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Registration and the Call for Proposals for Debian MiniDebConf Hamburg 2025, April 30 to May 5, are now open! The deadline for submitting proposals is April 13. Sponsors Wanted! https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/03/msg00005.html #debian #debconf #MiniDebConfHamburg

Trixie release preparations are progressing: Trixie's first freeze stage concerning transitions and the toolchain started on March 15 as planned https://release.debian.org/trixie/freeze_policy.html#summary #debian #trixie

After Debian archive was updated to 12.10, the Debian CD team did the hard work of preparing and testing our installation medias to make sure everything is working correctly. Their work is now complete and the images are available at https://www.debian.org/distrib/ #debian #bookworm

Updated Debian 12: 12.10 released https://www.debian.org/News/2025/20250315 #debian #bookworm

Debian will be present at FOSSASIA Summit, in Bangkok, Thailand, March 13-15, 2025. Visit our stand and take part in our packaging workshop! You can also attend two talks given by Ananthu CV and Andreas Tille, the current Debian Project Leader https://eventyay.com/e/4c0e0c27/exhibition/281 #debian

Debian is participating in Google Summer of Code! We're seeking candidates who are interested in working on projects and receiving mentorship. Applications are open March 24 - April 8, 2025. https://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2025 #Debian #GSoC

A Bug Squashing Party is organized in Montréal, Canada, by Debian Québec on 28-29 March, to facilitate the release of the next stable version of Debian (Debian 13 - Trixie), fixing as many Release Critical bugs as possible https://wiki.debian.org/BSP/2025/03/ca/Montreal #debian #trixie

Meet Debian at SCaLE 22x (Southern California Linux Expo 2025), the largest community-run open-source and free software conference in North America, on March 6-9, 2025 in Pasadena, CA, USA. Once again Dima Kogan and other Debian enthusiasts will be representing Debian with a booth. Use the "DEB" promo code to get a discount. Come by and say hi! https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/22x/exhibitors?page=1 #debian

Debian 15 will be codenamed duke. Visit https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases for the names of past and future Debian releases #debian #duke

The Debian Release Team is keeping pace: the first trixie freeze step (transition and toolchain freeze) is coming next month! https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/01/msg00004.html #debian #trixie