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***** What is Debian? *****
Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system
is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian
uses the Linux kernel (the core of an operating system), but most of the basic
OS tools come from the GNU_project; hence the name GNU/Linux.
Debian GNU/Linux provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 18733
packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy
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***** Getting Started *****
The latest_stable_release_of_Debian is 4.0. The last update to this release was
made on July 26th, 2008. Read more about available_versions_of_Debian.
If you'd like to start using Debian, you can easily obtain_a_copy, and then
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***** News *****
[08 Aug 2008] Mar_del_Plata_to_host_8th_Debian_conference
[26 Jul 2008] Debian_GNU/Linux_4.0_updated_and_support_for_newer_hardware_added
[27 Apr 2008] Debian_is_participating_in_the_2008_Google_Summer_of_Code
[13 Apr 2008] Debian_GNU/Linux_3.1_updated
[29 Feb 2008] Security_Support_for_Debian_3.1_to_be_terminated
[17 Feb 2008] Debian_GNU/Linux_4.0_updated
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***** Security Advisories *****
[01 Sep 2008] DSA-1634_wordnet - stack and heap overflows
[01 Sep 2008] DSA-1633_slash - SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting
[26 Aug 2008] DSA-1632_tiff - buffer underflow
[22 Aug 2008] DSA-1631_libxml2 - denial of service
[21 Aug 2008] DSA-1630_linux-2.6 - denial of service/information leak
[19 Aug 2008] DSA-1629_postfix - programming error
[10 Aug 2008] DSA-1628_pdns - DNS response spoofing
[04 Aug 2008] DSA-1627_opensc - programming error
[01 Aug 2008] DSA-1626_httrack - buffer overflow
[01 Aug 2008] DSA-1625_cupsys - buffer overflows
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