What's in this directory?

These are files containing source code for the Debian live images.

There are multiple different files here, corresponding to the different desktop environments:

• Generic images with Office, a browser and the Calamares installer: GNOME, KDE, Cinnamon, LXDE, LXQt, MATE, XFCE
• Basic image with a text interface: standard

How do I use these files?

Once you have downloaded all the ISO images you want, you will typically need to write them to media, either writeable DVD or a USB stick.

How can I verify my download is correct and exactly what has been created by Debian?

There are files here (SHA512SUMS, etc.) which contain checksums of the images. These checksum files are also signed - see the matching .sign files. Once you've downloaded an image, you can check:

• that its checksum matches that expected from the checksum file; and
• that the checksum file has not been tampered with.

For more information about how to do these steps, read the verification guide.

Non-free Firmware

This Debian image build only includes Free Software where possible. However, many systems include hardware which depends on non-free firmware to function properly so this build also includes those firmware files for those cases. See the Debian Wiki non-free firmware page for more information.

Other questions?

See the Debian CD FAQ for lots more information about Debian CDs and installation.

The images here were put together by the Debian Images team, using live-build and other software.

 Name                                         Last modified      Size  Description
 Parent Directory                                                  -   
 SHA256SUMS                                   2025-05-17 12:16  1.6K  
 SHA256SUMS.sign                              2025-05-17 17:56  833   
 SHA512SUMS                                   2025-05-17 12:16  2.6K  
 SHA512SUMS.sign                              2025-05-17 17:56  833   
 debian-live-12.11.0-source-cinnamon.contents 2025-05-17 10:58  238K  
 debian-live-12.11.0-source-cinnamon.tar      2025-05-17 09:13  7.2G  
 debian-live-12.11.0-source-gnome.contents    2025-05-17 11:03  207K  
 debian-live-12.11.0-source-gnome.tar         2025-05-17 09:13  7.7G  
 debian-live-12.11.0-source-kde.contents      2025-05-17 11:05  224K  
 debian-live-12.11.0-source-kde.tar           2025-05-17 09:13  7.2G  
 debian-live-12.11.0-source-lxde.contents     2025-05-17 10:57  193K  
 debian-live-12.11.0-source-lxde.tar          2025-05-17 09:13  6.8G  
 debian-live-12.11.0-source-lxqt.contents     2025-05-17 11:00  189K  
 debian-live-12.11.0-source-lxqt.tar          2025-05-17 09:13  7.0G  
 debian-live-12.11.0-source-mate.contents     2025-05-17 10:57  184K  
 debian-live-12.11.0-source-mate.tar          2025-05-17 09:13  6.8G  
 debian-live-12.11.0-source-standard.contents 2025-05-17 10:20   83K  
 debian-live-12.11.0-source-standard.tar      2025-05-17 09:13  3.4G  
 debian-live-12.11.0-source-xfce.contents     2025-05-17 11:00  189K  
 debian-live-12.11.0-source-xfce.tar          2025-05-17 09:13  6.7G