• naonintendois@programming.dev
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    3 months ago

    You having regrets depends on your expectations. If you want a very stable system with little maintenance then you’ll be happy. Packages will be older but that’s what makes it easy to keep stable.

    I’m not personally a fan of vanilla Debian because the stable versions are a bit too outdated for the things I like to work with. I do use Debian derivatives though the LTS versions.

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      3 months ago

      If you’re using Debian as a daily driver you can always use a Flatpak if you need a newer version than what’s available in the repos. The foundation is solid, though, and that’s what matters - it’s one of the things that keeps bringing me back to Debian for office workstation use.

  • GustavoM@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It may feel tasty and great today… but it (definitely) won’t feel great as much in the future. Have some respect on yourself and drink something healthy instead – there are better ways to have fun than that.

    That aside, Debian can be very user friendly just like any other distro – I say go for it.

    • CO5MO ✨@midwest.socialOP
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      3 months ago

      Appreciate this advice wholeheartedly, fr. I have stuff I need to work on & I DEFINITELY appreciate this comment ☮️☯️

  • bigmclargehuge@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Main desktop runs Arch but everything else runs Debian. It’s the perfect “install and forget” system so long as you don’t need the absolute bleeding edge packages.

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    3 months ago

    Regrets aplenty after some of the things I’ve drank, but none of them are about Debian.

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    3 months ago

    Just ran out of my local brews, Troegs Field Study IPA, so going to be cracking open some Coors Banquet soon. But I don’t think you will. I use Debian 12 with AwesomeWM and love it.

  • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Debian has treated me kindly since I installed it a week ago. Only issue I discovered was with a wireless mouse sometimes not working on boot but thats fixed with solaar.

    Still miss arch but I don’t feel like installing it again lmao