• dan@upvote.au
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    3 months ago

    I’ve been using Debian on servers for 20+ years, but ended up using Fedora on my desktop and laptop.

    Debian is stable, meaning it doesn’t change often. Packages don’t get major version upgrades during the lifetime of a Debian release. That’s fantastic on servers, but can be annoying on clients since you don’t get the very latest drivers, the newest version of KDE, etc. Linux drivers move pretty quickly, especially for newer hardware.

    You can run Debian testing, which is a more up-to-date development branch, but you need to make sure you pull security updates from unstable as the security team do not upload to testing. https://github.com/khimaros/debian-hybrid

    If you’re new to Linux, then also consider Linux Mint Debian Edition.

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caOP
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      3 months ago

      Personal anecdote - a year ago I switched my Framework laptop from Ubuntu to Debian, on ZFS, and it’s been smooth sailing. The kernel is surprisingly new.

      • zeroClassSOLDIER@feddit.org
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        11 days ago

        I was thinking of getting a Framework and setting up Debian (with KDE Plasma), but I’ve always heard Framework is better designed for Fedora/Ubuntu. This gives me confidence! Do you have an Intel or AMD mainboard. I am waiting for the RISC V to come out.

        • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caOP
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          11 days ago

          I got an 11th gen Intel board. The one with the CMOS battery design defect. 😅

          If Ubuntu works well somewhere, chances are so does Debian. Especially if the last-but-one Ubuntu release works well.

          Lmk if you want to know anything else.