Today is a great day to learn about Debian.
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Today is a great day to learn about Debian.
It's far from perfect, but by golly once you learn it it's pretty sweet. Highlights:
- Everything is transparent, sometimes painfully so
- Debian isn't a company
- You still have
apt, sodebpackages still probably work - Flatpak makes desktop use easy
- Hate updates? Debian only releases a major new version every two years.
- Nobody is ever, ever, ever going to sell you "Debian Pro"
If Ubuntu's got you down today, I dare you: give Debian a try.
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Today is a great day to learn about Debian.
It's far from perfect, but by golly once you learn it it's pretty sweet. Highlights:
- Everything is transparent, sometimes painfully so
- Debian isn't a company
- You still have
apt, sodebpackages still probably work - Flatpak makes desktop use easy
- Hate updates? Debian only releases a major new version every two years.
- Nobody is ever, ever, ever going to sell you "Debian Pro"
If Ubuntu's got you down today, I dare you: give Debian a try.
@veronica that is a good summary about why I choose Debian as my main distro almost every time I can
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Today is a great day to learn about Debian.
It's far from perfect, but by golly once you learn it it's pretty sweet. Highlights:
- Everything is transparent, sometimes painfully so
- Debian isn't a company
- You still have
apt, sodebpackages still probably work - Flatpak makes desktop use easy
- Hate updates? Debian only releases a major new version every two years.
- Nobody is ever, ever, ever going to sell you "Debian Pro"
If Ubuntu's got you down today, I dare you: give Debian a try.
Also, shouting this one with the bold text:
Debian isn't just for servers. Debian rocks on a desktop.
"But Veronica, I need newer packages!"
Do you really? If I'm doing dev work and need something newer, I'm using containers. If I need desktop applications, there's usually Flatpak/AppImage/Nix/source. And backporting and pinning is an option if you want to get super nerdy with it.
I don't like when my desktop updates. It means I have to relearn stuff. If you feel the same way, consider Debian. On your desktop. Seriously.
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Today is a great day to learn about Debian.
It's far from perfect, but by golly once you learn it it's pretty sweet. Highlights:
- Everything is transparent, sometimes painfully so
- Debian isn't a company
- You still have
apt, sodebpackages still probably work - Flatpak makes desktop use easy
- Hate updates? Debian only releases a major new version every two years.
- Nobody is ever, ever, ever going to sell you "Debian Pro"
If Ubuntu's got you down today, I dare you: give Debian a try.
@veronica Yeah! I'm using Debian both on my server and laptop, and I'm using Arch on my PC. This way I can play with new versions of software and enjoy stability of Debian when I need to. But today, with Flatpak and containers anyone can have latest software on Debian, with isolation from rest of the system, so apps will not break anything.
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Today is a great day to learn about Debian.
It's far from perfect, but by golly once you learn it it's pretty sweet. Highlights:
- Everything is transparent, sometimes painfully so
- Debian isn't a company
- You still have
apt, sodebpackages still probably work - Flatpak makes desktop use easy
- Hate updates? Debian only releases a major new version every two years.
- Nobody is ever, ever, ever going to sell you "Debian Pro"
If Ubuntu's got you down today, I dare you: give Debian a try.
@veronica I switched to Debian for my servers and it's so boring I forget they exist. 10/10 will recommend
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Today is a great day to learn about Debian.
It's far from perfect, but by golly once you learn it it's pretty sweet. Highlights:
- Everything is transparent, sometimes painfully so
- Debian isn't a company
- You still have
apt, sodebpackages still probably work - Flatpak makes desktop use easy
- Hate updates? Debian only releases a major new version every two years.
- Nobody is ever, ever, ever going to sell you "Debian Pro"
If Ubuntu's got you down today, I dare you: give Debian a try.
@veronica@explains.social also one can take so much bs. Windows is just user-unfriendly enough to grind one's gears in the long run, and from what I tested from some recent MacOS version, feels like OEM Android distros with how stiff it felt.
If someone sticking to such systems can be convinced to test, from what I observed over the years, such person will be more prone to "deshitify" his/her workflow and tools, even if not necessarily moving to Linux.
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Today is a great day to learn about Debian.
It's far from perfect, but by golly once you learn it it's pretty sweet. Highlights:
- Everything is transparent, sometimes painfully so
- Debian isn't a company
- You still have
apt, sodebpackages still probably work - Flatpak makes desktop use easy
- Hate updates? Debian only releases a major new version every two years.
- Nobody is ever, ever, ever going to sell you "Debian Pro"
If Ubuntu's got you down today, I dare you: give Debian a try.
I run LMDE, which is Debian with just a hint of Mint and a sprinkle of Cinnamon
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Today is a great day to learn about Debian.
It's far from perfect, but by golly once you learn it it's pretty sweet. Highlights:
- Everything is transparent, sometimes painfully so
- Debian isn't a company
- You still have
apt, sodebpackages still probably work - Flatpak makes desktop use easy
- Hate updates? Debian only releases a major new version every two years.
- Nobody is ever, ever, ever going to sell you "Debian Pro"
If Ubuntu's got you down today, I dare you: give Debian a try.
@veronica 100% agree. I ran Ubuntu for a while, but went upstream to Debian - same core, but without all of the commercial stuff on top.
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Also, shouting this one with the bold text:
Debian isn't just for servers. Debian rocks on a desktop.
"But Veronica, I need newer packages!"
Do you really? If I'm doing dev work and need something newer, I'm using containers. If I need desktop applications, there's usually Flatpak/AppImage/Nix/source. And backporting and pinning is an option if you want to get super nerdy with it.
I don't like when my desktop updates. It means I have to relearn stuff. If you feel the same way, consider Debian. On your desktop. Seriously.
@veronica I have been running Debian on my Desktop since ~2000. Since at least 10years even all updates are smooth as possible. Highly recommendation!
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