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Please see Debian mirror download and release page for further information.

You can upgrade Debian 5.0 to 6.0 simply following these instructions.

Download from BitTorrent 64 bit DVD (requires a BitTorrent client).

Download from BitTorrent i386 32 bit DVD (requires a BitTorrent client).

getdeb6 Debian Linux 6 DVD ISO BitTorrent downloadĭownload images from the following mirror: Debian 6 DVD ISO BitTorrent download #!/bin/bash # getdeb6: Download Debian 6 DVD images # Tip: run it over screen session # Added $_version for easy upgrade # - _bit= ' $.iso' wget -c $_image done You can use the following shell script to grab all 8 DVD images:

Visit mirror to download Debian ISO images 64 bit DVD ISO (4.4 GB each).

Visit mirror to download Debian ISO image 32 bit i386 DVD ISO (4.4 GB each).

Choose 64 bit version to take full advantage of computers based on the AMD64 or EM64T architecture (e.g., Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon, Core 2 duo).

For e.g., most machines with Intel/AMD type processors.

For almost all PCs use 32 bit version.

Please note that the latest stable version is 6.0.4. Once downloaded, use the Internet to install any packages. You only need to download first CD / DVD and install the base system.

And more than 29,000 other ready-to-use software packages, built from nearly 15,000 source packages.ĭebian provides all packages on CD / DVD and the total size is around 32GB+ for all media files.

Xen Hypervisor 4.0.1 (dom0 as well as domU support).

Samba file and print server version 3.5.6.

Icedove version 3.0.11 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Thunderbird).

Iceweasel version 3.5.16 (an unbranded version of Mozilla Firefox).

the Xfce version 4.6 desktop environment.

an updated version of the GNOME desktop environment version 2.30.

KDE Plasma Workspaces and KDE Applications version 4.4.5.

Following new updated major software packages are included:

Various other changes make Debian more suitable for small form factor notebooks, like the introduction of the KDE Plasma Netbook shell. Debian 6.0 introduces a dependency based boot system, making system start-up faster and more robust due to parallel execution of boot scripts and correct dependency tracking between them.

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