Debian GNU/Linux 7.0, a new stable version of the world’s largest Linux distribution, has been released: “After many months of constant development, the Debian project is proud to present its new stable version 7.0. This new version of Debian includes various interesting features such as multi arch support, several specific tools to deploy private clouds, an improved installer, and a complete set of multimedia codecs and front-ends which remove the need for third-party repositories.

Multi arch support, one of the main release goals for Wheezy, will allow Debian users to install packages from multiple architectures on the same machine. This means that you can now, for the first time, install both 32-bit and 64-bit software on the same machine and have all the relevant dependencies correctly resolved, automatically.” Read the release announcement for basic information and check out the release notes for detailed technical information.

What is Debian?

Debian (pron.: / ˈ d ɛ b i ə n /) is one of the most popular Linux distributions for personal and Internet server machines. The Debian Project was started in 1993, the initial release was on 16 August 1993 which makes it one of the old Linux distributions and one of the most used Linux distribution.

Software/Package

Debian uses APT update method provides over more than 37500 packages, precompiled software bundled.

Stability/Reliability

Debian is one of the most stable Linux distribution and one of the most reliable Linux distribution.

Flavours

Debian is available in Gnome(default desktop environment), KDE,  XFCE,  LXDE.

Hardware Requirement

minimum

RAM: 64MB

Hard Disk Space: 1GB

recomended

RAM: 256MB

Hard Drive Space: 5GB

New Features (Wheezy Features)

This release includes numerous updated software packages, such as:

  • Apache 2.2.22
  • Asterisk 1.8.13.1
  • GIMP 2.8.2
  • an updated version of the GNOME desktop environment 3.4
  • GNU Compiler Collection 4.7.2
  • Icedove 10 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Thunderbird)
  • Iceweasel 10 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox)
  • KDE Plasma Workspaces and KDE Applications 4.8.4
  • kFreeBSD kernel 8.3 and 9.0
  • LibreOffice 3.5.4
  • Linux 3.2
  • MySQL 5.5.30
  • Nagios 3.4.1
  • OpenJDK 6b27 and 7u3
  • Perl 5.14.2
  • PHP 5.4.4
  • PostgreSQL 9.1
  • Python 2.7.3 and 3.2.3
  • Samba 3.6.6
  • Tomcat 6.0.35 and 7.0.28
  • Xen Hypervisor 4.1.4
  • the Xfce 4.8 desktop environment
  • X.Org 7.7

Platform support

i386

AMD64

PowerPC

SPARC

ARM

MIPS

S390

IA-64

Debian Fan Wallpaper

wallpaper-debian-3

Download

i386/32 Bit

x86_64/64 Bit (Recomended)

Enjoy!

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Darryl Dias

I’m Darryl. I’m a 3D Artist, Programmer and Linux enthusiast. On this site I share my insights, tips and tricks, tutorials, methods and best practices.