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read somewhere that Debian is good for servers but not for personal use(something about broadcasting, messages not encrypted, etc), anyone with more knowledge o

• vacri 10y ago
  Debian has a user experience that is slightly rougher than a desktop-focused distro like ubuntu. It's caught up a bit recently, but you still need to be a little more technically-minded to use debian - examples: debian's main troubleshooting help is mailing lists, ubuntu's is forums; ubuntu has more 'automagic tooling' to help with things like non-intel graphics cards; debian requires you to understand it's philosophy to understand how it's resources are arranged, why it's website looks the way it does, etc, etc, but a more user-friendly distro hides all of that.
  • ljk 10y ago
    thanks!
• wtbob 10y ago
  I've been running Debian on my work & home laptops & desktops for many years now, with very few complaints. I'd recommend it. I think maybe the encryption issue you refer to is a really bad bug several years ago (2008?) with SSH keys. Nothing that bad since, I believe.
  • ljk 10y ago
    thanks!