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Debian Releases > Debian Jessie
Jessie is the development codename for Debian 8. Jessie receives Long-Term-Support since 2018-06-17. It was superseded by Debian Stretch on 2017-06-17.
It is the current oldstable distribution.
Contents
Debian Jessie Life cycle
Before the release
2012-07-27: Distribution codename announced
- 2013-05-04: Wheezy released, development on Jessie started
2013-10-13: Jessie freeze date announced
2014-08-13: Jessie installer beta 1 released
2014-10-05: Jessie installer beta 2 released
2014-11-05: Jessie freeze Debian 8.0 "Jessie" is frozen
2015-01-26: Jessie installer RC1 released
2015-03-27: Jessie installer RC2 released
2015-03-31: Jessie target release date announced
2015-04-19: Jessie installer RC3 released
Release and updates
2015-04-25: Initial release: 8.0 (press release)
2015-06-06: Updated (8.1) (press release).
2015-09-05: Updated (8.2) (press release).
2016-01-23: Updated (8.3) (press release).
2016-04-02: Updated (8.4) (press release).
2016-06-04: Updated (8.5) (press release).
2016-09-17: Updated (8.6) (press release).
2017-01-14: Updated (8.7) (press release).
2017-05-06: Updated (8.8) (press release).
2016-06-17: Jessie becomes oldstable. (i.e. A new stable is released: Debian Stretch)
2017-07-22: Updated (8.9) (press release).
2017-12-09: Updated (8.10) (press release).
2018-05-18: Long-Term-Support announced (security advisory).
2018-06-23: Updated (8.11) (press release).
Architectures
work in progress, Read "Bits from the release teams" emails and arch_qualify page
- Two architectures have been introduced: arm64 and ppc64el, and three were dropped: s390 (i.e 31bits support is dropped, replaced by s390x), sparc, and ia64.
New Features
See New In Jessie
Packages & versions
- apt: 1.0.9.8.1
- kernel: Linux 3.16
- gcc: 4.9
- libc: libc6 2.19-18
- X-server: Xorg 7.7
Expected version, as of 2015-09-08
Links
Download CD: http://www.debian.org/CD/
Package Repository: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/
Release information: http://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/
FAQ
- Q) Which ''Toy Story'' character is Jessie ?
She's the cowgirl modeled after the character on the fictional television show Woody's Roundup (see Wikipedia page, picture)
See also:
Debian Wheezy - The previous distribution.
Debian Stretch - The next distribution.