Lucky 13: a look at Debian trixie
13 days ago
- #Debian
- #Linux
- #Open Source
- Debian 13 (trixie) released after two years of development, featuring APT 3.0 and 64-bit RISC-V support.
- Includes updated software like GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 6.3, and Linux kernel 6.12.41.
- Supports six major hardware architectures, dropping i386 and MIPS.
- Upgrades from Debian 12 (bookworm) supported, with recommendations to convert APT sources to DEB822 format.
- Offers various installation methods, including netinst and live images with Calamares installer.
- Debian installer provides detailed control, including custom partitioning and accessibility options.
- Continues X.org support for GNOME and KDE, unlike some other distributions.
- Includes Firefox ESR by default, with options to install newer versions via Mozilla's repository or extrepo.
- Transition to 64-bit time_t on 32-bit architectures to address the Year 2038 problem.
- DSA SSH keys disabled by default; openssh-client-ssh1 available for legacy systems.
- Uses tmpfs for /tmp by default, configurable up to 50% of memory.
- Debian's focus on stability means software versions may lag behind upstream.
- Next release, Debian 14 (forky), is already in development with no set release date.