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Debian 13 "Trixie" Released, This Is What’s New
Exactly 2 years, 1 month, and 29 days after the release of Debian 12 “Bookworm,” Debian 13 “Trixie” is now here, powered by Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, with an entirely refreshed package base, serious security enhancements, and a whole bunch of new features.
For the first time, Debian officially supports the 64-bit RISC-V (riscv64) architecture. This means that owners of compatible RISC-V hardware can now enjoy the same Debian experience as users on more established platforms, complete with the full breadth of packages and long-term support.
Of course, Trixie also continues to offer robust support for other architectures, including amd64, arm64, armel, armhf, ppc64el, and s390x. On 64-bit PCs, partial i386 userland support remains available — but with reduced scope, as i386 has been demoted to legacy status.
LWN:
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Debian 13 ("trixie") released
The Debian Project has released its latest stable version, Debian 13 ("trixie"), which will be supported through 2030. This release includes GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 6.3, Xfce 4.20, Linux 6.12, GCC 14.2, Python 3.13, and systemd 257.
This release contains over 14,100 new packages for a total count of 69,830 packages, while over 8,840 packages have been removed as "obsolete". 44,326 packages were updated in this release. The overall disk usage for "trixie" is 403,854,660 kB (403 GB), and is made up of 1,463,291,186 lines of code. [...]
With this broad selection of packages and its traditional wide architecture support, Debian once again stays true to its goal of being "The Universal Operating System". It is suitable for many different use cases: from desktop systems to netbooks; from development servers to cluster systems; and for database, web, and storage servers. At the same time, additional quality assurance efforts like automatic installation and upgrade tests for all packages in Debian's archive ensure that "trixie" fulfills the high expectations that users have of a stable Debian release.
Trixie adds riscv64 as an officially supported architecture, and drops i386 as a regular architecture. Users with i386 systems should not upgrade to trixie; the project recommends reinstalling them as amd64, or retiring the hardware. See the release notes and issues to be aware of before installing or upgrading to trixie.
UbuntuHandbook:
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Debian 13 Released with RISC-V Support, but Dropped i386 | UbuntuHandbook
Debian, the upstream Linux Distribution that Ubuntu is based on, released new stable 13 version!
Debian 13, code-name “trixie”, will be supported for the next 5 years. It features Linux Kernel 6.12, updated desktop environments, toolkits, and new CPU architecture type support.
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Debian 13 “Trixie”: Best New Features
A roundup of the key features of the latest Debian 13 release. After almost two years of development, Debian 13 “Trixie” is now available to download and upgrade from Debian 12. This critical release brings few major updates including latest packages across modules, GNU/Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS, modern desktop environments and more.
IDRoot:
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Debian 13 “Trixie” Released
The GNU/Linux community has been eagerly awaiting this moment. On August 9, 2025, the Debian Project officially released Debian 13 “Trixie,” marking a significant milestone after 2 years, 1 month, and 30 days of intensive development.
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Debian 13 “trixie” release brings RISC-V support plus to the popular GNU/Linux distro, plus thousands of other updates
Debian is a free and open source, Linux-based operating system that's bee around for more than three decades. And computers have changed a lot in that time.
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Debian 13.0 Officially Released » Linux Magazine
Huzzah! Debian 13 ("trixie") is now available to download and install. As with most Debian releases, it took time (two years) for this release, and (as always) the wait was worth it.
Starring Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, Gnome 48, GCC 1.42, OpenJDK Java 21, Python 3.13, support for HTTP booting (via UEFI and U-Boot), an improved installer, RISC-V 64 support, APT 3.0, and a new default theme, Debian 13 might not look like a major step forward, but the performance will prove you wrong.
Speaking of performance, another change involves the /tmp directory, which Debian 13 changes. This new release uses tmpfs for the /tmp directory by default. This means temporary files are stored in RAM instead of on local storage. Now, files in the /tmp directory will be automatically deleted after 10 days of inactivity, and /var/tmp is cleaned after 30 days. This ensures that temp files don't accumulate and also improves performance via the RAM-based temp storage.
As well, you can expect each of the supported desktops enjoys the latest upgrades. You'll find Gnome 48, KDE Plasma 6.3, Xfce 4.20, LXDE 13, and LXQt 2.1.0.
GOL:
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Debian 13 trixie released with Linux kernel 6.12
Debian 13 trixie has been released following years of working, bringing lots of new software updates for the popular Linux distribution. Your choice of desktop environment with GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 6.3, LXDE 13, LXQt 2.1.0, and Xfce 4.20. Each with their own set of major changes and new features since the last releases available in Debian.
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Debian 13 'Trixie' arrives: x86-32 and MIPS out, RISC-V in
Debian 13 has arrived, now with RISC-V and preconfigured "blends" right in the main installer.
The OS, code-named "Trixie", has added support for 64-bit RISC-V hardware – but dropped its x86-32 edition as well as both 32-bit and 64-bit MIPS. Other supported architectures included several forms of 32-bit and 64-bit Arm, 64-bit little-endian POWER and IBM mainframes. This is the last release for armel, though.
"Trixie" – named after the blue Triceratops from Toy Story 3, and with a blue-green theme called Ceratopsian to match – upgrades APT to version 3, uses 64-bit times to evade the Y2K38 problem, and uses kernel 6.12, the latest LTS kernel release. In this release, the installer offers a choice of what the project calls Pure Blends, which install pre-configured selections of packages for various special interest groups. An intriguing option here is Debian Junior, aimed at children up to the age of eight.