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Speaking of debian - anyone here running debian testing as a daily driver? I really enjoy debian as a kind of "default" Linux but the rare updates and the need to upgrade the whole system when a major update hits annoys me, so rolling release feels better, but I'm worried Debian Testing is unstable? But I've heard it's not so bad? Anyone got any opinion on that?
Daily driver here. Stable for servers, testing for workstations.
Debian Testing isn't as stable as Stable, but has been far more reliable than anyone else's desktop releases. I'm also not a fan of Fedora and others' policy of ending support on the day of a new release.
If for some reason you decide to hold back on an upgrade of Testing, you've still got five years of patch support coming. And if I do want to live on the bleeding edge, there's always Sid (also called Unstable). That's where you'll run into the kind of instability you can expect from a rolling release.
My favorite will probably always be Gentoo, but I don't always have time for that hobby.
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Switching from Microsoft Windows to Linux is one of the best decision I ever made.
Thank you to the thousands of Debian volunteers. You are amazing people
️Hell yeah, i love Debian, its such a Great and Powerful OS.
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Noob here. My last distro was Zorin (which I liked well enough). Keen to switch to Debian base. Should I jump in and install vanilla Debian or wait for Mint Debian 7? Or should I believe the DistroWatch hype and go for MX?
Would prefer Xfce environment because I'll be running it on 8+ yo laptop and and desktop.
Get base Debian, you'll have more options for desktop environment. Once you get past the installation hassle it should just work for the rest of times. MX has its place but it's specifically made to have no systemd which may not be something a new user is looking for. It feels very opinionated, is what I'm trying to say. May be your thing of course, but I'd recommend reading more on its philosophy before picking.
8 years is probably not old enough to require lighter desktops if the machines were at least mid range at the time. You should be able to use gnome or KDE as you please. Nothing against XFCE in principle, but it can be a little clunky especially for a laptop. No touch gestures, for example.
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I liked Zorin (often recommended for users coming from Windows) which is based off Ubuntu which in turn is based off Debian. Not a fan of Snaps, though. I also value stability over blistering performance and bleeding edge features.
Not a fan of Snaps, though.
I'm the same and decided to give Tuxedo Linux a try. So far I really like it.
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Hell yeah, i love Debian, its such a Great and Powerful OS.
Great and Powerful OS.
loved this
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Switching from Microsoft Windows to Linux is one of the best decision I ever made.
Thank you to the thousands of Debian volunteers. You are amazing people
️Debian is my favorite distro. I've used it for years.
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Get base Debian, you'll have more options for desktop environment. Once you get past the installation hassle it should just work for the rest of times. MX has its place but it's specifically made to have no systemd which may not be something a new user is looking for. It feels very opinionated, is what I'm trying to say. May be your thing of course, but I'd recommend reading more on its philosophy before picking.
8 years is probably not old enough to require lighter desktops if the machines were at least mid range at the time. You should be able to use gnome or KDE as you please. Nothing against XFCE in principle, but it can be a little clunky especially for a laptop. No touch gestures, for example.
tnx for the reply
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Not a fan of Snaps, though.
I'm the same and decided to give Tuxedo Linux a try. So far I really like it.
Tuxedo looks interesting, tnx
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Switching from Microsoft Windows to Linux is one of the best decision I ever made.
Thank you to the thousands of Debian volunteers. You are amazing people
️I’m waiting to more feedbacks and I will try it after
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Daily driver here. Stable for servers, testing for workstations.
Debian Testing isn't as stable as Stable, but has been far more reliable than anyone else's desktop releases. I'm also not a fan of Fedora and others' policy of ending support on the day of a new release.
If for some reason you decide to hold back on an upgrade of Testing, you've still got five years of patch support coming. And if I do want to live on the bleeding edge, there's always Sid (also called Unstable). That's where you'll run into the kind of instability you can expect from a rolling release.
My favorite will probably always be Gentoo, but I don't always have time for that hobby.
I’m not a fan of fedora too I have to agree with you
