Continuing with its usual development and pace, the Debian Project has released this weekend a point update of its operating system. This time, what they have delivered to us is Debian 12.8, and he has arrived unaccompanied as he did the previous 12.7. On that occasion, a release was welcome and they also gave us Debian 11.11 with shim 15.8 which, although they didn't say so, improved support for Secure Boot and fixed part of the The mess Microsoft made in the middle of this year.
As they always point out and we echo, Debian 12.8 is not a completely new release, so it is not necessary to install the operating system from scratch. This message is directed mainly to those who prefer fresh installations without upgrading. Debian 12.8 is actually a New ISO including everything from Bullseye with updated packagesIf someone has to install the operating system from scratch, it is better to use this new ISO than to use the 12.0 one and apply all the updates. Logical.
Debian 12.8 includes 50 security patches
Debian 12.8 has updated packages to new versions, but users of this distribution already know that this does not mean that it is the latest. On the other hand, they have taken advantage of the moment to Fix 68 bugs and apply 50 security patchesFor a complete list of changes made, it is best to visit the notes from this release.
Debian 12.8 is available from the project download page for all types of architectures, among which we still find the 32-bit ones. As for the desktops, there are Live images with GNOME 43.9, Plasma 5.27.5, Xfce 4.18, Cinnamon 5.6.8, MATE 1.26.8, LXQt 1.2 and LXDE 0.10.1. The normal image is a web installer — netinst — of lesser weight and that does not include a graphical environment, but that allows to install the operating system and all the necessary packages from the same installer, of course, if we have an Internet connection.