Wheezy

Wheezy is the codename for Debian 7, the seventh stable release of the Debian Project’s Linux distribution. It was released in May 2013 and continued Debian’s tradition of naming releases after Toy Story characters. The name Wheezy refers to a squeaky penguin toy named Wheezy, a character in the film series, and the codenames in Debian’s release sequence are drawn from similar Toy Story characters.

As a stable release, Wheezy provided updated software packages, broader hardware support, and ongoing improvements to the Debian ecosystem, while maintaining the emphasis on reliability and wide compatibility that characterizes Debian releases. It succeeded Debian 6, nicknamed Squeeze, and was followed by Debian 8, nicknamed Jessie, in 2015, marking the progression to the next stable branch.

Wheezy is noted in Debian’s history for its role in mid-2010s-era development, reflecting the project’s balance between updated software and long-term stability. It remains of interest to historians of the distribution, systems administrators maintaining legacy environments, and users studying the evolution of Debian’s release process and packaging tools.