Version 12 of the Debian operating system has been available for a little over a year (June 2023). A new stability update was released (12.6) on June 29. Summary of new features.
Voici donc la Sixth update of the stable distribution Debian 12 (codenamed Bookworm). While fixing some essential problems, this update mainly fixes security problems of the stable version, we can read on the official blog: 162 bugs were eradicated and 84 security fixes (just that) were brought. Suffice to say that the update is necessary for everyone!
By the way, if you frequently install updates from security.debian.org, you won’t have to do much, as most security.debian.org updates are included in this update. up to date.
Debian 12.6 is released with a slightly patched Linux kernel (kernel-image-6.1.94-1). All desktop environments are also under more recent editions, including GNOME 43.9, Xfce 4.18, Cinnamon 5.6.8, MATE 1.26.0, KDE Plasma 5.27.5 LTS, LXQt 1.2.0, and LXDE 0.10.1. In short, you have the choice!
If you still have them, there is no need to throw away the old version media Bookworm, specify the developers. Indeed, after installation, packages can be upgraded to current versions using an up-to-date Debian mirror. The list of mirrors can be found at this address.
The list of new features (and removed packages) can be viewed in the official “Changelog” file here.
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