[1]Debian 13.0 "Trixie" is now officially out as the newest two-year stable release to Debian GNU/Linux.

Debian 13 is powered by the Linux 6.12 LTS kernel, uses the GNOME 48 desktop by default, relies on the GCC 14.2 compiler by default, and has a wealth of other package upgrades like OpenJDK Java 21, Python 3.13, and many other updates.

Debian 13.0 is also the first time Debian has official support for RISC-V 64-bit, there is support for HTTP booting via UEFI and U-Boot, the 64-bit time_t ABI transition is complete, there is more work around reproducible builds, and a lot of other enhancements. Debian 13.0 is also [2]delivering some nice performance improvements over Debian 12 .

Those wanting to download Debian 13.0 right now can do so via [3]cdimage.debian.org . More details on the Debian 13.0 changes via the [4]release notes .



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/search/Debian+13

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/review/debian-13-benchmarks

[3] https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/

[4] https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes/