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Debian 13 (aka "Trixie") is now available for general use.
This latest release is an elegant, smooth, and stable OS.
Trixie ships with plenty of applications, a new theme, and a modern kernel.
Debian is often called the "mother of all distributions" because so many distributions (such as Ubuntu) use it as a base. The reason for this is twofold: Debian is user-friendly and is absolutely rock-solid. It's a rare occasion that I run into an operating system that is as reliable as Debian. Part of the reason for this is the time the developers take before releasing a new iteration. The time between releases allows them to do extensive testing, which ensures the release is sound.
As far as what's new in the release, you can check out this detailed description from my brother in open-source, Steven Vaughan Nichols. For this piece, I want to give you my initial impression of the latest iteration of that Linux distribution that inspires so many others.
Debian 13.
It is, in a word… smooth.
Also: 7 things every Linux beginner should know before downloading their first distro
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