As a follow-up to last month's article around the Debian 13 release processes continuing and desktop artwork voting underway for Debian 13 "Trixie", the winning desktop theme/artwork was announced today.

Jonathan Carter announced today that Elise Couper's artwork is the winning theme for Debian 13 and to be used by default:

More artwork images can be found via the Debian Wiki .

Debian 13 freeze dates let alone the release date haven't yet been determined but if traditions hold the Debian 13.0 release will likely occur around mid-year of 2025.