 4.0 (Etch)===
[[File:Debian-etch-gnome.png|thumb|Debian 4.0 (''Etch'')]]

Debian 4.0 (''Etch''), released 8 April 2007, contained around 18,000 packages maintained by more than 1,030 developers. Debian was ported to [[X86-64|x86-64]] (amd64) and support for the [[Motorola 68000 series]] (m68k) architecture was dropped.<ref>{{cite web
 |title        = A Brief History of Debian
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |url          = https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |access-date  = 23 November 2015
 |url-status   = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151221235522/http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |archive-date = 21 December 2015
 |quote        = Debian 4.0 Etch (8 April 2007): named for the sketch toy in the movie. One architecture was added in this release: AMD64, and official support for m68k was dropped. This release continued using the debian-installer, but featuring in this release a graphical installer, cryptographic verification of downloaded packages, more flexible partitioning (with support for encrypted partitions), simplified mail configuration, a more flexible desktop selection, simplified but improved localization and new modes, including a rescue mode. New installations would not need to reboot through the installation process as the previous two phases of installation were now integrated. This new installer provided support for scripts using composed characters and complex languages in its graphical version, increasing the number of available translations to over fifty. Sam Hocevar was appointed Project Leader the very same day, and the project included more than one thousand and thirty Debian developers. The release contained around 18,000 binary packages over 20 binary CDs (3 DVDs) in the official set. There were also two binary CDs available to install the system with alternate desktop environments different from the default one.
}}</ref><ref name="Debian etch Release Information">{{cite web
 | title        = Debian "etch" Release Information
 | publisher    = The Debian Project
 | url          = https://www.debian.org/releases/etch/
 | access-date  = 23 November 2015
 | url-status   = live
 | archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222000852/http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/
 | archive-date = 22 December 2015
 }}</ref> This version introduced utf-8 and [[Software:Udev|udev]] device management by default.

Point releases:
*4.0r1 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2007|08|17}})<ref>{{cite web |date=17 August 2007 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 updated |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2007/20070817 |access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/4.0_r1 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/4.0_r1 | access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref>
*4.0r2 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2007|12|27}})<ref>{{cite web |date=27 December 2007 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 updated |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2007/20071227 |access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/4.0_r2 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/4.0_r2 | access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref>
*4.0r3 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2008|02|17}})<ref>{{cite web |date=17 February 2008 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 updated |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2008/20080217 |access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/4.0_r3 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/4.0_r3 | access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref>
*4.0r4 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2008|07|26}})<ref>{{cite web |date=26 July 2008 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 updated and support for newer hardware added |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2008/20080726 |access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/4.0_r4 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/4.0_r4 | access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref>
*4.0r5 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2008|10|23}})<ref>{{cite web |date=23 October 2008 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 updated |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2008/20081023 |access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/4.0_r5 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/4.0_r5 | access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref>
*4.0r6 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2008|12|18}})<ref>{{cite web |date=18 December 2008 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 updated |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2008/20081218 |access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/4.0_r6 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/4.0_r6 | access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref>
*4.0r7 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2009|02|10}})<ref>{{cite web |date=18 February 2009 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 updated |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090210 |access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/4.0_r7 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/4.0_r7 | access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref>
*4.0r8 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2009|04|08}})<ref>{{cite web |date=8 April 2009 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 updated |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090408 |access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/4.0_r8 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/4.0_r8 | access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref>
*4.0r9 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2010|05|22}}) this is the final update for codename Etch<ref>{{cite web |date=22 May 2010 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 updated |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100522 |access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/4.0_r9 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/4.0_r9 | access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref>

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===Debian 5.0 (Lenny)===
[[File:DebianLenny.png|thumb|right|Debian 5.0 (''Lenny'')]]

Debian 5.0 (''Lenny''), released 14 February 2009, contained more than 23,000 packages. Debian was ported to the [[ARM architecture|ARM EABI]] (armel) architecture.<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |title        = A Brief History of Debian
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |access-date  = 23 November 2015
 |quote        = Debian 5.0 Lenny (February 2009): named for the wind up binoculars in the Toy Story movies. One architecture was added in this release: ARM EABI (or armel), providing support for newer ARM processors and deprecating the old ARM port (arm). The m68k port was not included in this release, although it was still provided in the unstable distribution. This release did not feature the FreeBSD port, although much work on the port had been done to make it qualify it did not meet yet the qualification requirements for this release.
 |archive-date = 21 December 2015
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151221235522/http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref><ref name="Debian lenny Release Information">{{cite web
 | url         = https://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/
 | title         = Debian "lenny" Release Information
 | publisher         = The Debian Project
 | access-date         = 23 November 2015
 | archive-date         = 27 November 2015
 | archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20151127011450/http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/
 | url-status         = live
 }}</ref><ref name="Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 released">{{cite web
 | url         = https://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090214
 | title         = Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 released
 | publisher         = The Debian Project
 | access-date         = 23 November 2015
 | archive-date         = 23 November 2015
 | archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20151123142106/https://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090214
 | url-status         = live
 }}</ref>

Point releases:
*5.0.1 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2009|04|11}})<ref>{{cite web |date=11 April 2009 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 updated |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090411 |access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/5.0.1 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/5.0.1/ | access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref>
*5.0.2 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2009|06|27}})<ref>{{cite web |date=27 June 2009 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 updated |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090627 |access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/5.0.2 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/5.0.2/ | access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref>
*5.0.3 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2009|09|05}})<ref>{{cite web |date=5 September 2009 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 updated |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090905 |access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/5.0.3 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/5.0.3/ | access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref>
*5.0.4 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2010|01|30}})<ref>{{cite web |date=30 January 2010 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 updated |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100130 |access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/5.0.4 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/5.0.4/ | access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref>
*5.0.5 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2010|07|26}})<ref>{{cite web |date=26 June 2010 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 updated |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100626 |access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/5.0.5 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/5.0.5/ | access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref>
*5.0.6 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2010|09|04}})<ref>{{cite web |date=4 September 2010 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 updated |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100904 |access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Index of /mirror/cdimage/archive/5.0.6 | url=http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/5.0.6/ | access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref>
*5.0.7 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2010|11|27}})<ref>{{cite web |date=27 November 2010 |title=Updated Debian GNU/Linux: 5.0.7 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2010/20101127 |access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref>
*5.0.8 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2011|01|22}})<ref>{{cite web |date=22 January 2011 |title=Updated Debian GNU/Linux: 5.0.8 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110122 |access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref>
*5.0.9 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2011|01|22}})<ref>{{cite web |date=1 October 2011 |title=Updated Debian GNU/Linux 5.0: 5.0.9 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2011/20111001 |access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref>
*5.0.10 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2012|03|10}}) this is the final update for codename Lenny.<ref>{{cite web |date=10 March 2012 |title=Updated Debian 5.0: 5.0.10 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120310 |access-date=5 May 2021}}</ref>

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===Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)===
[[File:Debian 6.0.2.1.png|thumb|Debian 6.0 (''Squeeze'') in Spanish]]

Debian 6.0 (''Squeeze''), released 6 February 2011, contained more than 29,000 packages. The default Linux kernel included was deblobbed beginning with this release. The web browser [[Software:Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]] was introduced and Debian was ported to the kfreebsd-i386 and kfreebsd-amd64 architectures (while that port was later discontinued), and support for the [[Engineering:Intel 80486|Intel 486]], [[DEC Alpha|Alpha]], and [[PA-RISC]] (hppa) architectures was dropped.<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2016/05/msg00001.html
 |title        = Debian i386 architecture now requires a 686-class processor
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |access-date  = 18 June 2017
 |quote        = Support for 486-class processors was dropped, somewhat accidentally, in squeeze.
 |archive-date = 17 May 2017
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20170517202412/https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2016/05/msg00001.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |title        = A Brief History of Debian
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |access-date  = 23 November 2015
 |quote        = Debian 6.0 Squeeze (February 2011): named for the green three-eyed aliens. The release was frozen on 6 August 2010, with many of the Debian developers gathered at the 10th Debconf at New York City. While two architectures (alpha and hppa) were dropped, two architectures of the new FreeBSD port (kfreebsd-i386 and kfreebsd-amd64) were made available as technology preview, including the kernel and userland tools as well as common server software (though not advanced desktop features yet). This was the first time a Linux distribution has been extended to also allow use of a non-Linux kernel.
 |archive-date = 21 December 2015
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151221235522/http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web
 | url         = https://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/
 | title         = Debian "squeeze" Release Information
 | publisher         = The Debian Project
 | access-date         = 23 November 2015
 | archive-date         = 23 November 2015
 | archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20151123142320/https://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/
 | url-status         = live
 }}</ref><ref name="Debian 6.0 Squeeze released">{{cite web
 | url         = https://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110205a
 | title         = Debian 6.0 Squeeze released
 | publisher         = The Debian Project
 | access-date         = 23 November 2015
 | archive-date         = 21 February 2011
 | archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20110221183035/http://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110205a
 | url-status         = live
 }}</ref>

Squeeze was the first release of Debian in which non-free firmware components (aka "binary blobs") were excluded from the "main" repository as a matter of policy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Debian-aims-for-FSF-endorsement-1632789.html|title=Debian aims for FSF endorsement - The H Open: News and Features|website=H-online.com|access-date=8 September 2018|archive-date=9 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409065830/http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Debian-aims-for-FSF-endorsement-1632789.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.debian.org/News/2010/20101215|title=Debian -- News -- Debian 6.0 "Squeeze" to be released with completely free Linux Kernel|website=Debian.org|access-date=8 September 2018|archive-date=1 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801111622/https://www.debian.org/News/2010/20101215|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itworld.com/article/2723388/it-management/debian-gnu-linux-seeks-alignment-with-free-software-foundation.html|title=Debian GNU/Linux seeks alignment with Free Software Foundation|first=Brian|last=Proffitt|date=12 July 2012 |access-date=8 September 2018|archive-date=9 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909041220/https://www.itworld.com/article/2723388/it-management/debian-gnu-linux-seeks-alignment-with-free-software-foundation.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2010/12/squeeze_your_non-free_firmware_away/|title=squeeze your non-free firmware away|website=Upsilon.cc|access-date=8 September 2018|archive-date=9 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909040404/https://upsilon.cc/~zack/blog/posts/2010/12/squeeze_your_non-free_firmware_away/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Point releases:
*6.0.1 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2011|03|19}})<ref>{{cite web |date=19 March 2011 |title=Updated Debian 6: 6.0.1 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110319 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*6.0.2 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2011|06|25}})<ref>{{cite web |date=25 June 2011 |title=Updated Debian 6: 6.0.2 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2011/20110625 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*6.0.3 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2011|10|08}})<ref>{{cite web |date=8 October 2011 |title=Updated Debian 6: 6.0.3 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2011/20111008 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*6.0.4 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2012|01|28}})<ref>{{cite web |date=28 January 2012 |title=Updated Debian 6: 6.0.4 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120128 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*6.0.5 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2012|05|12}})<ref>{{cite web |date=12 May 2012 |title=Updated Debian 6: 6.0.5 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120512 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*6.0.6 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2012|09|29}})<ref>{{cite web |date=29 September 2012 |title=Updated Debian 6: 6.0.6 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120929 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*6.0.7 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2013|02|23}})<ref>{{cite web |date=23 February 2013 |title=Updated Debian 6: 6.0.7 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130223 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*6.0.8 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2013|10|20}})<ref>{{cite web |date=20 October 2013 |title=Updated Debian 6: 6.0.8 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2013/20131020 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*6.0.9 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2014|02|15}})<ref>{{cite web |date=15 February 2014 |title=Updated Debian 6: 6.0.9 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2014/20140215 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*6.0.10 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2014|06|19}}) this is the final update for codename Squeeze.<ref>{{cite web |date=19 July 2014 |title=Updated Debian 6: 6.0.10 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2014/20140719 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*Squeeze long term support reaches end-of-life ({{release date and age|df=yes|2016|02|29}})<ref>{{cite web |date=12 February 2016 |title=Debian 6.0 Long Term Support reaching end-of-life |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2016/20160212 |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>

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===Debian 7 (Wheezy)===
[[File:MATE 1.6 on-Debian-Wheezy.png|thumb|right|[[Software:MATE|MATE]] on Debian 7 (''Wheezy'')]]

Debian 7 (''Wheezy''), released 4 May 2013, contained more than 36,000 packages. Support for UEFI was added and Debian was ported to the [[ARM architecture|armhf]] and IBM z/Architecture (s390x) architectures.<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |title        = A Brief History of Debian
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |access-date  = 23 November 2015
 |quote        = Debian 7.0 Wheezy (May 2013): named for the rubber toy penguin with a red bow tie. One architecture was included in this release (armhf) and this release introduced multi-arch support, which allowed users to install packages from multiple architectures on the same machine. Improvements in the installation process allowed visually impaired people to install the system using software speech for the first time. This was also the first release that supported the installation and booting in devices using UEFI firmware.
 |archive-date = 21 December 2015
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151221235522/http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web
 | url         = https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/
 | title         = Debian "wheezy" Release Information
 | publisher         = The Debian Project
 | access-date         = 23 November 2015
 | archive-date         = 3 November 2015
 | archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20151103173130/https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/
 | url-status         = live
 }}</ref><ref name="Debian 7.0 Wheezy released">{{cite web
 | url         = https://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130504
 | title         = Debian 7.0 Wheezy released
 | publisher         = The Debian Project
 | access-date         = 23 November 2015
 | archive-date         = 22 December 2015
 | archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20151222015735/http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130504
 | url-status         = live
 }}</ref><ref name="UEFI">{{cite web
 |url          = https://wiki.debian.org/UEFI#debian-installer_support
 |title        = UEFI
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |access-date  = 1 January 2020
 |quote        = The initial support to make UEFI amd64 systems directly installable in Debian was added in Wheezy (7.0). Support was later added for i386 and arm64 systems for Jessie (8.0), along with a number of quirks and bug workarounds. Support for armhf was added in Buster (10.0).
 |archive-date = 14 November 2019
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20191114091005/https://wiki.debian.org/UEFI#debian-installer_support
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>

Point releases:
*7.1 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2013|06|15}})<ref>{{cite web |date=15 June 2013 |title=Updated Debian 7: 7.1 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130615 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*7.2 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2013|10|12}})<ref>{{cite web |date=12 October 2013 |title=Updated Debian 7: 7.2 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2013/20131012 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*7.3 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2013|12|14}})<ref>{{cite web |date=14 December 2013 |title=Updated Debian 7: 7.3 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2013/20131214 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*7.4 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2014|02|08}})<ref>{{cite web |date=8 February 2014 |title=Updated Debian 7: 7.4 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2014/20140208 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*7.5 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2014|04|26}})<ref>{{cite web |date=26 April 2014 |title=Updated Debian 7: 7.5 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2014/20140426 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*7.6 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2014|07|12}})<ref>{{cite web |date=12 July 2014 |title=Updated Debian 7: 7.6 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2014/20140712 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*7.7 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2014|10|18}})<ref>{{cite web |date=18 October 2014 |title=Updated Debian 7: 7.7 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2014/20141018 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*7.8 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2015|01|10}})<ref>{{cite web |date=10 January 2015 |title=Updated Debian 7: 7.8 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2015/20150110 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*Debian 8.0 codename Jessie releases, Wheezy becomes oldstable ({{release date and age|df=yes|2015|04|25}})
*7.9 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2015|09|05}})<ref>{{cite web |date=5 September 2015 |title=Updated Debian 7: 7.9 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2015/2015090502 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*7.10 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2016|04|02}})<ref>{{cite web |date=2 April 2016 |title=Updated Debian 7: 7.10 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2016/2016040202 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*7.11 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2016|06|04}}) this is the final update for codename Wheezy.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 June 2016 |title=Updated Debian 7: 7.11 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2016/2016060402 |access-date=17 November 2019 |archive-date=22 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222032442/https://www.debian.org/News/2016/2016060402 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Debian 9.0 codename Stretch releases, Wheezy becomes oldoldstable ({{release date and age|df=yes|2017|06|17}})
*Wheezy long term support reached end-of-life ({{release date and age|df=yes|2018|06|01}})<ref name="debian-7-eol">{{cite web |date=4 June 2016 |title=Debian 7 Long Term Support reaching end-of-life |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2018/20180601 |access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>
*Wheezy extended long term support reached end-of-life ({{release date and age|df=yes|2020|06|30}}).<ref name="lts_extended">{{Cite web |title=LTS/Extended - Debian Wiki |url=https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Extended |access-date=2022-01-16 |website=wiki.debian.org}}</ref>

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===Debian 8 (Jessie)===
[[File:Debian 8.2 GNOME desktop.png|thumb|Debian 8 (''Jessie'')]]

Debian 8 (''Jessie''), released 25 April 2015, contained more than 43,000 packages, with [[Software:Systemd|systemd]] installed by default instead of [[Software:Init|init]]. (sysvinit and [[Software:Upstart|upstart]] packages are provided as alternatives.) Debian was ported to the [[AArch64|ARM64]] and [[Ppc64|ppc64]]le architectures, while support for the [[Engineering:IA-64|IA-64]], kfreebsd-amd64 and kfreebsd-i386, IBM ESA/390 (s390) (only the [[31-bit computing|31-bit]]<!--not a typo for 32-bit--> variant; the newer [[64-bit computing|64-bit]] s390x was retained) and [[SPARC]] architectures were dropped.<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |title        = A Brief History of Debian
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |access-date  = 23 November 2015
 |quote        = Debian 8 Jessie (April 2015): named for the cowgirl doll who first appeared in Toy Story 2.
 |archive-date = 21 December 2015
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20151221235522/http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | url         = https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/
 | title         = Debian "jessie" Release Information
 | publisher         = The Debian Project
 | access-date         = 23 November 2015
 | archive-date         = 15 November 2015
 | archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20151115195044/http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/
 | url-status         = live
 }}</ref><ref name="Debian 8 Jessie released">{{cite web
 | url         = https://www.debian.org/News/2015/20150426
 | title         = Debian 8 Jessie released
 | publisher         = The Debian Project
 | access-date         = 23 November 2015
 | archive-date         = 18 June 2017
 | archive-url         = https://web.archive.org/web/20170618152940/https://www.debian.org/News/2015/20150426
 | url-status         = live
 }}</ref>

Long term support ended June 2020.<ref name="Debian jessie Release Information">{{cite web |title=Debian "jessie" Release Information |url=https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/ |access-date=21 November 2015 |archive-date=15 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151115195044/http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Point releases:
*8.1 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2015|06|06}})<ref>{{cite web |date=6 June 2015 |title=Updated Debian 8: 8.1 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2015/20150606 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*8.2 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2015|09|05}})<ref>{{cite web |date=5 September 2015 |title=Updated Debian 8: 8.2 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2015/20150905 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*8.3 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2016|01|23}})<ref>{{cite web |date=23 January 2016 |title=Updated Debian 8: 8.3 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2016/20160123 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*8.4 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2016|04|02}})<ref>{{cite web |date=2 April 2016 |title=Updated Debian 8: 8.4 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2016/20160402 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*8.5 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2016|06|04}})<ref>{{cite web |date=4 June 2016 |title=Updated Debian 8: 8.5 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2016/20160604 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*8.6 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2016|09|17}})<ref>{{cite web |date=17 September 2016 |title=Updated Debian 8: 8.6 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2016/20160917 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*8.7 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2017|01|14}})<ref>{{cite web |date=14 January 2017 |title=Updated Debian 8: 8.7 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170114 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
*8.8 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2017|05|06}})<ref>{{cite web |date=6 May 2017 |title=Updated Debian 8: 8.8 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170506 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
* Debian 9.0 codename Stretch releases, Jessie becomes oldstable ({{release date and age|df=yes|2017|06|17}})
*8.9 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2017|07|22}})<ref>{{cite web |date=22 July 2017 |title=Updated Debian 8: 8.9 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2017/2017072202 |access-date=28 March 2020 |archive-date=12 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212203214/https://www.debian.org/News/2017/2017072202 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*8.10 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2017|12|09}})<ref>{{cite web |date=9 December 2017 |title=Updated Debian 8: 8.10 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20171209 |access-date=14 February 2020 |archive-date=12 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212203158/https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20171209 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Regular security support updates have been discontinued ({{release date and age|df=yes|2018|06|17}})<ref name="Debian jessie Release Information"/>
*8.11 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2018|06|23}}) this is the final update for codename Jessie.<ref>{{cite web |date=23 June 2018 |title=Updated Debian 8: 8.11 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2018/20180623 |access-date=15 May 2019 |archive-date=7 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707051702/https://www.debian.org/News/2018/20180623 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Debian 10.0 codename Buster releases, Jessie becomes oldoldstable ({{release date and age|df=yes|2019|07|06}})
*Jessie long term support reaches end-of-life ({{release date and age|df=yes|2020|06|30}})<ref name="debian-7-eol" />
*Jessie extended long term support reaches end-of-life ({{release date and age|df=yes|2025|06|30}})<ref name="lts_extended" />

{{Clear}}

===Debian 9 (Stretch)===
[[File:Debian 9 (Stretch) with GNOME Shell 3.22.png|thumb|right|Debian 9 (''Stretch'') with GNOME]]

Debian 9 (Stretch) was released on 17 June 2017, two years and two months after Debian 8.0, and contained more than 51,000 packages.<ref name="9-release-announcement">{{cite web|url=https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170617|title=Debian 9 "Stretch" released|website=Debian.org|date=17 June 2017|access-date=2017-08-28|archive-date=18 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618145125/https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170617|url-status=live}}</ref> The final minor update, called a "point release", is version 9.13,<ref name="stretch-changelog">{{cite web|url=http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/ChangeLog|title=ChangeLog|work=stretch|publisher=Debian|date=2020-07-18|access-date=2020-07-21|archive-date=8 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008045120/http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stretch/ChangeLog|url-status=live}}</ref> released on {{release date and age|df=yes|2020|07|18}}. Major upgrades include the [[Software:Linux kernel|Linux kernel]] going from version 3.16 to 4.9, [[Software:GNOME|GNOME]] desktop version going from 3.14 to 3.22, [[Software:KDE Plasma 4|KDE Plasma 4]] was upgraded to Plasma 5, [[Software:LibreOffice|LibreOffice]] 4.3 upgraded to 5.2 and [[Software:Qt|Qt]] upgraded from 4.8 to 5.7. [[Software:LXQt|LXQt]] has been added as well.

The [[Engineering:P5 (microarchitecture)|Intel i586 (Pentium)]], i586/i686 hybrid and [[PowerPC]] architectures are no longer supported as of Stretch.<ref name="Debian i386 architecture now requires a 686-class processor">{{cite web
 | url   = https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2016/05/msg00001.html
 | title   = Debian i386 architecture now requires a 686-class processor
 | quote   = Last year it was decided to increase the minimum CPU features for the i386 architecture to 686-class in the stretch release cycle. This means dropping support for 586-class and hybrid 586/686 processors[1].(Support for 486-class processors was dropped, somewhat accidentally, in squeeze.) This was implemented in the Linux kernel packages starting with Linux 4.3, which was uploaded to unstable in December last year. In case you missed that change, gcc for i386 has recently been changed to target 686-class processors and is generating code that will crash on other processors. Any such systems still running testing or unstable will need to be switched to run stable (jessie). The older processors will continue to be supported in jessie until at least 2018, and until 2020 if i386 is included in jessie LTS. The following processors, supported in jessie, are now unspported: * [[Engineering:AMD K5|AMD K5]], [[Engineering:AMD K6|K6]], [[Engineering:AMD K6-2|K6-2]], (aka K6 3D), K6-3 * DM&P/SiS [[Vortex86]], Vortex86SX * Cyrix III, [[Engineering:MediaGX|MediaGX]], MediaGXm * IDT Winchip C6, Winchip 2 * [[Engineering:P5 (microarchitecture)|Intel Pentium]], Pentium with MMX * Rise [[Engineering:MP6|mP6]] * [[Engineering:VIA C3#Samuel 2 and Ezra cores|VIA C3 'Samuel 2', C3 'Ezra']]
 | access-date   = 18 June 2017
 | archive-date   = 17 May 2017
 | archive-url   = https://web.archive.org/web/20170517202412/https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2016/05/msg00001.html
 | url-status   = live
 }}</ref><ref name="Release architectures for Debian 9 Stretch">{{cite web
 | url   = https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2016/10/msg00008.html
 | title   = Release architectures for Debian 9 'Stretch'
 | quote   = The only change from Jessie is the removal of powerpc as a release architecture. We discussed this at length, and eventually took the view that the least disservice to users of that port is to provide reasonable notice of its discontinuation. We recognise and acknowledge that discontinuing any port is unavoidably disruptive. The question of whether powerpc remains an architecture in the main archive or moves to ports is one for FTP masters, not the release team.
 | access-date   = 28 May 2017
 | archive-date   = 6 November 2016
 | archive-url   = https://web.archive.org/web/20161106161122/https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2016/10/msg00008.html
 | url-status   = live
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | url   = https://news.softpedia.com/news/debian-is-dropping-support-for-older-32-bit-hardware-architectures-in-debian-9-503832.shtml
 | title   = Debian Is Dropping Support for Older 32-bit Hardware Architectures in Debian 9
 | quote   = The change has already been implemented to the Linux kernel 4.3 packages, which have been uploaded to the Debian Unstable repositories last year. And today users are being informed to move to Debian GNU/Linux 8 "Jessie" if they're still using Debian on older computers powered by i586 or i486 processors. If i386 support is to be included in the Debian GNU/Linux 8 "Jessie" release, which should enter LTS (Long Term Support) stage from May 2018, the operating system will then support older 32-bit processors until the year 2020.
 | access-date   = 9 February 2020
 | archive-date   = 31 October 2019
 | archive-url   = https://web.archive.org/web/20191031050340/https://news.softpedia.com/news/debian-is-dropping-support-for-older-32-bit-hardware-architectures-in-debian-9-503832.shtml
 | url-status   = live
 }}</ref>

Point releases:
*9.1 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2017|07|22}})<ref>{{cite web |date=22 July 2017 |title=Updated Debian 9: 9.1 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170722 |access-date=14 February 2020 |archive-date=27 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170727172647/http://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170722 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*9.2 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2017|10|07}})<ref>{{cite web |date=7 October 2017 |title=Updated Debian 9: 9.2 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20171007 |access-date=14 February 2020 |archive-date=9 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009083115/https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20171007 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*9.3 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2017|12|09}})<ref>{{cite web |date=9 December 2017 |title=Updated Debian 9: 9.3 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2017/2017120902 |access-date=14 February 2020 |archive-date=26 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226211256/https://www.debian.org/News/2017/2017120902 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*9.4 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2018|03|10}})<ref>{{cite web |date=10 March 2018 |title=Updated Debian 9: 9.4 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2018/20180310 |access-date=8 October 2019 |archive-date=1 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001213430/https://www.debian.org/News/2018/20180310 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*9.5 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2018|07|14}})<ref>{{cite web |date=14 July 2018 |title=Updated Debian 9: 9.5 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2018/20180714 |access-date=14 February 2020 |archive-date=14 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714165136/https://www.debian.org/News/2018/20180714 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*9.6 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2018|11|10}})<ref>{{cite web |date=10 November 2018 |title=Updated Debian 9: 9.6 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2018/20181110 |access-date=14 February 2020 |archive-date=22 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222032255/https://www.debian.org/News/2018/20181110 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*9.7 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2019|01|23}})<ref>{{cite web |date=23 January 2019 |title=Updated Debian 9: 9.7 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190123 |access-date=14 February 2020 |archive-date=22 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222003344/https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190123 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*9.8 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2019|02|16}})<ref>{{cite web |date=16 February 2019 |title=Updated Debian 9: 9.8 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190216 |access-date=14 February 2020 |archive-date=25 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225170544/https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190216 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*9.9 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2019|04|27}})<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 2019 |title=Updated Debian 9: 9.9 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190427 |access-date=14 February 2020 |archive-date=11 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311103254/https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190427 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Stretch becomes oldstable, Buster becomes stable release ({{release date and age|df=yes|2019|07|06}})
*9.10 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2019|09|07}})<ref>{{cite web |date=7 September 2019 |title=Updated Debian 9: 9.10 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2019/2019090702 |access-date=14 February 2020 |archive-date=10 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210223747/https://www.debian.org/News/2019/2019090702 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*9.11 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2019|09|08}})<ref>{{cite web |date=8 September 2019 |title=Updated Debian 9: 9.11 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190908 |access-date=17 November 2019 |archive-date=15 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115223003/https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190908 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*9.12 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2020|02|08}})<ref>{{cite web |date=8 February 2020 |title=Updated Debian 9: 9.12 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2020/2020020802 |access-date=14 February 2020 |archive-date=10 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210223738/https://www.debian.org/News/2020/2020020802 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*9.13 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2020|07|18}}) this is the final update for codename Stretch.<ref>{{cite web |date=18 July 2020 |title=Updated Debian 9: 9.13 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2020/20200718 |access-date=20 July 2020 |archive-date=20 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720153407/https://www.debian.org/News/2020/20200718 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Stretch long term support reaches end-of-life ({{release date and age|df=yes|2022|06|30}})<ref>{{cite web |date=29 October 2020 |title=Debian Long Term Support|url=https://wiki.debian.org/LTS |access-date=15 July 2021 }}</ref>
*Stretch extended long term support reaches end-of-life ({{release date and age|df=yes|2027|06|30}})<ref name="lts_extended" />

{{Clear}}

===Debian 10 (Buster)===
[[File:Debian 10 Buster GNOME.png|thumb|Debian 10 (''Buster'') with GNOME]]

Debian 10 (Buster) was released on {{release date and age|df=yes|2019|07|06}}. It was two years and a month after Debian 9 (Stretch).<ref name=buster-release>{{cite web|title=Debian 10 "buster" released|url=https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190706|access-date=7 July 2019|date=6 July 2019|archive-date=7 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707003108/https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190706|url-status=live}}</ref> Debian 10 contains 57,703 packages, supports UEFI Secure Boot,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Debian-UEFI-SecureBoot-2018|title=Debian Making Progress on UEFI SecureBoot Support in 2018|last=Larabel|first=Michael|date=30 April 2018|website=Phoronix|publisher=Phoronix Media|access-date=23 May 2018|archive-date=2 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502064154/https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Debian-UEFI-SecureBoot-2018|url-status=live}}</ref> has [[Software:AppArmor|AppArmor]] enabled by default, uses LUKS2 as the default LUKS format, and uses [[Software:Wayland (display server protocol)|Wayland]] for GNOME by default.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

Debian 10 ships with Linux kernel version 4.19.<ref name=DistroWatch>{{cite web|url=https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=debian|title=DistroWatch.com: Debian|date=23 May 2018|website=DistroWatch.com|publisher=Unsigned Integer Limited|access-date=9 February 2020|archive-date=27 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127203153/https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=debian|url-status=live}}</ref> Available desktops include Cinnamon 3.8, GNOME 3.30, KDE Plasma 5.14, LXDE 0.99.2, LXQt 0.14, MATE 1.20, Xfce 4.12. Key application software includes LibreOffice 6.1 for office productivity, [[Software:VLC media player|VLC]] 3.0 for media viewing, and Firefox ESR for web browsing.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|first=Ars|date=2019-09-11|title=Debian 10: Playing catch-up with the rest of the Linux world (that's a good thing)|url=https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/debian-10-playing-catch-up-with-the-rest-of-the-linux-world-thats-a-good-thing/|access-date=2021-07-11|website=Ars Technica|language=en-us}}</ref>

Point releases:
*10.1 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2019|09|07}})<ref>{{cite web|date=7 September 2019|title=Updated Debian 10: 10.1 released|url=https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190907|access-date=8 October 2019|archive-date=8 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008214906/https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190907|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="buster-changelog">{{cite web|date=2019-09-07|title=ChangeLog|work=buster|publisher=Debian|url=http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/ChangeLog|access-date=2019-09-18|archive-date=10 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910005749/http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/buster/ChangeLog|url-status=live}}</ref>
*10.2 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2019|11|16}})<ref>{{cite web|date=16 November 2019|title=Updated Debian 10: 10.2 released|url=https://debian.org/News/2019/20191116|access-date=5 December 2020|archive-date=28 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128055830/https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20191116|url-status=live}}</ref>
*10.3 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2020|02|08}})<ref>{{cite web|date=8 February 2020|title=Updated Debian 10: 10.3 released|url=https://debian.org/News/2020/20200208|access-date=5 December 2020|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127111246/https://www.debian.org/News/2020/20200208|url-status=live}}</ref>
*10.4 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2020|05|09}})<ref>{{cite web|date=9 May 2020|title=Updated Debian 10: 10.4 released|url=https://debian.org/News/2020/20200509|access-date=5 December 2020|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129141612/https://www.debian.org/News/2020/20200509|url-status=live}}</ref>
*10.5 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2020|08|01}})<ref>{{cite web|date=1 Aug 2020|title=Updated Debian 10: 10.5 released|url=https://debian.org/News/2020/20200801|access-date=5 December 2020|archive-date=2 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202223656/https://www.debian.org/News/2020/20200801|url-status=live}}</ref>
*10.6 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2020|09|26}})<ref>{{cite web|date=26 Sep 2020|title=Updated Debian 10: 10.6 released|url=https://debian.org/News/2020/20200926|access-date=5 December 2020|archive-date=2 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202223639/https://www.debian.org/News/2020/20200926|url-status=live}}</ref>
*10.7 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2020|12|05}})<ref>{{cite web|date=5 Dec 2020|title=Updated Debian 10: 10.7 released|url=https://debian.org/News/2020/20201205|access-date=5 December 2020|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205181929/https://www.debian.org/News/2020/20201205|url-status=live}}</ref>
*10.8 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2021|02|06}})<ref>{{cite web|date=6 Feb 2021|title=Updated Debian 10: 10.8 released|url=https://debian.org/News/2021/20210206|access-date=7 February 2021|archive-date=7 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207025053/https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20210206|url-status=live}}</ref>
*10.9 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2021|03|27}})<ref>{{cite web|date=27 March 2021|title=Updated Debian 10: 10.9 released|url=https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20210327|access-date=7 February 2021}}</ref>
*10.10 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2021|06|19}})<ref>{{cite web|date=27 March 2021|title=Updated Debian 10: 10.10 released|url=https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20210619|access-date=20 June 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619161115/https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20210619 |archive-date=19 June 2021 }}</ref>
*Buster becomes oldstable, Bullseye is the current stable release ({{release date and age|df=yes|2021|08|14}})<ref name="Bullseye release" />
*10.11 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2021|10|09}})<ref>{{cite web|date=9 October 2021|title=Updated Debian 10: 10.11 released|url=https://www.debian.org/News/2021/2021100902|access-date=10 October 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009163656/https://www.debian.org/News/2021/2021100902 |archive-date=9 October 2021 }}</ref>
*10.12 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2022|03|26}})<ref>{{cite web|date=26 March 2022|title=Updated Debian 10: 10.12 released|url=https://www.debian.org/News/2022/2022032602|access-date=5 April 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402025201/https://www.debian.org/News/2022/2022032602 |archive-date=2 April 2022 }}</ref>
*10.13 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2022|09|10}}) this is the final update for codename Buster<ref>{{cite web |date=10 September 2022 |title=Updated Debian 10: 10.13 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2022/20220910 |access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref>
* <ref>{{cite web |title=Debian Long Term Support |url=https://wiki.debian.org/LTS}}</ref>

===Debian 11 (Bullseye)===
[[File:Debian 11 with GNOME desktop.png|thumb|right|Debian 11 (''Bullseye'') with GNOME]]

Debian 11 (Bullseye) was released on 14 August 2021.<ref name="Bullseye release" /> It is based on the Linux 5.10 LTS kernel and will be supported for five years.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 14, 2021 |title=Debian 11 'bullseye' released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20210814}}</ref>

On 12 November 2020, it was announced that "Homeworld", by Juliette Taka, will be the default theme for Debian 11, after winning a public poll held with eighteen choices.<ref name="homeworld_theme">{{cite web |date=2020-11-12 |title="Homeworld" will be the default theme for Debian 11 |url=https://bits.debian.org/2020/11/homeworld-will-be-the-default-theme-for-debian-11.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113170838/https://bits.debian.org/2020/11/homeworld-will-be-the-default-theme-for-debian-11.html |archive-date=2020-11-13}}</ref>

Bullseye dropped the remaining Qt4/KDE 4 libraries and Python 2,<ref>{{cite web
 | title      = Qt4Removal
 | website      = wiki.debian.org
 | url      = https://wiki.debian.org/Qt4Removal
 | access-date      = 2020-01-01
 | archive-date      = 27 September 2019
 | archive-url      = https://web.archive.org/web/20190927163405/https://wiki.debian.org/Qt4Removal
 | url-status      = live
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | title      = Python 2 and PyPy module removal from Debian
 | website      = lists.debian.org
 | url      = https://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2019/07/msg00080.html
 | access-date      = 2020-01-01
 | archive-date      = 25 September 2019
 | archive-url      = https://web.archive.org/web/20190925154305/https://lists.debian.org/debian-python/2019/07/msg00080.html
 | url-status      = live
 }}</ref>
and shipped with Qt 5.15 KDE Plasma 5.20.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.preining.info/blog/2020/10/plasma-5-20-coming-to-debian/ |title=Plasma 5.20 coming to Debian &#124; There and back again |date=October 2020 |access-date=30 October 2020 |archive-date=30 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030154811/https://www.preining.info/blog/2020/10/plasma-5-20-coming-to-debian/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Available desktops include Gnome 3.38, KDE Plasma 5.20, LXDE 11, LXQt 0.16, MATE 1.24, and Xfce 4.16.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-08-15|title=7 New Features in the Newly Released Debian 11 'Bullseye' Linux Distro|url=https://news.itsfoss.com/debian-11-feature/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211228142454/https://news.itsfoss.com/debian-11-feature/|archive-date=2021-12-28|access-date=2021-12-28|website=It's FOSS News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Tung|first=Liam|title=Linux: Stable Debian 11 'bullseye' arrives with five years of support|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-stable-debian-11-bullseye-arrives-with-five-years-of-support/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211228142352/https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-stable-debian-11-bullseye-arrives-with-five-years-of-support/|archive-date=2021-12-28|access-date=2021-12-28|website=ZDNet|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Debian -- News -- Debian 11 "bullseye" released|url=https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20210814.en.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210820002522/https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20210814#selection-163.94-201.10|archive-date=2021-08-20|access-date=2021-12-28|website=www.debian.org}}</ref>

Bullseye does not support the older big-endian 32-bit MIPS architectures.<ref>{{cite web |title=Debian Guts Support For Old MIPS CPUs - Phoronix |website=www.phoronix.com |url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Debian-Drops-Old-32-Bit-MIPS |access-date=2019-11-13 |archive-date=31 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031050335/https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Debian-Drops-Old-32-Bit-MIPS |url-status=live }}</ref> This is not to be confused with the more common i386 32-bit architecture which is still supported.

The first of the code freezes, readying Debian 11 for release, began on 12 January 2021.<ref name="transition-freeze">{{cite mailing list |url=https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2021/01/msg00002.html |title=bits from the release team: bullseye freeze started and its architectures |date=January 13, 2021 |access-date=April 29, 2021 |mailing-list=debian-devel-announce |last=Gevers |first=Paul |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127132828/https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2021/01/msg00002.html |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Development freeze timetable:
* 12 January, 2021: transition freeze<ref name="transition-freeze" />
* 12 February, 2021: soft freeze<ref>{{cite mailing list |url=https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2021/02/msg00002.html |title=bits from the RT: bullseye froze softly |date=February 13, 2021 |access-date=April 29, 2021 |mailing-list=debian-devel-announce |last=Gevers |first=Paul |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225095503/https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2021/02/msg00002.html |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 12 March, 2021: hard freeze<ref>{{cite mailing list |url=https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2021/03/msg00006.html |title=Bits from the Release Team: frozen hard to get hot |date=March 20, 2021 |access-date=April 29, 2021 |mailing-list=debian-devel-announce |last=Gevers |first=Paul |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322044858/https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2021/03/msg00006.html |archive-date=March 22, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 17 July, 2021: full freeze
* 14 August, 2021: release

Point releases:
*11.1 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2021|10|09}})<ref>{{cite web |date=9 October 2021 |title=Updated Debian 11: 11.1 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20211009 |access-date=10 October 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009134818/https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20211009 |archive-date=9 October 2021}}</ref>
*11.2 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2021|12|18}})<ref>{{cite web |date=18 December 2021 |title=Updated Debian 11: 11.2 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20211218 |access-date=20 December 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218153712/https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20211218 |archive-date=18 December 2021}}</ref>
*11.3 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2022|3|26}})<ref>{{cite web |date=26 March 2022 |title=Updated Debian 11: 11.3 released |website=www.debian.org |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2022/20220326 |access-date=2022-04-01}}</ref>
*11.4 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2022|7|09}})<ref>{{cite web |date=9 July 2022 |title=Updated Debian 11: 11.4 released |website=www.debian.org |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2022/20220709 |access-date=2022-07-09}}</ref>
*11.5 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2022|9|10}})<ref>{{cite web |date=10 September 2022 |title=Updated Debian 11: 11.5 released |website=www.debian.org |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2022/2022091002 |access-date=2022-09-10}}</ref>
*11.6 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2022|12|17}})<ref>{{cite web |date=17 December 2022 |title=Updated Debian 11: 11.6 released |website=www.debian.org |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2022/20221217 |access-date=2022-12-19}}</ref>
*11.7 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2023|04|29}})<ref>{{cite web |date=29 April 2023 |title=Updated Debian 11: 11.7 released |website=www.debian.org |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2023/20230429 |access-date=2023-05-02}}</ref>

*11.8 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2023|10|07}})<ref>{{cite web |date=2023-10-07 |title=Updated Debian 11: 11.8 released |website=www.debian.org |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2023/2023100702 |access-date=2023-10-09}}</ref>

===Debian 12 (Bookworm)===
[[File:Debian 12 (Bookworm) - GNOME desktop.png|thumb|Debian 12 (''Bookworm'') with GNOME]]

Debian 12 (Bookworm) was released on 10 June 2023.<ref name="deb12rel" />  It is based on Linux kernel v6.1 LTS, and uses GNOME 43 as its default desktop environment, but many other desktops are available, as always.

On 13 October 2022, the Release Team announced the freeze development milestone timeline for this release:<ref name="Bookworm Freeze">{{Cite mailing list |url=https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2022/10/msg00004.html |title=bits from the release team: are you ready to skate yet? |date=13 October 2022 |access-date=1 January 2022 |mailing-list=debian-devel-announce |last=Gevers |first=Paul |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127101844/https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2022/10/msg00004.html |archive-date=27 November 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=bookworm Freeze Timeline and Policy |language=English |url=https://release.debian.org/testing/freeze_policy.html |access-date=1 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215192801/https://release.debian.org/testing/freeze_policy.html |archive-date=15 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* 12 January, 2023: transition and toolchain freeze
* 12 February, 2023: soft freeze
* 12 March, 2023: hard freeze
Point releases:
*12.1 ({{release date and age|df=yes|2023|07|22}})<ref>{{cite web |date=22 July 2023 |title=Updated Debian 12: 12.1 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2023/20230722 |access-date=23 July 2023 }}</ref>
*12.2 ({{Release date and age|2023|10|7}})<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 October 2023 |title=Updated Debian 12: 12.2 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2023/20231007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008021101/https://www.debian.org/News/2023/20231007 |archive-date=8 October 2023 |access-date=}}</ref>
*12.3 (Cancelled, was intended to be released {{Release date and age|2023|12|09}})<ref>{{cite web|title=Debian 12.4 to supersede Debian 12.3|url=https://www.debian.org/News/2023/2023121002|access-date=13 December 2023}}</ref>
*12.4 ({{Release date and age|2023|12|10}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Updated Debian 12: 12.4 released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2023/20231210 |access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref>

===Debian 13 (Trixie)===
[[File:Debian Trixie 2023-08-20.png|thumb|Debian 13 (''Trixie'') with GNOME]]
With the release of Debian 12 on June 10, 2023, testing is now known by the codename Trixie which is anticipated to be released as Debian 13 in 2025.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTrixie | title=DebianTrixie - Debian Wiki }}</ref>

Debian 13 will continue to support 32 bit processors, however the lower limit is now i686.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes/issues.en.html#i386-is-i686 | title=Debian Trixie release notes}}</ref>

===Debian 14 (Forky)===
Following the release of Debian 13 (Trixie), testing will be known by the codename Forky which is anticipated to be released as Debian 14 in 2027.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://wiki.debian.org/DebianForky | title=DebianForky - Debian Wiki }}</ref>


==Release timeline==
{{Timeline Debian GNU/Linux}}

{| class="collapsed collapsible wikitable sortable"
| colspan="7" | Timeline description
|-
! Release
! First
! From
! Last
! Until
! References
|-
| Buzz
| style="text-align: center;" | 1.1
| style="text-align: right;" | 17 June 1996
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
| Rex
| style="text-align: center;" | 1.2
| style="text-align: right;" | 12 December 1996
| {{N/a}}
| {{N/a}}
|-
| Bo
| style="text-align: center;" | 1.3
| style="text-align: right;" | 5 June 1997
| style="text-align: center;" | 1.3.1.r8
| style="text-align: right;" | 16 May 1998
|-
| Hamm
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.0r0
| style="text-align: right;" | 24 July 1998
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.0r5
| style="text-align: right;" | 15 February 1999
| <ref>{{cite web
 |date=24 July 1998
 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 2.0 'Hamm' Released
 |url=https://www.debian.org/News/1998/19980724
 |access-date=10 Nov 2023
}}</ref>
|-
| Slink
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.1r0
| style="text-align: right;" | 9 March 1999
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.1r5
| style="text-align: right;" | 30 September 2000
| <ref>{{cite web
 |date=16 February 2000
 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 2.1r5 Released
 |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2000/20000216
 |access-date=13 May 2021
}}</ref>
|-
| Potato
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.2r0
| style="text-align: right;" | 14–15 August 2000
| style="text-align: center;" | 2.2r7
| style="text-align: right;" | 19 July 2002
| <ref>{{cite web
 |date=13 July 2002
 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 updated (r7)
 |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2002/20020713
 |access-date=13 May 2021
}}</ref>
|-
| Woody
| style="text-align: center;" | 3.0r0
| style="text-align: right;" | 19 July 2002
| style="text-align: center;" | 3.0r6
| style="text-align: right;" | 30 June 2006
| <ref>{{cite web
 |date=2 June 2005
 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 updated (r6)
 |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2005/20050602
 |access-date=13 May 2021
}}</ref>
|-
| Sarge
| style="text-align: center;" | 3.1r0
| style="text-align: right;" | 6 June 2005
| style="text-align: center;" | 3.1r8
| style="text-align: right;" | 12 April 2008
| <ref>{{cite web
 |date=13 April 2008
 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 updated
 |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2008/20080413
 |access-date=7 May 2021
}}</ref>
|-
| Etch
| style="text-align: center;" | 4.0r0
| style="text-align: right;" | 8 April 2007
| style="text-align: center;" | 4.0r9
| style="text-align: right;" | 22 May 2010
| <ref>{{cite web
 |date=22 May 2010
 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 updated
 |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2010/20100522
 |access-date=6 May 2021
}}</ref>
|-
| Lenny
| style="text-align: center;" | 5.0
| style="text-align: right;" | 14 February 2009
| style="text-align: center;" | 5.0.10
| style="text-align: right;" | 10 March 2012
| <ref>{{cite web
 |date=10 March 2012
 |title=Updated Debian 5.0: 5.0.10 released
 |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2012/20120310
 |access-date=5 May 2021
}}</ref>
|-
| Squeeze
| style="text-align: center;" | 6.0
| style="text-align: right;" | 6 February 2011
| style="text-align: center;" | 6.0.10
| style="text-align: right;" | 19 July 2014
| <ref>{{cite web
 |date=19 July 2014
 |title=Updated Debian 6: 6.0.10 released
 |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2014/20140719
 |access-date=4 May 2021}}
</ref>
|-
| Wheezy
| style="text-align: center;" | 7.0
| style="text-align: right;" | 4 May 2013
| style="text-align: center;" | 7.11
| style="text-align: right;" | 4 June 2016
| style="text-align: left;" | <ref>{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.debian.org/News/2016/2016060402
 |title        = Updated Debian 7: 7.11 released
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |access-date  = 17 November 2019
 |archive-date = 22 December 2019
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20191222032442/https://www.debian.org/News/2016/2016060402
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>
|-
| Jessie
| style="text-align: center;" | 8.0
| style="text-align: right;" | 25 April 2015
| style="text-align: center;" | 8.11
| style="text-align: right;" | 17 June 2018
| style="text-align: left;" | <ref>{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.debian.org/News/2018/20180623
 |title        = Updated Debian 8: 8.11 released
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |access-date  = 15 May 2019
 |archive-date = 7 July 2019
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20190707051702/https://www.debian.org/News/2018/20180623
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>
|-
| Stretch
| style="text-align: center;" | 9.0
| style="text-align: right;" | 17 June 2017
| style="text-align: center;" | 9.13
| style="text-align: right;" | 18 July 2020
| style="text-align: left;" | <ref>{{cite web
 |url          = https://debian.org/News/2020/20200718
 |title        = Updated Debian 9: 9.13 released
 |publisher    = The Debian Project
 |access-date  = 18 July 2020
 |archive-date = 19 July 2020
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20200719234055/https://www.debian.org/News/2020/20200718
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref>
|-
| Buster
| style="text-align: center;" | 10.0
| style="text-align: right;" | 6 July 2019
| style="text-align: center;" | 10.13
| style="text-align: right;" | 10 September 2022
| style="text-align: left;" | <ref>{{cite web
 | url         = https://www.debian.org/News/2022/20220910
 | title       = Updated Debian 10: 10.13 released
 | publisher   = The Debian Project
 | access-date = 6 October 2022}}</ref>
|-
| Bullseye
| style="text-align: center;" | 11.0
| style="text-align: right;" | 14 August 2021
| style="text-align: center;" | 11.8
| {{TBA}}
| style="text-align: left;" | <ref>{{cite web
 | url         = https://www.debian.org/News/2023/20230429
 | title       = Updated Debian 11: 11.7 released
 | publisher   = The Debian Project
 | access-date = 2 May 2023}}</ref>
|-
| Bookworm
| style="text-align: center;" | 12.0
| style="text-align: right;" | 10 June 2023
| style="text-align: center;" | 12.2
| {{TBA}}
| style="text-align: left;" | <ref>{{cite web
 | url         = https://www.debian.org/News/2023/20230610
 | title       = Debian 12 "bookworm" released
 | publisher   = The Debian Project
 | access-date = 13 Jul 2023}}</ref>
|}

==Port timeline==
{{Timeline Debian GNU/Linux Ports}}

<!-- See also https://wiki.debian.org/ArchitectureSpecificsMemo -->
{| class="collapsed collapsible wikitable sortable"
| colspan="6" | Timeline description
|-
! Port !! Pointer Size !! [[Endianness|Endian]] !! Added !! Dropped !! Status !! References
|-
| [[DEC Alpha|alpha]] || 64 bits || Little || Slink || Squeeze || ports || <ref>{{cite web
 | url     = https://www.debian.org/ports/alpha/port-status
 | title     = Debian GNU/Linux on Alpha – Status
 | website     = debian.org
 | access-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-url     = https://web.archive.org/web/20190428051247/https://www.debian.org/ports/alpha/port-status
 | url-status     = live
 }}</ref>
|-
| [[X86-64|amd64]] || 64 bits || Little || Etch || {{Included|Current}} || release || <ref>{{cite web
 | url     = https://www.debian.org/ports/amd64/
 | title     = AMD64 Port
 | website     = debian.org
 | access-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-url     = https://web.archive.org/web/20190428051246/https://www.debian.org/ports/amd64/
 | url-status     = live
 }}</ref>
|-
| [[ARM architecture family|arm]] || 32 bits || Little || Potato || Squeeze || - || <ref name="port-arm">{{cite web
 | url     = https://www.debian.org/ports/arm/
 | title     = ARM Ports
 | website     = debian.org
 | access-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-url     = https://web.archive.org/web/20190428051248/https://www.debian.org/ports/arm/
 | url-status     = live
 }}</ref>
|-
| [[ARM architecture family|armel]] || 32 bits || Little || Lenny || {{Included|Current}} || release || <ref name="port-arm" />
|-
| armhf || 32 bits || Little || Wheezy || {{Included|Current}} || release || <ref name="port-arm" />
|-
| [[AArch64|arm64]] || 64 bits || Little || Jessie || {{Included|Current}} || release || <ref name="port-arm" />
|-
| [[PA-RISC|hppa]] || 32 bits || Big || Woody || Squeeze || ports || <ref>{{cite web
 | url     = https://www.debian.org/ports/hppa/
 | title     = Debian for PA-RISC
 | website     = debian.org
 | access-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-url     = https://web.archive.org/web/20190428051250/https://www.debian.org/ports/hppa/
 | url-status     = live
 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Engineering:I386|i386]] || 32 bits || Little || ''first'' || {{Included|Current}} || release || <ref>{{cite web
 | url     = https://www.debian.org/ports/i386/
 | title     = Debian GNU/Linux on x86 Machines
 | website     = debian.org
 | access-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-url     = https://web.archive.org/web/20190428051247/https://www.debian.org/ports/i386/
 | url-status     = live
 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Engineering:IA-64|ia64]] || 64 bits || Little || Woody || Jessie || ports || <ref>{{cite web
 | url     = https://www.debian.org/ports/ia64/
 | title     = Debian for IA-64
 | website     = debian.org
 | access-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-url     = https://web.archive.org/web/20190428051249/https://www.debian.org/ports/ia64/
 | url-status     = live
 }}</ref>
|-
| kfreebsd-amd64 || 64 bits || Little || Squeeze || Jessie || ports || <ref name="port-kfreebsd">{{cite web
 | url     = https://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/
 | title     = Debian GNU/kFreeBSD
 | website     = debian.org
 | access-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-date     = 3 May 2019
 | archive-url     = https://web.archive.org/web/20190503121613/https://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu/
 | url-status     = live
 }}</ref>
|-
| kfreebsd-i386 || 32 bits || Little || Squeeze || Jessie || ports || <ref name="port-kfreebsd" />
|-
| [[Motorola 68000 series|m68k]] || 32 bits || Big || Hamm || Etch || ports || <ref>{{cite web
 | url     = https://www.debian.org/ports/m68k/
 | title     = Debian on Motorola 680x0
 | website     = debian.org
 | access-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-url     = https://web.archive.org/web/20190428051249/https://www.debian.org/ports/m68k/
 | url-status     = live
 }}</ref>
|-
| [[MIPS architecture|mips]] || 32 bits || Big || Woody || Bullseye || - || <ref name="port-mips">{{cite web
 | url     = https://www.debian.org/ports/mips/
 | title     = MIPS Port
 | website     = debian.org
 | access-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-url     = https://web.archive.org/web/20190428051246/https://www.debian.org/ports/mips/
 | url-status     = live
 }}</ref>
|-
| [[MIPS architecture|mips64el]] || 64 bits || Little || Stretch || {{Included|Current}} || release || <ref>{{cite web
 | url     = https://wiki.debian.org/MIPSPort
 | title     = MIPSPort
 | website     = Debian Wiki
 | access-date     = 9 August 2019
 | archive-date     = 9 August 2019
 | archive-url     = https://web.archive.org/web/20190809192414/https://wiki.debian.org/MIPSPort
 | url-status     = live
 }}</ref>
|-
| [[MIPS architecture|mipsel]] || 32 bits || Little || Woody || Trixie || release || <ref>{{ cite web
 | url     = https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/8734zw1kww.fsf@marvin.43-1.org
 | title     = mipsel removed from unstable/experimental
 | website     = Debian
 | access-date = 2 September 2021
 }}</ref>
|-
| [[PowerPC|powerpc]] || 32 bits || Big || Potato || Stretch|| ports || <ref name="port-ppc">{{cite web
 | url     = https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/
 | title     = Debian for PowerPC
 | website     = debian.org
 | access-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-date     = 5 May 2019
 | archive-url     = https://web.archive.org/web/20190505114102/https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/
 | url-status     = live
 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Ppc64|ppc64]]le || 64 bits || Little || Jessie || {{Included|Current}} || release || <ref name="port-ppc" />
|-
| s390 || 32 bits || Big || Woody || Jessie || - || <ref name="port-s390">{{cite web
 | url     = https://www.debian.org/ports/s390/
 | title     = S/390 Port
 | website     = debian.org
 | access-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-url     = https://web.archive.org/web/20190428051248/https://www.debian.org/ports/s390/
 | url-status     = live
 }}</ref>
|-
| s390x || 64 bits || Big || Wheezy || {{Included|Current}} || release || <ref name="port-s390" />
|-
| [[SPARC|sparc]] || 32 bits || Big || Slink || Jessie || - || <ref>{{cite web
 | url     = https://www.debian.org/ports/sparc/
 | title     = Debian SPARC Port
 | website     = debian.org
 | access-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-date     = 28 April 2019
 | archive-url     = https://web.archive.org/web/20190428051253/https://www.debian.org/ports/sparc/
 | url-status     = live
 }}</ref>
|}

Many of past architectures, plus some that have not yet achieved release status, are available from the ''debian-ports'' repository.

==See also==
* [[Software:Debian#History|Summary of Debian version history]]
* [[Software:Ubuntu version history|Ubuntu version history]]
* [[Software:Linux Mint version history|Linux Mint version history]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases Debian Releases] at Debian Wiki
* [https://www.debian.org/releases/ Debian Releases] at debian.org
* {{DistroWatch|debian|NAME=Debian GNU/Linux}}


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