Editing Debian (section)

===Sarge and later releases (2005–present)===
[[File:Debian Etch-ja.png|thumb|250px|Debian 4 (Etch), 2007]]
The 3.1 [[List of Toy Story characters#Sarge and the Bucket O Soldiers|Sarge]] release was made in June 2005. This release updated 73% of the software and included over 9,000 new packages. A new installer with a modular design, [[Debian-Installer]], allowed installations with [[RAID]], [[XFS]] and [[Logical Volume Manager (Linux)|LVM]] support, improved hardware detection, made installations easier for novice users, and was translated into almost forty languages. An installation manual and release notes were in ten and fifteen languages respectively. The efforts of Skolelinux, [[Debian-Med]] and Debian-Accessibility raised the number of packages that were educational or had a medical affiliation, and of packages made for people with disabilities.<ref name="history4" /><ref name="sargenew">{{Cite web |date=2006-09-18 |title=Chapter 2 – What's new in Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 |url=http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/i386/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100519033125/http://www.debian.org//releases/sarge/i386/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html |archive-date=May 19, 2010 |access-date=2010-08-05 |website=Release Notes for Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (`sarge'), Intel x86 |publisher=Debian}}</ref>

[[File:Iceweasel icon.svg|thumb|64px|left|[[Iceweasel]] logo]]
In 2006, as a result of a much-publicized dispute, [[Debian–Mozilla trademark dispute|Mozilla software was rebranded in Debian]]. The Mozilla Corporation stated that software with unapproved modifications could not be distributed under the Firefox trademark. Two reasons that Debian had modified the Firefox software were to replace non-free artwork and to provide security patches.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoover |first=Lisa |date=2006-10-10 |title=Behind the Debian and Mozilla dispute over use of Firefox |url=http://archive09.linux.com/feature/57675 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606110117/http://archive09.linux.com/feature/57675 |archive-date=June 6, 2012 |access-date=2009-02-09 |publisher=[[Linux.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite mailing list |last=Sanchez |first=Roberto C. |title=Re: Will IceWeasel be based on a fork or on vanilla FireFox? |mailing-list=debian-devel |date=2006-10-15 |url=https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/10/msg00665.html |access-date=2014-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808051725/https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/10/msg00665.html |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |url-status=live |publisher=Debian}}</ref> Consequently, Debian contained a fork of [[Firefox]] named Iceweasel and one of [[Mozilla Thunderbird|Thunderbird]] named Icedove. In February 2016, it was announced that Mozilla and Debian had reached an agreement and Iceweasel would revert to the name Firefox; a similar agreement was anticipated for Icedove/Thunderbird.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Hoffman |first=Chris |date=2016-02-24 |title='Iceweasel' will be renamed 'Firefox' as relations between Debian and Mozilla thaw |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/3036509/linux/iceweasel-will-be-renamed-firefox-as-relations-between-debian-and-mozilla-thaw.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329150932/http://www.pcworld.com/article/3036509/linux/iceweasel-will-be-renamed-firefox-as-relations-between-debian-and-mozilla-thaw.html |archive-date=March 29, 2016 |access-date=2016-03-27 |magazine=PC World}}</ref>

A fund-raising experiment, Dunc-Tank, was created to solve the release cycle problem and release managers were paid to work full-time;<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-09-19 |title=Press Information |url=http://www.dunc-tank.org/press.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010082200/http://www.dunc-tank.org/press.html |archive-date=2006-10-10 |access-date=2014-08-24 |publisher=Dunc-Tank}}</ref> in response, unpaid developers slowed down their work and the release was delayed.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vaughan-Nichols |first=Steven J. |date=2006-12-18 |title=Disgruntled Debian Developers Delay Etch |url=http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Disgruntled-Debian-Developers-Delay-Etch/ |access-date=2014-08-24 |publisher=[[eWeek]]}}</ref>

Debian 4.0 ([[List of Toy Story characters#Etch|Etch]]) was released in April 2007, featuring the x86-64 port and a graphical installer.<ref name="releases" />

Debian 5.0 ([[List of Toy Story characters#Lenny|Lenny]]) was released in February 2009, supporting Marvell's [[Orion (system-on-a-chip)|Orion]] platform and netbooks such as the [[Asus Eee PC]].<ref name="lenny released">{{Cite web |date=2009-02-14 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 released |url=http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090214.en.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217184902/http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090214.en.html |archive-date=February 17, 2009 |access-date=2009-02-15 |publisher=Debian}}</ref> The release was dedicated to Thiemo Seufer, a developer who died in a car crash.<ref name="thiemo">{{Cite web |date=2009-02-14 |title=Appendix C. Lenny dedicated to Thiemo Seufer |url=http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/i386/release-notes/apc.en.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706171546/https://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/i386/release-notes/apc.en.html |archive-date=July 6, 2014 |access-date=2014-05-25 |website=Release Notes for Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny), Intel x86 |publisher=Debian}}</ref>

[[File:Debian 6.0.2.1.png|thumb|250px|Debian 6 (Squeeze), 2011]]

In July 2009, the policy of time-based development freezes on a two-year cycle was announced. Time-based freezes are intended to blend the predictability of time based releases with Debian's policy of feature-based releases, and to reduce overall freeze time.<ref name="two-year-cycle" /> The Squeeze cycle was going to be especially short; however, this initial schedule was abandoned.<ref name="two-year-cycle-2">{{Cite web |date=2009-07-30 |title=Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 'Squeeze' release goals |url=http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090730 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303024424/http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090730 |archive-date=March 3, 2011 |access-date=2009-12-01 |publisher=Debian}}</ref> In September 2010, the [[backporting|backports]] service became official, providing more recent versions of some software for the stable release.<ref name="news-backports-official" />

Debian 6.0 (Squeeze) was released in February 2011, featuring Debian GNU/kFreeBSD as a technology preview, along with adding a dependency-based boot system, and moving problematic firmware to the non-free section.<ref name="squeeze released" />

Debian 7 (Wheezy) was released in May 2013, featuring multiarch support.<ref name="news-wheezy-released">{{Cite web |date=2013-05-04 |title=Debian 7.0 'Wheezy' released |url=http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130504 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222015735/http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130504 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |access-date=2013-05-05 |publisher=Debian}}</ref>

Debian 8 (Jessie) was released in April 2015, using [[systemd]] as the new init system.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-04-25 |title=Debian 8 'Jessie' Released |url=http://www.debian.org/News/2015/20150426 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618152940/https://www.debian.org/News/2015/20150426 |archive-date=June 18, 2017 |access-date=2015-10-27 |publisher=Debian}}</ref>

Debian 9 (Stretch) was released in June 2017, with nftables as a replacement for iptables, support for Flatpak apps, and MariaDB as the replacement for MySQL.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-17 |title=Debian 9.0 'Stretch' released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170617 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618145125/https://www.debian.org/News/2017/20170617 |archive-date=June 18, 2017 |access-date=2017-06-25 |publisher=Debian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-05-26 |title=Debian 9's release date |url=https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=3474 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711185352/https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=showheadline&story=3474 |archive-date=July 11, 2018 |access-date=July 11, 2018 |website=DistroWatch}}</ref>

Debian 10 (Buster) was released in July 2019, adding support for [[Secure Boot]] and enabling [[AppArmor]] by default.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-06 |title=Debian 10.0 'buster' released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190706 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707133037/https://www.debian.org/News/2019/20190706 |archive-date=July 7, 2019 |access-date=2019-07-30 |publisher=Debian}}</ref>

Debian 11 (Bullseye) was released in August 2021, enabling persistency in the system journal, adding support for driverless scanning, and containing kernel-level support for [[exFAT]] filesystems.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-14 |title=Debian 11 'bullseye' released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20210814 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814215010/https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20210814 |archive-date=14 August 2021 |access-date=2021-08-14 |publisher=Debian}}</ref>

Debian 12 (Bookworm) was released on June 10, 2023, including various improvements and features, increasing the supported Linux Kernel to version 6.1, and leveraging new "Emerald" artwork.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-10 |title=Debian 12 'bookworm' released |url=https://www.debian.org/News/2023/20230610 |access-date=2023-06-10 |publisher=Debian}}</ref> Debian 12 also was the first version under a revised Debian Social Contract that includes non-free firmware in its installation media by default, if and when the installer detects that it is needed for installed hardware to function, such as with Wi-Fi cards.<ref name="Explaining Why We Don't Endorse Other Systems" /><ref name="General Resolution: non-free firmware: results" />

Debian 13 has been announced to have the code name Trixie.<ref>{{Cite web |title=bits from the release team: are you ready to skate yet? |url=https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/releasenotes |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=Debian.org}}</ref>

Debian 14 has been announced to have the code name Forky.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evenden |first=Ian |date=2022-10-13 |title=Debian 14 To Be Named 'Forky', Won't Arrive Until 2027 |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/debian-14-forky |access-date=2025-04-15 |publisher=[[Tom's Hardware]]}}</ref>

Debian 15 has been announced to have the code name Duke.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Borisov |first=Bobby |date=2025-01-24 |title=Debian 13 Freeze Begins in March, Debian 15 Codename Revealed |url=https://linuxiac.com/debian-13-freeze-begins-in-march-debian-15-codename-revealed/ |access-date=2025-04-25 |publisher=Linuxiac}}</ref>

Debian is under continuous development and new packages are uploaded to ''unstable'' every day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Unstable packages' upgrade announcements |url=https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-changes/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606223947/https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-changes/ |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |access-date=2014-11-19 |publisher=Debian}}</ref>

Debian used to be released as a very large set of CDs for each architecture, but with the release of Debian 9 (Stretch) in 2017, many of the images have been dropped from the archive but remain buildable via [[jigdo]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chapter 2. What's new in Debian 9 |url=https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.html#cd |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308083937/https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.html#cd |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |access-date=2020-07-02 |website=www.debian.org}}</ref>

Throughout Debian's lifetime, both the Debian distribution and its website have won various awards from different organizations,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Awards |url=http://www.debian.org/misc/awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120020604/http://www.debian.org/misc/awards |archive-date=November 20, 2008 |access-date=2008-11-02 |publisher=Debian}}</ref> including ''Server Distribution of the Year'' 2011,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-02-09 |title=2011 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Winners |url=http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-news-59/2011-linuxquestions-org-members-choiceright-award-winners-928502/#post4598195 |access-date=2014-06-06 |publisher=[[LinuxQuestions.org]]}}</ref> ''The best Linux distro of 2011'',<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-08-04 |title=The best Linux distro of 2011! |url=http://www.tuxradar.com/content/best-distro-2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606232606/http://www.tuxradar.com/content/best-distro-2011 |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |access-date=2014-06-06 |publisher=[[TuxRadar]]}}</ref> and a ''Best of the Net'' award for October 1998.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-05-04 |title=Best of the Net Awards, October 1998 – Focus On Linux |url=http://linux.miningco.com/library/awards/bloct98.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990504092128/http://linux.miningco.com/library/awards/bloct98.htm |archive-date=1999-05-04 |access-date=2014-06-06 |publisher=[[The Mining Company]]}}</ref>

On December 2, 2015, [[Microsoft]] announced that they would offer Debian GNU/Linux as an endorsed distribution on the [[Microsoft Azure|Azure]] cloud platform.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zarkos |first=Stephen |date=2015-12-02 |title=Announcing availability of Debian GNU/Linux as an endorsed distribution in Azure Marketplace |url=https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/debian-images-now-available-on-azure/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304193636/https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/debian-images-now-available-on-azure/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=2016-04-10 |publisher=Microsoft Azure}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhartiya |first=Swapnil |date=2015-12-02 |title=Microsoft brings Debian GNU/Linux to Azure cloud |url=http://www.cio.com/article/3011419/operating-systems/microsoft-brings-debian-gnu-linux-to-azure-cloud.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423122511/http://www.cio.com/article/3011419/operating-systems/microsoft-brings-debian-gnu-linux-to-azure-cloud.html |archive-date=April 23, 2016 |access-date=2016-04-10 |website=CIO |publisher=IDG Enterprise}}</ref> Microsoft has also added a user environment to their [[Windows 10]] desktop operating system called [[Windows Subsystem for Linux]] that offers a Debian subset.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hesse |first=Brendan |date=September 11, 2018 |title=How to Get Started With the Windows Subsystem for Linux |url=https://lifehacker.com/how-to-get-started-with-the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-1828952698 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702205842/https://lifehacker.com/how-to-get-started-with-the-windows-subsystem-for-linux-1828952698 |archive-date=July 2, 2020 |access-date=2020-07-02 |website=Lifehacker}}</ref>