Of course, all eyes of the users of this legendary Linux distribution are in the middle of next year, when Debian 12 “Bookworm” is expected. A year in which Debian made some significant decisions about its future, such as integrating non-free software in the installer by default. With this year’s last release in the “Bullseye” series, Debian closes another successful year for itself. In addition, users can configure the unattended-upgrades package to perform installation updated packages and security updates automatically. If you’re unsure how to set it up, our “ How to Set Up Automatic Updates on Debian” guide will walk you through the process. Once the Debian upgrade is completed, you need to reboot the system. So, if you’re already using it, you must run the command below to upgrade your Debian system to the most recent stable Debian 11.6 version. Please remember that this new release does not include any new versions of Debian 11 but only updates some of the packages. In addition, according to the release notes, the Debian Installer has also been updated to include the fixes that the point release brought into the stable.

The more notable packages receiving bug fixes and security updates in this release are Chromium, Evolution, GRUB2, Glibc, Mplayer, Mutt, Nano, nftables, Postfix, PostgreSQL, Bind, Lighttpd, MediaWiki, D-Bus, LibreOffice, Squid, Tomcat, WordPress, PHP, VLC, and FFmpeg.īesides those mentioned above, Debian 11.6 brings the Linux kernel version to 5.10.0-20. For the statistics, it contains 78 security and 69 bug fixes updates. It’s the sixth update in the Debian 11 “Bullseye” series. Today, the Debian Project has announced the general availability of Debian 11.6. In other words, a new version is ready when it’s ready. However, it follows a flexible release schedule. So if you’re on Debian 11, it’s time to upgrade.ĭebian is one of the oldest GNU/Linux distributions in active development. Debian 11.6 is now available, and while a minor release, it’s a mandatory step toward OS’s stability.

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