Friday, April 28th 2023
Debian Universal OS 12.0 "Bookworm" Set For June Launch
A press release (dated April 27) states: "We plan to release Debian 12.0 "Bookworm" on June 10. If you want to celebrate it, please consider attending a Debian release party, or hosting your own! See wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyBookworm for more information. The release process typically takes the whole day and the release isn't done until the early hours of Sunday UTC."
Full Freeze Date
With the release date set, it's time to announce the Full Freeze date: Wednesday May 24. This means that from that moment on, every package requires a manual unblock by the release team if it needs to migrate to bookworm. Please note that, as with all freezes, the newrules apply for all packages that haven't migrated to testing yet (not only for uploads after the freeze). For all uploads, please review the Freeze Policy once again to make sure you know what is appropriate at this phase of the release.
The final weeks up to the release
In the last week prior to the freeze, testing will be completely frozen and only emergency bug fixes will be considered in this period. Please consider Sunday May 28 at 12:00 UTC the absolute last moment for submitting unblock requests for bookworm. Changes that are not ready to migrate to testing at that time will not be included in bookworm for the initial release. However, you can still fix bugs in bookworm via point releases if the changeset follows the rules for updates in stable.
Upgrade testing
If you are in a position to carry out upgrade testing from "bullseye" to "bookworm" in the field, now is the time to do so and send your feedback as a bug report against the "upgrade-reports" pseudo-package.
Sources:
Debian Org, Phoronix
Full Freeze Date
With the release date set, it's time to announce the Full Freeze date: Wednesday May 24. This means that from that moment on, every package requires a manual unblock by the release team if it needs to migrate to bookworm. Please note that, as with all freezes, the newrules apply for all packages that haven't migrated to testing yet (not only for uploads after the freeze). For all uploads, please review the Freeze Policy once again to make sure you know what is appropriate at this phase of the release.
In the last week prior to the freeze, testing will be completely frozen and only emergency bug fixes will be considered in this period. Please consider Sunday May 28 at 12:00 UTC the absolute last moment for submitting unblock requests for bookworm. Changes that are not ready to migrate to testing at that time will not be included in bookworm for the initial release. However, you can still fix bugs in bookworm via point releases if the changeset follows the rules for updates in stable.
Upgrade testing
If you are in a position to carry out upgrade testing from "bullseye" to "bookworm" in the field, now is the time to do so and send your feedback as a bug report against the "upgrade-reports" pseudo-package.
16 Comments on Debian Universal OS 12.0 "Bookworm" Set For June Launch
I use the desktop occasionally but honestly if it can run games and a browser of your choice I feel like that covers 99% of use cases.
You also will want to install wine, and then dxvk and vkd3d3-proton. Then you can run pretty much any dx11 or 12 game.
It's like that day last week when I learned the Supreme Court 3+ members have been corrupt and non-objective my entire life when I thought they brought balance to the other two branches... my entire life has been a lie...
Oh Descarte... you were right... what is real?
Steam is really moving things forward, and I bet it's just a matter of time that the rest with anti cheat will work on Linux, too.
Meanwhile Ubisoft and EA (and their double DRM):
SteamOS debian hasn't been updated for years, and his comment is completely incorrect as no modern hardware will run on it.
Valve has stated they will release a SteamOS arch based desktop OS in the future, closest thing to it would be Manjaro.
This is SteamOS based on debian 8: SteamOS (steampowered.com)
This is SteamOS deck image: SteamOS (steampowered.com)
Without actually checking, I'd just assumed it was Debian as several guides/reviews incorrectly labelled it as such - likely due to the only real information about SteamOS on valve's site referring to the deprecated pre-Holo versions of SteamOS
Valve's websites give you all the information you could want beyond specific information about the kernel version which you can easily obtain after installation. The problem with SteamOS for desktop is you won't make it that far without some older hardware. Their activity on maintaining that desktop died ~ July 2021. SteamOS update 2.195 released :: Steam Universe (steamcommunity.com)
SteamOS wasn't really a true desktop OS because it was primarily made for Steam Machines, and so the load out would be big picture mode, although it was nice because you could force desktop mode. The default desktop was gnome, which I don't particularly care for. At the end of the day, trying to use Steam OS for desktop as a proper desktop OS was a little janky and you were better off using Pop! or Manjaro for gaming. The only real reason for using it as a desktop OS is just if you were a fan of Valve and their work. The installation of the ISO and desktop could be somewhat challenging so it was little bit fun if you are into Linux distro hopping.
SteamOS (steampowered.com)
So, what is SteamOS?
SteamOS is a public release of our Linux-based operating system. The base system draws from Debian 8, code named Debian Jessie. Our work builds on top of the solid Debian core and optimizes it for a living room experience. Most of all, it is an open Linux platform that leaves you in full control. You can take charge of your system and install new software or content as you want.Steam Deck :: Tech Specs
Software
Operating SystemSteamOS 3.0 (Arch-based)
Desktop
KDE Plasma
They provide plenty of information about their respective distros. Valve chose Arch for Steam deck because it gives them more flexibility outside of the rolling Debian updates that tend to lag modern hardware. Also technically speaking, Steam OS for desktop is version 2.0 (brewmaster) and Steam OS for deck is version 3.0 (clockwerk).
GloriousEggroll (ProtonGE developer) is behind Nobara so it comes with the latest Steam Proton GE build and his kernel/userland come with some gaming and Nvidia-specific patches pre-applied.
Linux is a particular kernel design that draws its inspiration from UNIX-like systems, specifically MINIX.
Debian and Arch are two of a large, loose family of operating systems (commonly known as distributions) that rely on the Linux kernel plus a host of other software packages.