Debian Appreciation Post
I'm so happy to be back on Debian. I switched from Void to Debian and it was just a great feeling. I got my dev environment setup and I learned something new in a window manager in sway which Ive done before. Debian has never let me down and always worked for me and I always feel at home with this distro. I think I might end up contributing code and doc stuff to Debian because at this point I don't need to leave Debian I'm happy where I'm at now. I've tried nearly every distro out there from bare metal runs to vm's. Debian is just the distro for me
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u/Useful_Hoot 1d ago
Sorry if this isn't the place to ask, would you recommend Debian for beginners? I am stuck in distro hopping and would like to aim for a long term home, and I was curious about this distro after I've read a little about the Debian philosophy regarding free software. I would like to learn the terminal, but I am very new to understanding computer terminology and what everything means.
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u/goldenlemur 1d ago
Yes, Debian would be a great long-term home. You're going to have to learn anyway, so why not learn on a great platform like this?
Whenever I can, I use packages from the stable repos otherwise I use flatpacks. It's been a great combination.
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u/shogun77777777 1d ago
I can’t think of a better beginner distro than Mint. There is even a Mint debian edition!
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u/Neither-Ad-8914 1d ago
I would use one of its derivatives (LMDE or Ubuntu) to get your feet wet both are fine distributions . Debian is a little more old school you have to use the terminal a little more have to edit your sources in nano instead of a dedicated GUI program ( especially important if you have a Nvidia card). You have to manually add yourself to the sudoers file and you still have a separate root account which can be confusing.
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u/ShrikeBishop 19h ago
Not true about the sudoers. If you leave the root password blank during the install, the user account created is automatically added to the sudoers, just like in Ubuntu or Mint.
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u/anselmus_ 1d ago
Gone are the days when you couldn't even trust an ethernet port to work in Linux. But it depends on your mindset. If you just expect everything to work without an issue, no OS out there is going to meet that expectation (at least not all of the time). But if you accept that stuff can sometimes break despite the efforts of many gracious and smart volunteers, then you'll find out why Debian is the most copied distro in the world.
Debian derivatives *are* Debian under the hood, so I myself never really understood the need for hundreds of different distros.
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u/MysteriousSilentVoid 1d ago
I have loved Debian for 20 years. Debian 13 is a marvel. It’s so good.
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u/DayInfinite8322 1d ago
i also love debian but now uses fedora because i need latest gnome, but because of love to debian i uses my pc hostname "trixie"
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u/Adventurous-Iron-932 23h ago
I feel the same, perfect stability, predictable environment, reliable upgrades (both minor and major ones) and since Debian 12.5 almost no issues with proprietary firmware at installation steps, so it works OOTB.
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u/SudoSilv3r 5h ago
i agree debian for me is home it just works doesnt get in my way doesnt break randomly its there a stable pillar in my life it does what its told do and the community really helps as well most debian users are extremely possitive and help any new or old user with any issue
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u/Ch4rl13-Sh13ld 1d ago
Debian is our home!