Debian on my server, my desktop, my laptop, and my gaming computer. That last one might be the most questionable choice, but so far it has been working well.

Just works. No issues.

I use Debian. It just works and is reliable.

debian on servers all the way, since 2000

I’m sure Debian would implode if any big corp started to make “hostile” changes to it. It was by some considered controversial to include non free firmware by default - that should tell you a little about how much people care about Debian, as including the non free by default is against the core of opensource.

i have debian on my server; if i could go back and use it on my desktop and laptop instead of mint i would too (nothing against mint just love debian)

I use PikaOS, which is based on Debian. It’s right up there with CachyOS is performance and gaming, and have been using it for over a year with its hyprland variant.

I mean I run one arch machine but have 10 ish Debian machines.

I currently use LMDE, yes. I just have spent too much time on the programs I already installed to move on from it I guess. Nothing’s come up. It Just Works™ and the wife loves it

Heard some stuff about them introducing bugs via the downstream patching system though? All that package management stuff is a bit over my head.

Are you drunk?

Pretty much anything I do is Debian, ive said it quite a bit before so this may be a repeat of previous comments, but…

Its solid, stable, easy to deploy with incredible flexibility and just about everything out there supports it. I do have a few boxes with arch, and they are also just fine - I wouldn’t use it as a server, personally, but its perfectly good for a “very current” approach to desktops/laptops.

I use Debian on all my servers and virtual machines due to its slow update cadence and leanness.

Arch people tend to want people to know they use Arch (btw). You’ll also find a lot of posts about getting Arch working.

Debian people tend to be too busy doing other things on their computers besides getting them working, so you’ll hear about it less.

(Important: I’m not dumping on either distro here. Some people, myself included, like Arch exactly because it’s fun to play with and set up. Debian’s older packages tend to mean a more stable system. Use what you like.)

We have all the servers at work using Debian. It’s rock solid. I use Tumbleweed on home PC and CachyOS on laptop as I do some gaming and having fresh packages might help this. Both works for me.

Debian has been our choice for web hosting for the last fifteen years, and my choice of desktop PC for the last three without issue.

Most games run out of the box with proton, if that’s your worry, and you can use heroic to get proton going with games from epic and gog with reasonable ease. Wine in general, for me, has had better luck running old legacy windows programs better than windows can manage these days.

I wouldn’t take Debian’s stability and reliability over anything; I can do everything I need with it.

I have Arch on my desktop, and all my laptops, but all of my servers run Debian. If you want your machine to have all the latest stuff, then Arch is great. If you want it to Just Work™ all the time without any concerns, Debian is great.