DEBIAN News and Articles

At long last, Debian joins other Unix-like distributions in merging /usr directories.

YunoHost offers a wide range of services on a proven Debian platform that you can host yourself.

In 2014, the Debian project decided to replace the old init system with systemd, but a small group of developers resisted, forking Debian to start the systemd-free Devuan. We decided to take a look at Devuan 1.0.0, the first stable release.

When human error stumps the Debian package manager, familiar tools like apt-get, aptitude, and dpkg can help restore functionality.

Mate isn't just for Mint users. The DMDc project is Mate on top of Debian Testing.

Since the release of the final version, Samba 4 has become increasingly significant in IT practice; now it has found its way into Jessie, the next Debian release. We take a look at the new features.

The Debian Goodies collection offers a variety of time-tested scripts to help you manage Debian packages.

The powerful dpkg-reconfigure command can be used to reconfigure an entire installation. We show how to use it wisely.