Debian GNU/Linux version 6.0 has been released ( jump to download ) after
24 months of constant development and available for download in various
media format. Debian 6.0 is a free operating system, coming for the
first time in two flavours. Alongside Debian GNU/Linux, Debian
GNU/kFreeBSD is introduced with this version as a "technology preview".
It also supports various processor architectures and includes the KDE,
GNOME, Xfce, LXDE and other desktop environments. It also features
compatibility with the FHS v2.3 and software developed for version 3.2
of the LSB.
What's new in Debian 6.0
Debian 6.0 introduces a dependency based boot system, making system
start-up faster and more robust due to parallel execution of boot
scripts and correct dependency tracking between them. Various other
changes make Debian more suitable for small form factor notebooks, like
the introduction of the KDE Plasma Netbook shell. Following new updated
major software packages are included:
KDE Plasma Workspaces and KDE Applications version 4.4.5
an updated version of the GNOME desktop environment version 2.30
the Xfce version 4.6 desktop environment
LXDE version 0.5.0
X.Org version 7.5
OpenOffice.org version 3.2.1
GIMP version 2.6.11
Iceweasel version 3.5.16 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox)
Icedove version 3.0.11 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Thunderbird)
PostgreSQL version 8.4.6
MySQL version 5.1.49
GNU Compiler Collection version 4.4.5
Linux kernel version 2.6.32
Apache web server version 2.2.16
Samba file and print server version 3.5.6
Python version 2.6.6, 2.5.5 and 3.1.3
Perl version 5.10.1
PHP version 5.3.3
Asterisk version 1.6.2.9
Nagios version 3.2.3
Xen Hypervisor 4.0.1 (dom0 as well as domU support)
OpenJDK version 6b18
Tomcat version 6.0.18
And more than 29,000 other ready-to-use software packages, built from nearly 15,000 source packages.
Debian 6 klik
Download
Debian provides all packages on CD / DVD and the total size is around
32GB+ for all media files. You only need to download first CD / DVD and
install the base system. Once downloaded, use the Internet to install
any packages.
Please note that the latest stable version is 6.0.4.
32 bit vs 64 bit Debian Linux Version
For almost all PCs use 32 bit version. For e.g., most machines with Intel/AMD type processors.
Choose 64 bit version to take full advantage of computers based on the
AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon, Core 2
duo).
Debian 6 DVD ISO download
There are total 8 DVD images:
Visit mirror to
download Debian ISO image 32 bit i386 DVD ISO (4.4 GB each)
Visit mirror to download Debian ISO images 64 bit DVD ISO (4.4 GB each)
Download images from the following mirror:
Debian 6 DVD ISO BitTorrent download
Download from BitTorrent i386 32 bit DVD (requires a BitTorrent client)
Download from BitTorrent 64 bit DVD (requires a BitTorrent client)
Debian 6 Upgrade over the Internet
You can upgrade Debian 5.0 to 6.0 simply following these instructions.
Debian Linux 6 Download Mirrors list
Please see Debian mirror download and release page for further information.