After a year and 9 months of development, Debian 12 (code name “bookworm”) was officially released on 10/06/2023 as the last major release of the distribution.
New Debian 12.2 runs Linux kernel 6.1.27 LTS, packages are built using GCC 12.2.0 compiler, LLVM/Clang 14 compiler is also available along with an LLVM/Clang 15 option, PHP 8.2 comes as default version. On the desktop, the releases are: GNOME 43.4, KDE Plasma 5.27.5, Xfce 4.18.1, LXDE 11 and MATE 1.26.
So last night the second minor update of version 12 was released, i.e. version 12.2. The update mainly brings fixes for security issues, along with a few tweaks for serious issues.
Note that the point release is not a new version of Debian 12 but updates some of the included packages.
After installation, packages can be upgraded to current versions using an updated Debian mirror.
Those who frequently install updates from security.debian.org will not need to update many packages. Below you will find the ISOs you will only need for a new installation.
You can find more information about the Debian 12.2 release from official announcement published today on Debian.org.
Download the ISO you are interested in
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/
George is still wondering what he is doing here….
