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  • Registration and the Call for Proposals are now open for DebConf25. This year's event will be held in Brest, back in France its place of origin, and will offer talks, hacking sessions, activities and discussions. We are looking forward to a Cheese & Wine party in the right country this year ;-), and an additional Crêpes and Cider evening, a tribute to Brittany #debian #debconf25 #brest #france

    2025-03-26T14:12:02Z via Spigot To: Public

    Registration and the Call for Proposals are now open for DebConf25. This year's event will be held in Brest, back in France its place of origin, and will offer talks, hacking sessions, activities and discussions. We are looking forward to a Cheese & Wine party in the right country this year ;-), and an additional Crêpes and Cider evening, a tribute to Brittany https://debconf25.debconf.org/news/2025-03-24-dc25-registration-cfp-open/ #debian #debconf25 #brest #france

  • Debian is present this weekend at Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2025, in Chemnitz, Germany. Visit our booth! You can also attend a talk given by Andreas Tille, the current Debian Project Leader: Tausend Freiwillige, ein Ziel #debian

    2025-03-22T23:39:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    Debian is present this weekend at Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2025, in Chemnitz, Germany. Visit our booth! You can also attend a talk given by Andreas Tille, the current Debian Project Leader: Tausend Freiwillige, ein Ziel https://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2025/de/programm/beitrag/136 #debian

  • Registration and the Call for Proposals for Debian MiniDebConf Hamburg 2025, April 30 to May 5, are now open! The deadline for submitting proposals is April 13. Sponsors Wanted! #debian #debconf #MiniDebConfHambourg

    2025-03-19T09:45:04Z via Spigot To: Public

    Registration and the Call for Proposals for Debian MiniDebConf Hamburg 2025, April 30 to May 5, are now open! The deadline for submitting proposals is April 13. Sponsors Wanted! https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/03/msg00005.html #debian #debconf #MiniDebConfHamburg

  • Trixie release preparations are progressing: Trixie's first freeze stage concerning transitions and the toolchain started on March 15 as planned #debian #trixie

    2025-03-18T19:12:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    Trixie release preparations are progressing: Trixie's first freeze stage concerning transitions and the toolchain started on March 15 as planned https://release.debian.org/trixie/freeze_policy.html#summary #debian #trixie

  • After Debian archive was updated to 12.10, the Debian CD team did the hard work of preparing and testing our installation medias to make sure everything is working correctly. Their work is now complete and the images are available at #debian #bookworm

    2025-03-15T23:48:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    After Debian archive was updated to 12.10, the Debian CD team did the hard work of preparing and testing our installation medias to make sure everything is working correctly. Their work is now complete and the images are available at https://www.debian.org/distrib/ #debian #bookworm

  • Updated Debian 12: 12.10 released #debian #bookworm

    2025-03-15T12:57:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    Updated Debian 12: 12.10 released https://www.debian.org/News/2025/20250315 #debian #bookworm

  • Debian will be present at FOSSASIA Summit, in Bangkok, Thailand, March 13-15, 2025. Visit our stand and take part in our packaging workshop! You can also attend two talks given by Ananthu CV and Andreas Tille, the current Debian Project Leader #debian

    2025-03-09T17:42:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    Debian will be present at FOSSASIA Summit, in Bangkok, Thailand, March 13-15, 2025. Visit our stand and take part in our packaging workshop! You can also attend two talks given by Ananthu CV and Andreas Tille, the current Debian Project Leader https://eventyay.com/e/4c0e0c27/exhibition/281 #debian

  • Debian is participating in Google Summer of Code! We're seeking candidates who are interested in working on projects and receiving mentorship. Applications are open March 24 - April 8, 2025. #Debian #GSoC

    2025-03-08T19:24:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    Debian is participating in Google Summer of Code! We're seeking candidates who are interested in working on projects and receiving mentorship. Applications are open March 24 - April 8, 2025. https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2025 #Debian #GSoC

  • A Bug Squashing Party is organized in Montréal, Canada, by Debian Québec on 28-29 March, to facilitate the release of the next stable version of Debian (Debian 13 - Trixie), fixing as many Release Critical bugs as possible #debian #trixie

    2025-03-03T22:36:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    A Bug Squashing Party is organized in Montréal, Canada, by Debian Québec on 28-29 March, to facilitate the release of the next stable version of Debian (Debian 13 - Trixie), fixing as many Release Critical bugs as possible https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2025/03/ca/Montreal #debian #trixie

  • Meet Debian at SCaLE 22x (Southern California Linux Expo 2025), the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America, on March 6-9, 2025 in Pasadena, CA, USA. Once again Dima Kogan and other Debian enthusiasts will be representing Debian with a booth. Use the "DEB" promo code to get a discount. Come by and say hi! #debian

    2025-03-02T13:18:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    Meet Debian at SCaLE 22x (Southern California Linux Expo 2025), the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America, on March 6-9, 2025 in Pasadena, CA, USA. Once again Dima Kogan and other Debian enthusiasts will be representing Debian with a booth. Use the "DEB" promo code to get a discount. Come by and say hi! https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/exhibitors?page=1 #debian

  • Debian 15 will be codenamed duke. Visit for the names of past and future Debian releases #debian #duke

    2025-02-16T18:12:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    Debian 15 will be codenamed duke. Visit https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases for the names of past and future Debian releases #debian #duke

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  • The Debian Release Team is keeping pace: the first trixie freeze step (transition and toolchain freeze) is coming next month! #debian #trixie

    2025-02-15T23:12:04Z via Spigot To: Public

    The Debian Release Team is keeping pace: the first trixie freeze step (transition and toolchain freeze) is coming next month! https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/01/msg00004.html #debian #trixie

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  • We have a #DebConf25 logo, thanks to Juliana Camargo and all other participants! #debian

    2025-02-13T15:51:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    We have a #DebConf25 logo, thanks to Juliana Camargo and all other participants! https://bits.debian.org/2025/02/debconf25-logo-contest-results.html #debian

  • Debian is among the distributions with most supported CPU architectures and excellent cross-compilation support. We are working on improving its cross-building capabilities and keeping it easily cross-bootstrappable from source for upcoming CPU architectures. Therefore, we'll meet in an upcoming team sprint in Würzburg, Germany. See .

    2025-02-12T13:27:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    Debian is among the distributions with most supported CPU architectures and excellent cross-compilation support. We are working on improving its cross-building capabilities and keeping it easily cross-bootstrappable from source for upcoming CPU architectures. Therefore, we'll meet in an upcoming team sprint in Würzburg, Germany. See https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/2025/BootstrapCrossbuild .

    @debian@identi.ca why do you keep posting the sane String twice?

    Jim Fulner at 2025-02-15T04:03:06Z

  • Proxmox, provider of powerful, yet easy-to-use Open Source server software based on Debian is the newest Platinum Sponsor of #DebConf25 #debian

    2025-02-07T10:27:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    Proxmox, provider of powerful, yet easy-to-use Open Source server software based on Debian is the newest Platinum Sponsor of #DebConf25 https://bits.debian.org/2025/02/proxmox-platinum-debconf25.html #debian

  • Infomaniak, Switzerland's leading developer of Web technologies, Platinum Sponsor of #DebConf25

    2025-02-04T23:09:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    Infomaniak, Switzerland's leading developer of Web technologies, Platinum Sponsor of #DebConf25 https://bits.debian.org/2025/01/infomaniak-platinum-debconf25.html

  • Meet @Debian at @fosdem2025 next weekend! We will be at building K level 1. #debian #fosdem #fosdem2025

    2025-01-30T23:33:02Z via Spigot To: Public

    Meet @Debian at @fosdem2025 next weekend! We will be at building K level 1. https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/be/2025/FOSDEM #debian #fosdem #fosdem2025

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  • The Debian Publicity Team will no longer post on X/Twitter. We took this decision since we feel X doesn't reflect Debian shared values as stated in our social contract, code of conduct and diversity statement. X evolved into a place where people we care about don't feel safe. You are very much invited to follow us on , on , or any media as listed on

    2025-01-29T11:57:04Z via Spigot To: Public

    The Debian Publicity Team will no longer post on X/Twitter. We took this decision since we feel X doesn't reflect Debian shared values as stated in our social contract, code of conduct and diversity statement. X evolved into a place where people we care about don't feel safe. You are very much invited to follow us on https://bits.debian.org , on https://micronews.debian.org/ , or any media as listed on https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Publicity/otherSN

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    GREAT choice 👌👍

    JanKusanagi at 2025-01-30T00:34:44Z

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    @debian@identi.ca as long as you're still posting on identi.ca that's the way you'll reach the true believers.

    Jim Fulner at 2025-01-31T03:41:36Z

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  • Fixes for a critical rsync vulnerability (CVE-2024-12084) have been released for Stable/Bookworm, Testing and Unstable. Oldstable/Bullseye is not affected. Fixes for other lower severity CVEs have also been released in the same update and can all be tracked at The fixed Stable version is 3.2.7-1+deb12u1 and the fixed Testing/Unstable version is 3.3.0+ds1-3

    2025-01-14T20:06:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    Fixes for a critical rsync vulnerability (CVE-2024-12084) have been released for Stable/Bookworm, Testing and Unstable. Oldstable/Bullseye is not affected. Fixes for other lower severity CVEs have also been released in the same update and can all be tracked at https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/rsync. The fixed Stable version is 3.2.7-1+deb12u1 and the fixed Testing/Unstable version is 3.3.0+ds1-3

  • After our archive was updated to 12.9, our Debian CD team did the hard work of preparing and testing our installation medias to make sure everything is working correctly. Now their work is complete and the images are available at

    2025-01-11T19:03:03Z via Spigot To: Public

    After our archive was updated to 12.9, our Debian CD team did the hard work of preparing and testing our installation medias to make sure everything is working correctly. Now their work is complete and the images are available at https://www.debian.org/distrib/