Debian -- Debian “bookworm” Release Info

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Debian “bookworm” Release Information
Debian “bookworm” Release Information
Debian 12.13 was
released on
January 10th, 2026
Debian 12.0 was initially released on June 10th, 2023.
The release included many major
changes, described in
our
press release
and
the
Release Notes
Debian 12 has been superseded by
Debian 13 (
trixie
The Debian 12 life cycle encompasses five years: the initial three years of
full Debian support, until June 10th, 2026, and two years of
Long Term Support (LTS), until June 30th, 2028. The set of
supported architectures is reduced during the LTS term. For more information,
please refer to the
Security Information
webpage and
the
LTS section of the Debian Wiki
To obtain and install Debian, see
the
installation information
page and the
Installation Guide
. To upgrade from an older
Debian release, see the instructions in the
Release Notes
Computer architectures supported at initial release of bookworm:
64-bit PC (amd64)
64-bit ARM (AArch64)
EABI ARM (armel)
Hard Float ABI ARM (armhf)
32-bit PC (i386)
MIPS (little endian)
64-bit MIPS (little endian)
POWER Processors
IBM System z
Contrary to our wishes, there may be some problems that exist in the
release, even though it is declared
stable
. We've made
a list of the major known problems
, and you can always
report other issues
to us.
Last but not least, we have a list of
people who take
credit
for making this release happen.
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