Debian Installer Trixie RC 3 release
August 4th, 2025
The Debian Installer team is pleased to
announce the third and likely final release candidate of the installer for Debian
13 Trixie
.
Improvements in this release
- choose-mirror:
- Update Mirrors.masterlist.
- debian-cd:
- Include linux-image-powerpc64le-64k on ppc64el images.
- Exclude more udebs, saving some space on images.
- debian-installer:
- Bump Linux kernel ABI to 6.12.38+deb13.
- Improve depthcharge images.
- hw-detect:
- Avoid systematically copying firmware files that are embedded in the installer's initramfs (#1106005).
Localization status
- 78 languages are supported in this release.
- Full translation for 32 of them.
Known issues in this release
See the errata for details and a full list of known issues.
Feedback for this release
We need your help to find bugs and further improve the installer, so please try it. Installer CDs, other media and everything else you will need are available at our web site.
Thanks
The Debian Installer team thanks everybody who has contributed to this release.