The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months: Evangelos Ribeiro Tzaras (devrts) Andrea Bolognani (abologna) The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months: Rylie Pavlik Yuchin Tsai Daniel Markstedt Guido Berhörster Renzo...

   The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months: Francesco Ballarin (ballarin) Roland Clobus (rclobus) Antoine Le Gonidec (vv221) Guilherme Puida Moreira (puida) NoisyCoil (noisycoil) Akash Santhosh (akash) Lena Voytek (lena) The following contributors were...

   DebConf26 is already in the air in Argentina. Organizing DebConf26 give us the opportunity to talk about Debian in our country again. This is not the first time that Debian has come here, previously Argentina has hosted DebConf 8 in Mar del Plata. In August, Nattie Mayer-Hutchings and Stefano...

   On August 16, 1993, Ian Murdock announced the Debian Project to the world. Three decades (and a bit) later, Debian is still going strong, built by a worldwide community of developers, contributors, and users who believe in a free, universal operating system. Over the years, Debian has powered...

   We are pleased to announce the official release of Debian 13, codenamed trixie What’s New in Debian 13 Official support for RISC-V (64-bit riscv64), a major architecture milestone Enhanced security through ROP and COP JOP hardening on both amd64 and arm64 (Intel CET and ARM PAC BTI support) HTTP...

   The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months: Cordell Bloor (cgmb) Enkelena Haxhija (enkelenah) The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months: Karsten Schöke Lorenzo Puliti Nick Rosbrook Nicolas Peugnet Yifei Zhan Glenn...

   On Saturday 19 July 2025, the annual Debian Developers and Contributors Conference came to a close. Over 443 attendees representing 50 countries from around the world came together for a combined 169 events (including some which took place during the DebCamp) including more than 50 Talks, 39 Short...

   DebConf25, the 25th annual Debian Developer Conference, is taking place in Brest, France from 14 to 19 July 2025. Debian contributors from all over the world have come together at the Campus of IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire, Brest, to participate and work in a conference exclusively ran...

   DebConf25, the 26th edition of the Debian conference is taking place in Brest Campus of IMT Atlantique Bretagne-Pays de la Loire, France. We appreciate the organizers for their hard work, and hope this event will be highly beneficial for those who attend in person as well as online. This event...

   Dear Debian community, This is bits from the DPL for June. The Challenge of Mentoring Newcomers In June there was an extended discussion about the ongoing challenges around mentoring newcomers in Debian. As many of you know, this is a topic I’ve cared about deeply--long before becoming DPL. In my...

   We are pleased to announce that AMD has committed to sponsor DebConf25 as a Platinum Sponsor. The AMD ROCm platform includes programming models, tools, compilers, libraries, and runtimes for AI and HPC solution development on AMD GPUs. Debian is an officially supported platform for AMD ROCm and a...

   We are very excited to announce that Debian has selected nine contributors to work under mentorship on a variety of projects with us during the Google Summer of Code. Here is a list of the projects and students, along with details of the tasks to be performed. Project: Quality assurance and...

   Each year on August the 16th, we celebrate the Debian Project Anniversary. Several communities around the world join us in celebrating Debian Day with local events, parties, or gatherings. So, how about celebrating the 32nd anniversary of the Debian Project in 2025 in your city? As the 16th of...

   The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months: Moritz Schlarb (moschlar) Sérgio de Almeida Cipriano Jà nior (cipriano) Mario Anthony Limonciello (superm1) The following contributor was added as Debian Maintainer in the last two months: Martin-Éric Racine...

   We are pleased to announce that EDF has committed to sponsor DebConf25 as a Platinum Sponsor. EDF is a leading global utility company focused on low-carbon power generation. The group uses advanced engineering and scientific computing tools to drive innovation and efficiency in its operations,...

   Dear Debian community, This is bits from the DPL for April. End of 10 I am sure I was speaking in the interest of the whole project when joining the End of 10 campaign. Here is what I wrote to the initiators: Hi Joseph and all drivers of the End of 10 campaign, On behalf of the entire Debian...

   The voting period and tally of votes for the Debian Project Leader election has just concluded and the winner is Andreas Tille, who has been elected for the second time. Congratulations Out of a total of 1,030 developers, 362 voted. As usual in Debian, the voting method used was the Condorcet...

   Dear Debian community, this is bits from DPL for March (sorry for the delay, I was waiting for some additional input). Conferences In March, I attended two conferences, each with a distinct motivation. I joined FOSSASIA to address the imbalance in geographical developer representation. Encouraging...

   The 26th edition of the Debian annual conference will be held in Brest, France, from July 14th to July 20th, 2025. The main conference will be preceded by DebCamp, from July 7th to July 13th. We invite everyone interested to register for the event to attend DebConf25 in person. You can also submit...

   We are pleased to announce that Viridien has committed to sponsor DebConf25 as a Platinum Sponsor. Viridien is an advanced technology, digital and Earth data company that pushes the boundaries of science for a more prosperous and sustainable future. Viridien has been using Debian-based systems to...

   The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months: Bo Yu (vimer) Maytham Alsudany (maytham) Rebecca Natalie Palmer (mpalmer) The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months: NoisyCoil Arif Ali Julien Plissonneau Duquène Maarten...

   Debian Med sprint in Berlin on 15 and 16 February The Debian Med team works on software packages that are associated with medicine, pre-clinical research, and life sciences, and makes them available for the Debian distribution. Seven Debian developers and contributors to the team gathered for their...

   Dear Debian community, this is bits from DPL for February. Ftpmaster team is seeking for new team members In December, Scott Kitterman announced his retirement from the project. I personally regret this, as I vividly remember his invaluable support during the Debian Med sprint at the start of the...

   Last November, the DebConf25 Team asked the community to help design the logo for the 25th Debian Developers’ Conference and the results are in The logo contest received 23 submissions and we thank all the 295 people who took the time to participate in the survey. There were several amazing...

   We are pleased to announce that Proxmox has committed to sponsor DebConf25 as a Platinum Sponsor. Proxmox develops powerful, yet easy-to-use Open Source server software. The product portfolio from Proxmox, including server virtualization, backup, and email security, helps companies of any size,...

   Dear Debian community, this is bits from DPL for January. Sovereign Tech Agency I was recently pointed to Technologies and Projects supported by the Sovereign Tech Agency which is financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. It is a subsidiary of the Federal...

   The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months: Ananthu C V (weepingclown) Andrea Pappacoda (tachi) Athos Coimbra Ribeiro (athos) Gioele Barabucci (gioele) Jongmin Kim (jmkim) Shengqi Chen (harry) Frans Spiesschaert (frans) The following contributors were...

   We are pleased to announce that Infomaniak has committed to sponsor DebConf25 as a Platinum Sponsor. Infomaniak is Switzerland’s leading developer of Web technologies. With operations all over Europe and based exclusively in Switzerland, the company designs and manages its own data centers powered...

   Dear Debian community, this is bits from DPL for December. Happy New Year 2025 Wishing everyone health, productivity, and a successful Debian release later in this year. Strict ownership of packages I’m glad my last bits sparked discussions about barriers between packages and contributors,...

   The theme Ceratopsian by Elise Couper has been selected as the default theme for Debian 13 trixie . The theme is inspired by Trixie’s (the fictional character from Toy Story) frill and is also influenced by a previously used theme called futurePrototype by Alex Makas. After the Debian Desktop Team...

   This is bits from DPL for November. MiniDebConf Toulouse I had the pleasure of attending the MiniDebConf in Toulouse, which featured a range of engaging talks, complementing those from the recent MiniDebConf in Cambridge. Both events were preceded by a DebCamp, which provided a valuable opportunity...

   Debian continues participating in Outreachy, and we’re excited to announce that Debian has selected two interns for the Outreachy December 2024 - March 2025 round. Patrick Noblet Appiah will work on Automatic Indi-3rd-party driver update, mentored by Thorsten Alteholz. Divine Attah-Ohiemi will work...

   The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months: Joachim Bauch (fancycode) Alexander Kjäll (capitol) Jan MojÅ à Å (janmojzis) Xiao Sheng Wen (atzlinux) The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months: Alberto Bertogli Alexis...

   You may have seen this toot announcing OpenStreetMap’s migration to Debian on their infrastructure. s After 18 years on Ubuntu, we’ve upgraded the openstreetmap servers to Debian 12 (Bookworm). openstreetmap.org is now faster using Ruby 3.1. Onward to new mapping adventures Thank you to the team...

   Dear Debian community, this is Bits from DPL for October. In addition to a summary of my recent activities, I aim to include newsworthy developments within Debian that might be of interest to the broader community. I believe this provides valuable insights and foster a sense of connection across...

   Ada Lovelace Day was celebrated on October 8 in 2024, and on this occasion, to celebrate and raise awareness of the contributions of women to the STEM fields we interviewed some of the women in Debian. Here we share their thoughts, comments, and concerns with the hope of inspiring more women to...

   Dear Debian community, this are my bits from DPL for September. New lintian maintainer I’m pleased to welcome Louis-Philippe Véronneau as a new Lintian maintainer. He humorously acknowledged his new role, stating, Apparently I’m a Lintian maintainer now . I remain confident that we can, and should,...

   We are excited to announce and welcome Freexian into Debian Partners. Freexian specializes in Free Software with a particular focus on Debian GNU Linux. Freexian can assist with consulting, training, technical support, packaging, or software development on projects involving use or development of...

   The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months: Carlos Henrique Lima Melara (charles) Joenio Marques da Costa (joenio) Blair Noctis (ncts) The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months: Taihsiang Ho Congratulations

   Dear Debian community, this are my bits from DPL for August. Happy Birthday Debian On 16th of August Debian celebrated its 31th birthday. Since I’m unable to write a better text than our great publicity team I’m simply linking to their article for those who might have missed it: https: bits.debian...

   As the expression goes, Time flies when you are having fun , meaning you do not normally account for the passage of time when you are distracted and enjoying yourself. The expression is a well established English idiom, though today for a moment the Debian Project pauses to reflect on that...

   On Saturday 3 August 2024, the annual Debian Developers and Contributors Conference came to a close. Over 339 attendees representing 48 countries from around the world came together for a combined 108 events made up of more than 50 Talks and Discussions, 37 Birds of a Feather (BoF - informal...

   Dear Debian community, this are my bits from DPL written at my last day at another great DebConf. DebConf attendance At the beginning of July, there was some discussion with the bursary and content team about sponsoring attendees. The discussion continued at DebConf. I do not have much experience...

   DebConf24, the 25th annual Debian Developer Conference, is taking place in Busan, Republic of Korea from July 28th to August 4th, 2024. Debian contributors from all over the world have come together at Pukyong National University, Busan, to participate and work in a conference exclusively ran by...

   DebConf24, the 25th edition of the Debian conference is taking place in Pukyong National University at Busan, Republic of Korea. Thanks to the hard work of its organizers, it again will be an interesting and fruitful event for attendees. We would like to warmly welcome the sponsors of DebConf24,...

   The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months: Dennis van Dok (dvandok) Peter Wienemann (wiene) Quentin Lejard (valde) Sven Geuer (sge) Taavi Väänänen (taavi) Hilmar Preusse (hille42) Matthias Geiger (werdahias) Yogeswaran Umasankar (yogu) The following...

   We are pleased to announce that Wind River has committed to sponsor DebConf24 as a Platinum Sponsor. For nearly 20 years, Wind River has led in commercial open source Linux solutions for mission-critical enterprise edge computing. With expertise across aerospace, automotive, industrial, telecom,...

   Dear Debian community, Statement on Daniel Pocock The Debian project has successfully taken action to secure its trademarks and interests worldwide, as detailed in our press statement. I would like to personally thank everyone in the community who was involved in this process. I would have loved...

   Each release of Debian has a shiny new theme, which is visible on the boot screen, the login screen and, most prominently, on the desktop wallpaper. Debian plans to release Trixie, the next release, next year. As ever, we need your help in creating its theme You have the opportunity to design a...

   The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months: Patrick Winnertz (winnie) Fabian Gruenbichler (fabiang) The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months: Juri Grabowski Tobias Heider Jean Charles Delépine Guilherme Puida...