For those not riding the in-development Debian "Buster" packages or the "Sid" bleeding-edge packages, the default desktop GNOME session is using Wayland by default.

While it will be quite some time before Debian 10 "Buster" is released, the first alpha of its installer is now available.

Yesterday marked GNOME turning 20 while today Debian developers and users have its 24th birthday of the project to celebrate.

Debian developers are still hoping they will be able to remove the Qt4 tool-kit during the Debian 10 "Buster" development cycle.

If you have extra time this weekend, you may be interested in watching videos from DebConf17, the annual Debian Developers' conference.

Debian developers are evaluating whether to continue producing "Debian Live" images or not. Should they go away, there would no longer be a Live DVD/CD/USB environment to try out the operating system short of going through the Debian Installer process.

Debian GNU/Linux 9.1 and 8.9 were both released today.

Not only is Debian 9.0 released as the main GNU/Linux OS, but also Debian GNU/Hurd is now out with a major release as their pairing of the GNU user-land with Hurd in place of the Linux kernel.

Debian 9 "Stretch" is now officially available.

In prepping for the Debian 9.0 release in a few days, developers have uploaded Debian Installer Stretch RC5 that also serves as the installer's final release candidate.

The fourth release candidate of the installer for the upcoming Debian 9.0 "Stretch" release is now available.

Debian 9.0 now has an official release date.

Devuan 1.0 is now officially available, the fork of Debian aiming for "init freedom" and shipping without systemd.

While waiting for the upcoming Debian 9.0 "Stretch" release, Debian 8.8 has shipped this weekend as the latest stable update.

Just a short time after last month's Devuan 1.0 RC1 debut, the second release candidate of this systemd-free version of Debian is now available.

With Debian 9.0 not being far away from releasing, the Debian CD Images Team has issued an update over their fundamental changes happening for this "Stretch" cycle.

Debian 9.0 "Stretch" has seen UEFI Secure Boot support no longer being considered a release blocker but is now just a stretch goal for this upcoming release.

Debian developers continue making progress with a -- currently unofficial -- port of their Linux operating system to RISC-V.

The first release candidate is now available for Devuan, the fork of Debian that rids the system of systemd.

Debian developer Dmitry Bogatov was arrested by Russian authorities for running a Tor exit node and accused of supporting terrorism.

Chris Lamb has unseated Mehdi Dogguy as the next Debian Project Leader.

Debian developers are preparing for the final phase of the development freeze on Debian 9.0 "Stretch" and it's looking like the official release might not be too far out.

The third release candidate to Debian Installer for 9.0 "Stretch" is now available for testing.

LMDE, the Linux Mint Debian Edition that's using Debian GNU/Linux as a base in place of Ubuntu, has out new ISO images.

Debian project leader Mehdi Dogguy has written a status update concerning the work going on for the first two months of 2017.

Debian 9.0 "Stretch" is now frozen for its anticipated release later this year.

The second release candidate to the Debian Installer for the upcoming Debian 9.0 "Stretch" release is now available.

Debian Linux is now available for running on NVIDIA's Jetson TX1 developer board powered by their Tegra X1 SoC.

The Debian Installer is getting ready for the 9.0 "Stretch" release.

For those riding Debian 8 "Jessie" until the stable debut of Debian 9 "Stretch", Debian 8.7 is available this weekend.