The widely used Debian GNU/Linux distribution has a new project leader, after an election process spanning several weeks. Australian Anthony Towns won the poll from a field of several candidates after ...

The Debian Project announced the general availability of the first release in the latest Debian GNU/Linux 10 "Buster" operating system series, along with the tenth update to Debian GNU/Linux 9 ...

Debian has released a new live distribution. This new distribution is 100% free software. It's early in development, but Debian Libre Live already has a solid base. The Debian project has released a ...

Servers belonging to the open source Debian Project, which makes a version of the Linux operating system, were hacked last week, according to statements posted by project organizers on the group’s Web ...

The Debian project decided to adopt systemd a while ago and ditch the upstart counterpart. The decision was very controversial and it's still contested by some users. Now, a new proposition has been ...

While a few weeks back it looked like there might be a complete lack of Debian project leader (DPL) candidates, that situation has changed. After a one-week delay, five Debian developers have ...

Australian Anthony Towns won the poll from a field of several candidates after 421 votes — from 43 percent of the eligible community of Debian developers — were cast. Towns — who is also the secretary ...

The new leader of the Debian GNU/Linux project, Lucas Nussbaum, plans to boost the amount of innovation that happens in the project itself, rather than just in its derivatives. Nussbaum (pictured ...

The Debian project has announced the sixth update to its current stable release, Debian 9, codenamed "Stretch". The new disk images come with all the latest security and bug fixes. Over the weekend, ...

This year, the election of the Debian Project Leader (DPL) is proving more sedate than in previous years. The change, perhaps, reflects the diminished importance of the distribution, or the efforts ...