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Debian Project Leader election 2026 is over, Sruthi Chandran elected!
On Mon 20 April 2026
with tags
dpl
election
leader
vote
Written by
Jean-Pierre Giraud
The voting period and tally of votes for the Debian Project Leader election
has just concluded, and the winner is Sruthi Chandran. Congratulations!
347 out of 1,039 Developers voted using the
Condorcet method
More information about the results of the voting is available on the
Debian Project Leader Elections 2026
page.
Many thanks to Sruthi Chandran for her campaign, to our Developers for their
votes, and to Andreas Tille for his service as DPL over the past two years!
The new term for the project leader will start on April 21, 2026 and expire
on April 20, 2027.
New Debian Developers and Maintainers (January and February 2026)
On Fri 27 March 2026
with tags
project
Written by
Jean-Pierre Giraud
Translations:
ar
ca
es
fr
hi-IN
pl
pt
sv
vi
zh-CN
The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two
months:
Jongmin Kim (jmkim)
Yifei Zhan (yifei)
Sébastien Noel (twolife)
The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two
months:
Andreas Dolp
Dandan Zhang
M Hickford
Congratulations!
Debian pt_BR localization team and UFABC's mentoring program
On Wed 18 March 2026
with tags
project
mentoring
l10n
debian-br
community
Written by
Thiago Pezzo, Daniel Lenharo
Translated by
Thiago Pezzo, Daniel Lenharo, Charles Melara
Translations:
es
pt-BR
Between July and November 2025, the
Debian pt_BR translation team
received
five students for an online mentoring program. The initiative was carried
out in partnership with the
Federal University of ABC
through the
extension project
"Immersion in Free Software"
, coordinated by
professors Suzana Santos and Miguel Vieira.
During the mentorship the mentees acted on several of the team's translation
efforts and joined presentations about the
Debian Project
and its
community given by the mentors. We thank the dedication and contributions of
Ana Parra, Bruno Freitas, Henrique Barbosa, Raul Banzatto and Vitoria Cordeiro.
And we also thank the members of the team who have reviewed the work of the
mentees, specially the ones who were designated as official mentors, namely
Allythy Rennan, Daniel Lenharo, Thiago Pezzo, and Victor Marinho.
Results:
Package descriptions, translations: 27
Package descriptions, revisions: 190
Web pages: 11
Revisions to the Debian Administrator's Handbook
Revisions to the Debian Edu documentation
We hope that this experience will inspire new paths and that you continue to
contribute to Free Software – especially to Debian.
Infomaniak Platinum Sponsor of DebConf26
On Wed 11 March 2026
with tags
debconf26
debconf
sponsors
infomaniak
Written by
Sahil Dhiman
Artwork by
Infomaniak
We are pleased to announce that
Infomaniak
has
committed to sponsor
DebConf26
as a
Platinum
Sponsor
Infomaniak is an independent, employee-owned Swiss technology company that
designs, develops, and operates its own cloud infrastructure and digital
services entirely in Switzerland. With over 300 employees — more than 70%
engineers and developers — the company reinvests all profits into R&D. Its
public cloud is built on OpenStack, with managed Kubernetes, Database as a
Service, object storage, and sovereign AI services accessible via OpenAI-
compatible APIs, all running on its own Swiss infrastructure. Infomaniak also
develops a sovereign collaborative suite — messaging, email, storage, online
office tools, videoconferencing, and a built-in AI assistant — developed in-
house and as a privacy-respecting solution to proprietary platforms. Open
source is central to how Infomaniak operates. Its latest data center (D4) runs
on 100% renewable energy and uses no traditional cooling: all the heat
generated by its servers is captured and fed into Geneva's district heating
network, supplying up to 6,000 homes in winter and hot water year-round. The
entire project has been documented and open-sourced at
d4project.org
With this commitment as Platinum Sponsor, Infomaniak is contributing to the
Debian annual Developers' conference, directly supporting the progress of
Debian and Free Software. Infomaniak contributes to strengthen the community
that collaborates on Debian projects from all around the world throughout all
of the year.
Thank you very much, Infomaniak, for your support of DebConf26!
Become a sponsor too!
DebConf26
will take place
from 20th to July
25th 2026 in Santa Fe, Argentina,
and will be preceded by DebCamp, from 13th
to 19th July 2026.
DebConf26 is accepting sponsors! Interested companies and organizations may
contact the DebConf team through
sponsors@debconf.org
, and visit the DebConf26
website at
Proxmox Platinum Sponsor of DebConf26
On Fri 20 February 2026
with tags
debconf26
debconf
sponsors
proxmox
Written by
Leonardo Martínez, Santiago Ruano Rincón
Artwork by
Proxmox
We are pleased to announce that
Proxmox
has
committed to sponsor
DebConf26
as a
Platinum Sponsor
Proxmox develops powerful, yet easy-to-use open-source server solutions. The
comprehensive open-source ecosystem is designed to manage divers IT landscapes,
from single servers to large-scale distributed data centers. Our unified
platform integrates server virtualization, easy backup, and rock-solid email
security ensuring seamless interoperability across the entire portfolio. With
the Proxmox Datacenter Manager, the ecosystem also offers a "single pane of
glass" for centralized management across different locations.
Since 2005, all Proxmox solutions have been built on the rock-solid Debian
platform. We are proud to return to DebConf26 as a sponsor because the Debian
community provides the foundation that makes our work possible. We believe in
keeping IT simple, open, and under your control.
Thank you very much, Proxmox, for your support of DebConf26!
Become a sponsor too!
DebConf26
will take place
from 20th to July
25th 2026 in Santa Fe, Argentina,
and will be preceded by DebCamp, from 13th
to 19th July 2026.
DebConf26 is accepting sponsors! Interested companies and organizations may
contact the DebConf team through
sponsors@debconf.org
, and visit the DebConf26
website at
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