On 10th June 2023, the Debian community announced the release of Debian 12 Bookworm - the latest stable release from the oldest popular GNU/Linux distribution. Debian 12 Bookworm includes several updated packages, bug fixes and user experience improvements.

Debian 12 Bookworm featured image

Debian 12 Bookworm has a support period of 5 years. During this period, users will get critical bug fixes and security updates.

Debian adopts release codenames from Pixar Toy Story movie characters. Debian 13 will be known by the code name Trixie.

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Debian 12 stable release is available with several desktop environments and updated packages. The noteworthy package updates avaiable in Debia 12 are as follows:

  • Gnome 43
  • KDE Plasma 5.27
  • LXDE 11
  • LXQt 1.2.0
  • MATE 1.26
  • Xfce 4.18
  • GIMP 2.10.34
  • GCC 12.2
  • LibreOffice 7.4
  • Linux Kernel 6.1

In addition to the desktop images, Debian 12 is available for nine architectures and it will be available for popular cloud platforms.

For further information on Debian 12 Bookworm, see the official release announcement on project’s website.

Download Debian 12 Bookworm

Debian 12 Bookworm images can be downloaded from the official download page. Download Debian 12 Bookworm(official)

Debian 12 Bookworm Plasma screenshots

01 Bootscreen01 Bootscreen02 Loading Desktop02 Loading Desktop03.0 Desktop03.0 Desktop03.1 About System03.1 About System04 Application Menu04 Application Menu05 Dolphin File Manager05 Dolphin File Manager06 Konsole06 Konsole07 Multitasking Overview07 Multitasking Overview08 Firefox08 Firefox09 Dragon09 Dragon10 Juk10 Juk11 LibreOffice Impress11 LibreOffice Impress12 System Settings12 System Settings13 Wallpapers13 Wallpapers14 Discover-114 Discover-115 Discover-215 Discover-216 Disocver-316 Disocver-317 System Monitor17 System Monitor18 Shutdown confirmation18 Shutdown confirmation

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