Debian 9 is currently developed under Debian Testing branch

Oct 25, 2016 22:40 GMT  ·  By

Today, October 25, 2016, Debian Project's Laura Arjona Reina and Niels Thykier proudly announced Juliette Taka Belin as the official artwork winner for the upcoming Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" operating system.

Earlier this month, when we informed you to go and vote for the final Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" artwork, we told you that our favorite was the "softWaves" entry by French artist Juliette Taka Belin, who also created the "Lines" artwork used in the current stable Debian GNU/Linux 8 "Jessie" release.

"Congratulations, Juliette, and thank you very much for your continued commitment to Debian," reads today's announcement. "We'd like to thank all the designers that have participated providing nice wallpapers and artwork for Debian 9, and encourage everybody interested in this area of Debian, to join the Design Team."

Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" launches later this year

Now that the artwork has been finalized, we have all the reasons to believe that the launch of the Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" is upon us, and we wouldn't have to wait so long until we'll be able to install the powerful operating system on our personal computers or servers, or upgrade the Debian GNU/Linux 8 "Jessie" installation.

At the moment of writing this story, Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" is still being developed under the Debian Testing umbrella, which users can install and use on their PCs, but we do not recommend to do so because it may not offer you the rock-solid stability you would have expect from the Debian Stable branch.

Until Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" gets an official release, we invite you today to take a look at the superb and gorgeous artwork created, once again, by Juliette Taka Belin. You can click the images below to view the login screen and GRUB bootloader themes, as well as visit the "softWaves" entry on Debian Wiki for more details.

Debian 9 softWaves boot artwork
Debian 9 softWaves boot artwork

Debian GNU/Linux 9 artwork (2 Images)

Debian 9 softWaves login artwork
Debian 9 softWaves boot artwork
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