# RISC-V is now an official Debian architecture

**URL:** <https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/risc-v-is-now-an-official-debian-architecture/43628>\
**Category:** Other distro news\
**Created:** [July 23, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/risc-v-is-now-an-official-debian-architecture/43628 "2023-07-23T17:08:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/keybreak/32/9257_2.png) [@keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/keybreak)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/risc-v-is-now-an-official-debian-architecture/43628/1 "2023-07-23T17:08:14Z")

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> **[RISC-V Is Now An Official Debian Architecture](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-Official-RISC-V)**
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> Debian 13 'Trixie' has been aiming for official RISC-V support and indeed it will happen: RISC-V has now been promoted to an official Debian CPU architecture.

![honka_animated-128px-40](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/5/75b432166be926144be3e1c5bbf21bc982198968.gif)

That’s great on Debian’s part - huge leap forward for freedom!

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**Author:** ![anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@anon63071375](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon63071375)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/risc-v-is-now-an-official-debian-architecture/43628/2 "2023-07-23T17:58:40Z")

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I’m not gonna lie, I’ve got a debian 12 stable install, and it’s pretty impressive to be honest.

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**Author:** ![FredBezies](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/fredbezies/32/235_2.png) [@FredBezies](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/FredBezies)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/risc-v-is-now-an-official-debian-architecture/43628/3 "2023-07-24T17:50:26Z")

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As far as I know, debian team will try to provide an ISO for RiscV hardware for Debian Trixie or Debian 13, around may or june 2025.

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**Author:** ![keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/keybreak/32/9257_2.png) [@keybreak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/keybreak)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2023, 5:54pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/risc-v-is-now-an-official-debian-architecture/43628/4 "2023-07-24T17:54:43Z")

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Yeah, it is expected in such ballpark:

> The Debian 13 release, expected in a year and a half to two years, is aiming to ship with RISC-V 64-bit support

(c) [https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-13-RISC-V-64-Potential](https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-13-RISC-V-64-Potential)