Debian 13 Trixie Now Available for Cloud Computes

Posted By: Tony Baird

Last Updated: Wednesday August 13, 2025

We previously discussed our ability to quickly add new operating systems and ensure they’re up to date. We’re happy to announce that we’ve added Debian 13 Trixie to our growing list of operating systems. Also, while unannounced, we recently added RockyLinux 10.

Debian 13 Trixie is the result of 2 years, 1 month, and 30 days of effort from the Debian project. It brings with it 14,100 new packages, 8,840 packages removed as obsolete, and 44,326 packages updated. Of course, in typical Debian fashion, the Debian Security team and the Debian Long-Term Support team will support Debian 13 for 5 years. Debian 13 has a lot of changes but I’ll go over just a few of the major ones that might affect usage in our cloud environment.

Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS

Debian 13 uses the 6.12 kernel, released in November 2024, while Debian 12 utilized 6.1, released in December 2022. Kernel 6.12 contains many improvements, including enhanced support for newer Intel and AMD processors, improved task scheduling for multi-core systems, and optimized memory management algorithms to reduce latency.

APT 3.0

Debian 13 includes APT 3.0, the latest version of Debian’s package manager. APT 3.0 includes improvements to dependency resolution, leading to fewer conflicts and faster package installation.

Updated Software Packages

Debian 13 includes updated versions of many software packages, including:

Apache 2.4.64
Nginx 1.26
Perl 5.40
PHP 8.4
Python 3.13
Rustc 1.85
MariaDB 11.8
PostgreSQL 17

Other Changes

Debian 13 now uses tmpfs for /tmp to improve the performance of temporary storage, as it’s now RAM-based, similar to other major Linux distributions. While less relevant to servers, we wouldn’t judge if you’re running Gnome 48, KDE Plasma 6.3, or Xfce 4.20 on your virtual private server.

Not Quite Ready for Debian 13?

If you’re a Debian user and are not quite ready for the updates, we continue offering Debian 12 and 11. If you’re not a Debian user, we offer other operating systems like AlmaLinux, Ubuntu, and CloudLinux. If your favorite operating system isn’t pre-installed, reach out to our team, and we can definitely look at offering it!