The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system. This operating system is called Debian. Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel. Linux is a completely free piece of software started by Linus Torvalds and supported by thousands of programmers worldwide. Of course, the thing that people want is application software: programs to help them get what they want to do done, from editing documents to running a business to playing games to writing more software. Debian comes with over 50,000 packages (precompiled software that is bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine) - all of it free. It's a bit like a tower. At the base is the kernel. On top of that are all the basic tools. Next is all the software that you run on the computer. At the top of the tower is Debian -- carefully organizing and fitting everything so it all works together.

• Debian 13
• Debian 12
• Debian 11
• Debian 10
• Debian 9

If you want a distribution that really works, the answer is Debian. This latest version is extremely functional and user-friendly. I even find Debian today strange. When I started using Debian in version 3.1, everything was difficult. You had to do everything by hand. Today it seems like child's play, you install it and everything works. If you have some knowledge of the system, of course it helps, but it doesn't compare to the pain of installing it in the 2000s. I am particularly impressed with the lightness and stability of the system. I had problems downloading videos from YouTube with yt-dlp, but the latest version of backports worked perfectly. For the unbelievers, I say: Debian works!!!! God save GNU/Linux.