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End of life

Debian 1.2 is past end of life.

Security fixes stopped on 23 Oct 1997, 10598 days ago. New vulnerabilities in 1.2 won’t be fixed.

Released
12 Dec 1996
Active support
ended 23 Oct 1997
Security fixes
ended 23 Oct 1997
Latest
1.2

Upgrade to Debian 13: security fixes until 30 Jun 2030.

Release cycles

Every Debian cycle, at a glance.

Active support means bug fixes and security fixes; after it, security fixes only. Past the end of security support, nothing.

  1. 13
  2. 12
  3. 11
  4. 10
  5. 1.2
  • Active support
  • Security fixes only
  • Supported
  • Ends within 90 days
  • Ended
All 18 Debian cycles →

What to upgrade to

Go to 13.

13 is the newest supported Debian cycle, with security fixes until 30 Jun 2030.

Before you upgrade

Upgrade one release at a time, after a backup. A fresh server on the new release is often quicker.

How to check your version

Which Debian is this site on?

On the server

$ cat /etc/debian_version
12.12

Release name

$ cat /etc/os-release
VERSION="12 (bookworm)"

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