{"id":175844,"date":"2025-07-03T14:34:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T14:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/?p=175844"},"modified":"2025-07-03T15:16:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T15:16:48","slug":"debian-13-trixie-installer-rc2-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/debian-13-trixie-installer-rc2-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Debian 13 (Trixie) Installer RC2 Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Debian 13 is nearing its<\/span> final stable release<\/a>, expected to arrive probably this month. In the meantime, the second release candidate of the Trixie installer is now available. Here\u2019s a look at what\u2019s new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First off, a notable tweak in the apt-setup<\/code> component now disables CD-ROM sources automatically when the installation medium isn’t an actual CD\u2014such as USB sticks, SD cards, or ISO files\u2014addressing previous challenges where APT struggled post-installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, Debian users can now preseed extra options directly into local “sources.list<\/em>” lines, streamlining system configurations. Plus, the Linux kernel was updated to version 6.12.33.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another significant change is the removal of the wget<\/code> applet from BusyBox. The updated mirrors list in choose-mirror<\/code> ensures users get better, faster download options, while the debian-cd<\/code> component now clearly logs embedded firmware packages in modified initial RAM disks (initrds).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Debian 13 (Trixie) Installer RC2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cryptographic support also received a solid boost. The installer now ensures systemd-cryptsetup<\/code> is available alongside cryptsetup-initramfs<\/code>, offering better flexibility for users employing encrypted file systems beyond basic LVM setups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hardware compatibility improvements extend particularly to users of ARM-based Apple laptops, such as the M1 MacBook Pro and M2 MacBook Air, with added support for Apple\u2019s MTP and SPI keyboards. For users with Secure Boot setups, the installer conveniently includes shim-signed<\/code> packages for AMD64 and ARM64 architectures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lastly, the installer now includes improved support for Japanese text rendering, thanks to new fonts\u2014specifically the MotoyaLCedar font\u2014and increased font size, making installations smoother for Japanese-speaking users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on all changes, see the official announcement<\/a>. If you want to try the installer, download it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Debian Installer Trixie RC 2 is out with Linux kernel 6.12, Secure Boot support, and new hardware support for Apple M1\/M2 laptops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":175847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[31,5921,3422],"class_list":["post-175844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-os","category-news","tag-debian","tag-debian-13","tag-installer"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linuxiac.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}