DebConf, the annual conference for Debian contributors and users interested in improving the Debian operating system, will be held in Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR) in Curitiba, Brazil, from July 21 to 28, 2019. The conference is preceded by DebCamp from July 14 to 19, and the DebConf19 Open Day on July 20.

The Open Day, Saturday, 20 July, is targeted at the general public. Events of interest to a wider audience will be offered, ranging from topics specific to Debian to the greater Free Software community and maker movement.

The event is a perfect opportunity for interested users to meet the Debian community, for Debian to broaden its community, and for the DebConf sponsors to increase their visibility.

Less purely technical than the main conference schedule, the events on Open Day will cover a large range of topics from social and cultural issues to workshops and introductions to Debian.

The detailed schedule of the Open Day's events includes events in English and Portuguese. Some of the talks are:

• "The metaverse, gaming and the metabolism of cities" by Bernelle Verster
• "O Projeto Debian quer você!" by Paulo Henrique de Lima Santana
• "Protecting Your Web Privacy with Free Software" by Pedro Barcha
• "Bastidores Debian - Entenda como a distribuição funciona" by Joao Eriberto Mota Filho
• "Caninos Loucos: a plataforma nacional de Single Board Computers para IoT" by geonnave
• "Debian na vida de uma Operadora de Telecom" by Marcelo Gondim
• "Who's afraid of Spectre and Meltdown?" by Alexandre Oliva
• "New to DebConf BoF" by Rhonda D'Vine

During the Open Day, there will also be a Job Fair with booths from our several of our sponsors, a workshop about the Git version control system and a Debian installfest, for attendees who would like to get help installing Debian on their machines.

Everyone is welcome to attend. As the rest of the conference, attendance is free of charge, but registration in the DebConf19 website is highly recommended.

The full schedule for the Open Day's events and the rest of the conference is at https://debconf19.debconf.org/schedule and the video streaming will be available at the DebConf19 website

DebConf is committed to a safe and welcome environment for all participants. See the DebConf Code of Conduct and the Debian Code of Conduct for more details on this.

Debian thanks the numerous sponsors for their commitment to DebConf19, particularly its Platinum Sponsors: Infomaniak, Google and Lenovo.

You've always dreamt of a faithful pet? He is here, and his name is Buster! We're happy to announce the release of Debian 10, codenamed buster.

Want to install it? Choose your favourite installation media and read the installation manual. You can also use an official cloud image directly on your cloud provider, or try Debian prior to installing it using our "live" images.

Already a happy Debian user and you only want to upgrade? You can easily upgrade from your current Debian 9 "stretch" installation; please read the release notes.

Do you want to celebrate the release? We provide some buster artwork that you can share or use as base for your own creations. Follow the conversation about buster in social media via the #ReleasingDebianBuster and #Debian10Buster hashtags or join an in-person or online Release Party!

The Debian Release Team in coordination with several other teams are preparing the last bits needed for releasing Debian 10 "buster" on Saturday 6 July 2019. Please, be patient! Lots of steps are involved and some of them take some time, such as building the images, propagating the release through the mirror network, and rebuilding the Debian website so that "stable" points to Debian 10.

If you are considering create some artwork on the occasion of buster release, feel free to send us links to your creations to the (publicly archived) debian-publicity mailing list, so that we can disseminate them throughout our community.

Follow the live coverage of the release on https://micronews.debian.org or the @debian profile in your favorite social network! We'll spread the word about what's new in this version of Debian 10, how the release process is progressing during the weekend and facts about Debian and the wide community of volunteer contributors that make it possible.

If you want to celebrate the release of Debian 10 buster, join one of the many release parties or consider organizing one in your city! Celebration will also happen online on the Debian Party Line.

In less than one month we will be in Curitiba to start DebCamp and DebConf19 \o/

This C&W is the 15th official DebConf Cheese and Wine party. The first C&W was improvised in Helsinki during DebConf 5, in the so-called "French" room. Cheese and Wine parties are now a tradition for DebConf.

The event is very simple: bring good edible stuff from your country. We like cheese and wine, but we love the surprising stuff that people bring from all around the world or regions of Brazil. So, you can bring non-alcoholic drinks or a typical food that you would like to share as well. Even if you don't bring anything, feel free to participate: our priorities are our attendants and free cheese.

We have to organize for a great party. An important part is planning - We want to know what you are bringing, in order to prepare the labels and organizing other things.

So, please go to our wiki page and add what you will bring!

If you don't have time to buy before travel, we list some places where you can buy cheese and wine in Curitiba. There are more information about C&W, what you can bring, vegan cheese, Brazil customs regulations and non-alcoholic drinks at our site.

C&W will happen on July 22nd, 2019 (Monday) after 19h30min.

We are looking forward to seeing you all here!

The Debian Project always has and always will welcome contributions from people who are willing to work on a constructive level with each other, without discrimination.

The Diversity Statement and the Code of Conduct are genuinely important parts of our community, and over recent years some other things have been done to make it clear that they aren't just words.

One of those things is the creation of the Debian Diversity Team: it was announced in April 2019, although it had already been working for several months before as a welcoming space for, and a way of increasing visibility of, underrepresented groups within the Debian project.

During DebConf19 in Curitiba there will be a dedicated Diversity and Welcoming Team. It will consist of people from the Debian community to offer a contact point when you feel lost or uneasy. The DebConf team is also in contact with a local LGBTIQA+ support group for exchange of safety concerns and information with respect to Brazil in general.

Today Debian also recognizes the impact LGBTIQA+ people have had in the world and within the Debian project, joining the worldwide Pride celebrations. We show it by changing our logo for this time to the Debian Diversity logo, and encourage all Debian members and contributors to show their support of a diverse and inclusive community.