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User lists

There are several user based mailing lists where developers and users can get in contact to discuss and solve problems.

debian-announce: Important announcements
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debian-chinese-big5: debian-user in Chinese [Big5]
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debian-chinese-gb: debian-user in Chinese [GB]
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debian-edu-announce: Announcements for the debian-edu archive
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debian-enterprise: Debian for the enterprise
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debian-esperanto: debian-user in Esperanto
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debian-firewall: Running a firewall on Debian
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debian-isp: Debian at Internet Service Providers
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debian-italian: debian-user in Italian
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debian-japanese: debian-user in Japanese
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debian-kde: KDE in Debian
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debian-laptop: Debian on mobile computers
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debian-news-french: French Debian News, weekly and otherwise
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debian-news-german: German Debian News, weekly and otherwise
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debian-news-italian: Italian Debian News, weekly and otherwise
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debian-news-portuguese: Portuguese Debian News, weekly and otherwise
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debian-news-spanish: Spanish Debian News, weekly and otherwise
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debian-news: Debian News, weekly and otherwise
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debian-photo: Using Debian for photography
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debian-russian: debian-user in Russian
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debian-security-announce: Security announcements
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debian-security: Security in Debian
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debian-testing-security-announce: Security announcements for testing
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debian-user-catalan: debian-user in Catalan
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debian-user-danish: debian-user in Danish
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debian-user-french: debian-user in French
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debian-user-german: debian-user in German
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debian-user-icelandic: debian-user in Icelandic
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debian-user-indonesian: debian-user in Indonesian
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debian-user-polish: debian-user in Polish
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debian-user-portuguese: debian-user in Portuguese
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debian-user-spanish: debian-user in Spanish
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debian-user-swedish: debian-user in Swedish
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debian-user-turkish: debian-user in Turkish
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debian-user-ukrainian: debian-user in Ukrainian
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debian-user-vietnamese: debian-user in Vietnamese
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debian-user: Help and discussion among users of Debian
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debian-volatile-announce: Announcements for the debian-volatile archive
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debian-volatile: Using the debian-volatile archive
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Development lists

There are several lists on which developers and experienced users discuss more technical issues. In addition, there are some announcement lists to help experienced users keep track of development.

debian-accessibility: Making Debian more accessible to people with disabilities
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debian-apache: Maintaining the Debian Apache (web server) and related packages
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debian-beowulf: Debian on Beowulf clusters
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debian-boot: Developing the installation system
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debian-cd: Creating Debian CD Images
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debian-ctte: Debian Technical Committee
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debian-custom: Developing common infrastructure for custom Debian distributions
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debian-dak: Debian Archive Kit / Buildd list
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debian-ddtp: DDTP coordination
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debian-debbugs-cvs: debbugs CVS commits
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debian-debbugs: debbugs, the Debian bug tracking system
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debian-desktop: Debian Desktop project
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debian-devel-french: Development discussions in French
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debian-devel-games: Development of games in Debian
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debian-devel-italian: Development discussions in Italian
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debian-devel-portuguese: Development discussions in Portuguese
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debian-devel-spanish: Development discussions in Spanish
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debian-devel: Development of Debian
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debian-doc: Writing documentation for Debian
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debian-dpkg-bugs: dpkg bug reports
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debian-dpkg-cvs: dpkg CVS commits
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debian-dpkg: Development of dpkg
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debian-edu-french: Discussion between French educational Debian-based projects
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debian-edu: Making Debian desirable for education purposes
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debian-emacsen: Maintaining Emacsen
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debian-embedded: Debian on embedded systems
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debian-flash: development and use of flash technologies on Debian
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debian-gcc: Debian GCC Maintainers
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debian-glibc: Maintaining GNU C Library packages
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debian-gtk-gnome: Packages using GTK+ and/or GNOME
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debian-hams: Development of HAM Radio under Debian
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debian-handheld: Debian on handheld computers
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debian-ipv6: IPv6 Maintenance
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debian-java: Java Maintenance
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debian-jr: Making Debian desirable for children
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debian-kernel-maint: Debian kernel development and discussion
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debian-kernel: Kernel packages in Debian
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debian-knoppix: Development of the Knoppix Live CD/DVD
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debian-lex: Making Debian desirable for lawyers
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debian-lint-maint: Maintenance of Debian `lint' tools like lintian or linda
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debian-lsb: Debian and the Linux Standard Base
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debian-med: Making Debian desirable for doctors
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debian-mentors: Helping newbie developers
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debian-multimedia: Multimedia support and applications
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debian-ocaml-maint: ocaml package maintenance and development
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debian-openoffice: OpenOffice packages maintenance
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debian-perl: Perl packages maintenance
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debian-policy: Creating and editing Debian Policy
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debian-printing: Debian Printing Infrastructure
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debian-python: Python packages maintenance
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debian-qa-packages: Orphaned packages maintained by the QA group
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debian-qa: Quality Assurance
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debian-qt-kde: Packages using Qt and/or KDE
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debian-release: Coordinating Debian releases
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debian-ruby: Ruby packages maintenance
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debian-science: using debian for science and related research
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debian-security-tracker: Discussion about the Debian Security Tracker
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debian-sgml: Debian and SGML
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debian-ssh: SSH packages maintenance
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debian-testing: Testing for the next release
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debian-tetex-maint: Coordination of the maintenance of TeX packages in Debian
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debian-tex-maint: Coordination of the maintenance of TeX packages in Debian
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debian-toolchain: Compilers, assemblers etc.
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debian-webapps: Web applications packaging
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debian-wnpp: Work-Needing and Prospective Packages
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debian-www-cvs: Web pages CVS commits
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debian-www: Web pages design and maintenance
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debian-x: Debian XFree86 packaging
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deity: APT packages maintenance
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Internationalization and Translations

These lists cover issues like localization, translation and support for users that don't speak English.

debian-i18n: Debian Internationalization
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debian-l10n-arabic: Arabic Localization
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debian-l10n-basque: Basque localization
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debian-l10n-catalan: Catalan Localization
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debian-l10n-czech: Czech Localization
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debian-l10n-danish: Danish Localization
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debian-l10n-dutch: Dutch Localization
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debian-l10n-english: English Localization
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debian-l10n-esperanto: Esperanto Localization
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debian-l10n-finnish: Finnish Localization
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debian-l10n-french: French Localization
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debian-l10n-galician: Galician Localization
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debian-l10n-german: German Localization
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debian-l10n-greek: Greek Localization
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debian-l10n-hungarian: Hungarian Localization
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debian-l10n-italian: Italian Localization
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debian-l10n-kannada: Kannada Localization
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debian-l10n-korean: Korean Localization
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debian-l10n-malayalam: Malayalam Localization
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debian-l10n-persian: Persian/Farsi Localization
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debian-l10n-polish: Polish Localization
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debian-l10n-russian: Russian Localization
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Ports to non-i386 Linux architectures and to non-Linux kernels

Debian GNU/Linux is ported to several other types of computers, and there are also efforts to create Debian systems on kernels other than Linux.

debian-68k: Debian port to m68k
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debian-amd64: Debian port to AMD64
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debian-arm: Debian port to ARM
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debian-bsd: Debian port to BSD
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debian-hppa: Debian port to HPPA
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debian-hurd: Debian port to Hurd
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debian-ia64: Debian port to Intel IA-64
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debian-mips: Debian port to MIPS
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debian-powerpc: Debian port to PowerPC
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debian-s390: Debian port to IBM S/390
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debian-sparc: Debian port to SPARC
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debian-superh: Debian port to SuperH
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debian-win32: Debian port to Win32
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The Bug Tracking System

The Debian bug tracking system is open to the public, and it produces a lot of email. Some of this might be of interest to developers or even users, so it is distributed through these (high-volume) mailing lists.

debian-bugs-closed: Debian BTS, closed bugs
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debian-bugs-dist: Debian BTS, received bugs
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debian-bugs-forwarded: Debian BTS, forwarded bugs
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debian-bugs-rc: Debian BTS, release-critical bugs
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Miscellaneous Debian lists

There are several mailing lists which discuss topics that are not directly related to developing or using Debian, and there are some that don't necessarily have a clear distinction between developers and users in the intended audience.

debian-changes: Stable packages' upgrade announcements
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debian-consultants: Debian consultants, paid support
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debian-curiosa: All the funny stuff regarding Debian
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debian-devel-changes: Unstable packages' upgrade announcements
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debian-events-eu: Events with Debian affiliation in Europe
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debian-events-na: Events with Debian affiliation in North America
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debian-events-nl: Events with Debian affiliation in the Netherlands
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debian-jobs: Job postings for members of the Debian community
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debian-legal: Copyright, licensing and patent issues
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debian-mirrors-announce: News and announcements regarding FTP archive mirrors
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debian-mirrors: Discussions about the Debian mirror network
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debian-newmaint: Debian New Maintainer process discussion
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debian-project: Discussions about non-technical issues in the project
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debian-publicity: Making Debian famous
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debian-testing-changes: Testing packages' upgrade announcements
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debian-vote: Voting announcements and discussion
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debian-women: Discussion and collaboration involving women in Debian
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whitelist: Generic whitelist
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