It’s my choice but Arch and its derivatives look like the trend like CachyOS which is #1 right now on visits on distrowatch. Also I’ve heard Google use Debian as gLinux and I feel many other giants also use it and sponsor it and I’m not comfortable choosing it as my distro. Can the sponsors togethwr with students or any other interested use it for their PCs, either coding or ordinary use? It strictly promotes free but worried about giants and sponsors.
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 also use PikaOS, btw.
Only just stopped using a 2012 MacBook Pro which has Debian on it.
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?
I think the typo shaming around here has gotten kut of control
Heh. ISWYDT
It wasn’t actually that, it’s just such a dumb question to ask, and insulting as hell.
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.
Yep millions of us.
Most commonly due to stability.
Long term. It took effort and understanding to add newer versions of programs to it. Those of us with these skills managed. But it put off a lot of we want/need the latest without effort folks.
Over the last 10 years. Flat pack or appimage have come far enough. It is rare if ever I need to build any software I don’t want to.
Yeah stability is also the reason for Debian. Arch has more maintenance unlike Debian’s set it and forget it. Like Windows right? Fedora looks heavy to me though. I wanna try others too thats not win11.
Debian has some maintenance. But if you think windows doesn’t. Your already having issue.
But Debian is one of the most documented distros. If your having an issue. Odd are multiple people have documented how to resolve it.
Linux as a whole. Requires you to have a basic understanding, of what and why you are doing things. If not you will have a bad time.
Debians biggest issue. Is the default 0 non free firmware and software. This means some drivers etc are not going to install automatically.
So for any new install. Unless you have an entirely open system. You will need to manually edit the source files. And install extra packages.
If you have Nvidia this is a big issue. Bit well documented.
The big issue is when a new version comes out. If things change dramatically. Their is a delay in that clear documentation. This continues through their testing to stable releases.
But they are excellent at ensuring security releases continue well beyond the upgrade. Years usually.
Debians biggest issue. Is the default 0 non free firmware and software. This means some drivers etc are not going to install automatically.
I think Debian 12 changed this and now include non free (firmware?) as default. That’s when I installed it with no issues.
Only dislike I have with Debian is upgrading it was always a headache, but I think rolling release just suits me more.
Its a great distro
ymmv, but debian has always been near perfect through upgrades for me: even a recent buster -> bullseye -> bookworm -> trixie went smoothly.
issues usually arise from not maintaining a clean debian stable install (e.g. you were using backports or lots of 3rd party repos). if those are cleaned up prior things still usually go well.
not saying you didn’t have issues, but in my experience with with lots and lots of debian systems, upgrades have been 99.9% cakewalk.
