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Does anyone choose Debian?
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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.
I think Debian 12 changed this and now include non free (firmware?) as default. That’s when I installed it with no issues.
You may be correct. I'm on 12 but it's been a while since I installed.
I think Fedora is taking off because of enterprise use & Bazzite? Or something else that uses their image thing