The wait is over. Debian 8.0—“Jessie”—will be released on April 25, after a nearly two-year development cycle for the next release of this long-standing Linux distribution. Microsoft is even throwing ...

On Saturday, the Debian project released two new updates for Debian 9 and Debian 8, bumping them up to 9.1 and 8.9 respectively. The updates aren’t too significant but they do come with patched ...

In today's open source roundup: Debian 8 Jesse has been released. Plus: Did open source principles matter when Linux was created? And can you play games on a Chromebox computer? Many Linux users have ...

The latest point-release update of Debian GNU/Linux (8.3) came out last week, so I decided to take this opportunity to review what distribution media are available, and how/where they can/can't be ...

Debian 8—nicknamed “Jessie” after the cowgirl character in Toy Story 2 and 3—debuted last week, but it feels overdue. The release was in development within the Testing channel for quite a while, and, ...

After nearly two years of development, Debian 8 “Jessie” is ready for download. It’s an open source GNU/Linux operating system designed for use on a wide range of hardware and developed by thousands ...

Stable version of Debian 8 open-source operating system is now official and will continue to get official support for the next five years. Debian 8 is codenamed "Jessie" and the latest Debian version ...

I spend a significant portion of my life installing and testing distributions of Linux-based systems. It’s really rather ridiculous. Even obscure ones—ones that never stand a chance of being listed on ...

Microsoft has added Debian GNU/Linux to its list of supported Linux distributions on Azure. On December 2, Microsoft plans to announce availability of Debian as an endorsed distribution in the Azure ...