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Debian 7
The long-awaited release of Debian version 7.0 has taken place.
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In this version, many improvements have been made both "under the hood" and visible to the end user.
Now the package base has more than 12800 new packages - thus, the total number of packages in the repository is 37493. Compared to Squeeze, 20160 packages were updated (70% of the package base) and 4125 (14%) were deleted for various reasons.
The following changes have been made to the installer:
The distribution includes the following software versions:
Debian 7 transitioned to multiarch architecture. This means that you can install packages of several architectures at once on one machine. ia32-libs is no longer used, there is a small note about this.
The Debian Backports service is now officially part of the Debian project. To use backports, you need to connect the following repository:
Debian Squeeze Upgrade Guide
What You Need to Know About Wheezy
Debian 7 CD1: amd64 i386
Debian 7 Netinstall: amd64 i386
Debian 7 Netinstall (includes non-free firmware): amd64 i386 multiarch
![](https://habrastorage.org/storage2/e42/754/af7/e42754af70fd81dc02b64f560c173b81.png)
In this version, many improvements have been made both "under the hood" and visible to the end user.
Now the package base has more than 12800 new packages - thus, the total number of packages in the repository is 37493. Compared to Squeeze, 20160 packages were updated (70% of the package base) and 4125 (14%) were deleted for various reasons.
Installation
The following changes have been made to the installer:
- UEFI support (Secure Boot not supported)
- WPA Support
- Installation using voice commands
- Ext4 default action
Software
The distribution includes the following software versions:
- Linux Kernel 3.2 with its own patches
- X.Org 7.7 (X.Org Server 1.12)
- GNOME 3.4 (with some components from 3.2)
- KDE 4.8.4
- Xfce 4.8
- LibreOffice 3.5 (enabled by default and replaces OpenOffice.org upon upgrade)
- MySQL 5.5
- Apache 2.2.22
- Python 2.7
- GCC 4.7.2
- LLVM / Clang 3.0
- Iceweasel (Firefox) 10
- systemd 44
Multiarch
Debian 7 transitioned to multiarch architecture. This means that you can install packages of several architectures at once on one machine. ia32-libs is no longer used, there is a small note about this.
Repositories
The Debian Backports service is now officially part of the Debian project. To use backports, you need to connect the following repository:
deb mirrors.kernel.org/debian wheezy-backports main contrib
Update
Debian Squeeze Upgrade Guide
What You Need to Know About Wheezy
Download
Debian 7 CD1: amd64 i386
Debian 7 Netinstall: amd64 i386
Debian 7 Netinstall (includes non-free firmware): amd64 i386 multiarch