The Debian Project has released Debian 12.10 today, marking the ninth ISO update in the latest Debian GNU/Linux 12 “Bookworm” series.
Debian 12.10 has arrived just over two months after Debian 12.9, serving as the ninth point release in the Debian Bookworm series. Interestingly, this is indeed the ninth release, as Debian 12.3 was never officially launched due to a critical issue in the EXT4 file system that caused data corruption, excluding it from being counted as a valid point release.
Like earlier updates, Debian 12.10 offers refreshed installation media for users looking to deploy the most recent Debian Bookworm operating system on new hardware. This is particularly useful for those who encountered issues with prior Debian 12 versions or prefer to avoid downloading hundreds of updates from the repositories post-installation.
This latest Debian Bookworm release brings a total of 66 bug fixes across various packages and 43 security updates. For more details on these security patches and bug fixes, you can refer to the official release announcement page.
Debian 12.10 installation images are now available for download, supporting a wide range of hardware architectures, including 64-bit (amd64), 32-bit (i386), PowerPC 64-bit Little Endian (ppc64el), IBM System z (s390x),MIPS 64-bit Little Endian (mips64el), MIPS 32-bit Little Endian (mipsel), MIPS, ARM EL (armel), ARM Hard Float (armhf), and ARM 64-bit (arm64). You can access the images here.
Live images for Debian 12.10 are also available for download, but exclusively for 64-bit systems. These images come preinstalled with popular desktop environments, including KDE Plasma 5.27.5 LTS, GNOME 43.9, Xfce 4.18, Cinnamon 5.6.8, MATE 1.26.0, LXQt 1.2.0, and LXDE 0.10.1. Additionally, a “Standard” live ISO image without a graphical environment is also offered for download. You can access them here.
Existing users of Debian GNU/Linux 12 “Bookworm” can update their systems by running the sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade commands in a terminal emulator or virtual console. Alternatively, updates can also be applied using a graphical package manager like Synaptic Package Manager.
