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Debian 12.11 “Bookworm” Released with 81 Bug Fixes and 45 Security Updates
Arriving two months after Debian 12.10, the Debian 12.11 update is the tenth point release of the Debian Bookworm series. Yes, tenth, because Debian 12.3 was never released due to an issue in the EXT4 file system leading to data corruption, which means that it doesn’t count as a point release.
As with previous releases, Debian 12.11 is here to provide an updated installation media for those who want to deploy the latest Debian Bookworm operating system on new hardware and who had issues with previous Debian 12 versions or don’t want to download hundreds of updates from the repositories after the installation.
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Debian -- News -- Updated Debian 12: 12.11 released
The Debian project is pleased to announce the eleventh update of its stable distribution Debian 12 (codename "bookworm"). This point release mainly adds corrections for security issues, along with a few adjustments for serious problems. Security advisories have already been published separately and are referenced where available.
Please note that the point release does not constitute a new version of Debian 12 but only updates some of the packages included. There is no need to throw away old "bookworm" media. After installation, packages can be upgraded to the current versions using an up-to-date Debian mirror.
Those who frequently install updates from security.debian.org won't have to update many packages, and most such updates are included in the point release.
New installation images will be available soon at the regular locations.
FLOSSLinux: 20250517 - Debian point release - Bookworm 12.11 today
In Cottenham with Andy and the usual suspects. The point release update files are already on the servers - anyone can do an "apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade" and update any running machine. This machine has just been upgraded and "just worked".
Here to do release testing for the images that we will end up publishing later in the day.
Expecting one more of us to turn up a bit later. Team will be working on IRC on #debian-cd
FLOSSLinux: Debian 12.11 - testing completed, images being signed and we'll be back for the next point release on ???
All finished and wrapping up. The bug I thought was fixed has been identified on two distinct sets of hardware. There are workarounds: the most sensible is *not* to use i386 without a modeset parameter but to just use amd64 instead. amd64 works on the identical problematic hardware in question - just use 64 bit.
FLOSSLinux: Debian 12.11 testing - and we're nearly there
Almost finished the testing we're going to do at 15:29 UTC. It's all been good - we've found that at least one of the major bug reports from 12.10 is not reproducible now. All good - and many thanks to all testers: Sledge, rattusrattus, egw, smcv (and me).
FLOSSLinux: Debian 12.11 images testing - progress
We're now well under way: Been joined by a Simon McVittie (smcv) and we're almost through testing most of the standard images. Live image testing is being worked through. All good so far without identifying problems other than mistyping :)
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Debian 12.11 Released with Security Fixes and Stability Updates
Over two months after its previous 12.10 release, the Debian Project rolled out the eleventh update of its stable 12 “Bookworm” series, primarily focusing on improving security and addressing bugs across various packages.
If you’ve been keeping your system updated through security.debian.org, there’s not much to do with this release—most of the fixes were already included in earlier updates. 12.11 just brings them together in one place. However, if you’re doing a fresh install, this is the version to download and set up.
Among the notable changes is upgrading the Linux kernel to version 6.1.137. However, a caveat accompanies this kernel update—it currently has issues loading the “watchdog” and “w83977f_wdt” modules on AMD64 systems.