I have used Debian for the past 3 years, who else uses Debian?
Also, what makes you use Debian?
I messed with mint for a minute, then cubes, pop os, Ubuntu, raspian os and still trying to install arch. I know iknow “read the documentation”
Switched from Ubuntu to Debian this year. With one extra GNOME package install, its basically the same without snaps, so perfect for me.
@trk@aussie.zone @ing since you mentioned Ubuntu. I also switched from Ubuntu Server to Debian for the servers, too.
Thank you Deb and Ian.
I love Debian, its IMO the best distro even though atm I dont use it. Its the most stable and by far the distro that just works the most.
Sure its the most stable, but the packages are usually out of date
Tbh sometimes having the most up to date packages isnt very important
Yes, there are different distros for people with different wants. That’s the beauty of Linux.
Old but not necessarily out of date. The system is at a stable state. It’s working and we don’t want to make changes that can compromise stability. New features and other big code changes comes with increased risk of something breaking. Debian Stable means running code that have been tested and used a lot.
Security fixes and critical bugs get back ported if feasible, or a package might get updated to a newer version.
I agree with you. I didn’t say Debian was bad. There are people who want the stability of Debian and that’s not a bad thing
I was just to clarify that you’re not sitting with software full of security issues because of older versions of packages. And then some bonus info on what “stable” means in Debian :-)
I use Aurora, but my dev containers on aurora are usually Debian. So yes, technically I use Debian a lot!
I like Debian + flatpaks. 🤷♀️
I like the philosophy behind Debian. It’s not a corpo distro
I’m a big fan of a minimal Debian system with Flatpaks.
Technically, Fedora Silverblue would be perfect for me, but I had way more issues with it than with Debian, despite it being immutable and atomic.I’ve been using Debian for 20 years now, since Debian 3.1 “Sarge”.
My first distro was Knoppix, and it was incredible that I could run a Linux desktop from a CD without installing it. Back then I had something like 96 MB of RAM and my computer was an already ancient Pentium II. And yet it worked fine. This opened my mind about what a computer can actually achieve so I asked around forums in my country and met a guy who had the installation media for Debian. I only had dial-up so downloading DVDs was impossible.
Installed it and used it non stop since then. I’m running Debian Testing with the Unstable and Stable repositories pinned at a lower priority.
It’s hard to describe but the first time I used Linux it just felt like home. I have used DOS 6.x and Windows since 3.1 but it didn’t feel like I was in control of the computer; in retrospect it felt something like an amusement park instead of the engineering marvel it really was. We take it for granted now and don’t completely realize that we have actual super computers in our pockets!
Debian was the epitome of this, for the first time I could understand and control the entirety of the software and best of all: it is a community effort. Smart people all around the world donate their time and skills to create something to improve humanity. What’s not to love and appreciate?
I used to like Ubuntu LTS because it was just Debian that wasn’t quite as out of date, but more recent installs seem to suggest that you only get all the patches if you subscribe to their paid service? Not sure what the fine print is on that.
This box was turned on, Nextcloud installed, and never touched since (side from apt updates).
06:49:18 up 2081 days, 22:07, 1 user, load average: 0.21, 0.33, 0.42Nice
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Debian on servers. Mint for my friends’ laptops.
Debian in Qubes for me.
It’s what I know and love, just Debian, bspwm and startx. Servers and desktop both. I feel somewhat grumpy that I can’t run xorg on remote servers, but I made my peace.
Apart from my current complete move to Linux, I’m contemplating setting up a prettier Debian for my folks.
Debian since 1998 checking in
I use it because it’s just always been there it’s the foundation for so many other distros and can be customized the way I want it to be. All the packages are for the most part vanilla other than fixing them to follow the Debian rules. The Debian rules are great since once you learn them. You knows where to find anything on a Debian system.
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Stable, fully foss and commonly used.
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The most reliable Linux OS out there, software and community. If there’s still people and computers in 50 years, Debian will still be around.
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