The Debian Project announced today the release and general availability of Debian 12.7 as a new ISO update to the latest Debian GNU/Linux 12 “Bookworm” operating system series.
Debian 12.7 is here only two months after Debian 12.6 as the sixth point release of Debian Bookworm. Yes, sixth, because Debian 12.3 was never released so it doesn’t count. Like previous updates, Debian 12.7 is powered by the Linux 6.1 LTS kernel series, which will be supported until December 2026.
Debian 12.7 is packed with all the software updates and security patches released since Debian 12.6 and provides those who want to deploy Debian 12 Bookworm on new hardware with an up-to-date installation media without having to download hundreds of updates from the repositories after the installation.
In numbers, the Debian 12.7 release includes a total of 55 security updates and 51 bug fixes for miscellaneous packages. Details about these security updates and miscellaneous bug fixes can be found on the release announcement page.
Debian 12.7 installation images are currently accessible for several hardware architectures including 64-bit (amd64), 32-bit (i386), PowerPC 64-bit Little Endian (ppc64el), IBM System z (s390x), MIPS 64-bit Little Endian (mips64el), MIPS 32-bit Little Endian (mipsel), MIPS, Armel, ARMhf, and AArch64 (arm64).
Debian 12.6 live images are exclusively offered for 64-bit systems and come pre-installed with multiple desktop environments such as KDE Plasma 5.27.5 LTS, GNOME 43.9, Xfce 4.18, Cinnamon 5.6.8, MATE 1.26.0, LXQt 1.2.0, and LXDE 0.10.1. There is also a “Standard” live ISO image available for download that does not include a graphical environment.
The Debian Project also announced the release of Debian 11.11, an update to the Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye” series. This update comprises 50 bug fixes and 27 security updates. More details on the updates can be found here.
Existing Debian Linux users who haven’t updated their installations should update as soon as possible by running the commands below in a terminal emulator or virtual console. Of course, you can also use a graphical package manager like Synaptic Package Manager to update your Debian Bookworm installation.
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