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Debian turns 27

80 points by theBashShell 6y ago

TheChaplain 6y ago
Slackware was my first venture into Linux but I found my home in Debian slink. Cheers to all debian packagers here on HN, your hours spent make this user have a great time on an OS that just works.
- nurettin 6y ago
  Debian slink was old stable when I started with a potato cd I borrowed from a professor's desk after my third crash of the day with Windows 98.
- jlgaddis 6y ago
  I, too, started out with Slackware -- although, at that time, I think most did. I used it for a couple years before giving in to everyone who had been telling me about Debian and, finally, I blew away my Slackware and installed Bo. They were right, I did want to switch to Debian (I just didn't know it until I tried it). Now, ~23 years later, my workstation and two primary laptops are all running Debian. I've made the switch to Mac twice in the last 12 years or so -- but not for long! At one point I decided I was going to switch to Arch Linux "for good". A short while later, I thought "maybe Fedora would be a better fit". Not long after, I came to my senses and, as I said earlier, I went running back to Debian. For various reasons, I've got several VMs running "not Debian" and a few that are even running "not Linux" (none running Windows, however!) and I'm a big fan of CentOS/RHEL on the server (and, on occasion, FreeBSD and OpenBSD, whenever they're the best tool for the job). At this point, though, it would take some extremely compelling reasons to cause me to switch to "not Debian" on my workstation and laptops. It's certainly not perfect and there are a few things I'd change if it were up to me but, all things considered, it's absolutely the best OS for me!
- threeio 6y ago
  Bob's slack was strong with us all back then.. my 486/40 screamed back then.... oh god I'm old. ;)
craigsmansion 6y ago
The sun rising in the morning will never make the news, and that's the problem with Debian marketing; an operating system that's so stable and reliable users tend to forget about it, how is that ever going to grab headlines? Although I'm on Devuan for obvious reasons, Debian still sets the bar of what a Free operating system should aspire to be. Congratulations and a heartfelt thanks to all Debian developers and contributors; whatever your motivations, you made the world a better place.
mickotron 6y ago
I'd still be on Debian if it wasn't for the old packages and having to run backports
Archaceous 6y ago
Debian turns 27 while Arch turns forever. This is not a shpost obviously.

80 points by theBashShell 6y ago

Slackware was my first venture into Linux but I found my home in Debian slink. Cheers to all debian packagers here on HN, your hours spent make this user have a great time on an OS that just works.

nurettin 6y ago
Debian slink was old stable when I started with a potato cd I borrowed from a professor's desk after my third crash of the day with Windows 98.
jlgaddis 6y ago
I, too, started out with Slackware -- although, at that time, I think most did. I used it for a couple years before giving in to everyone who had been telling me about Debian and, finally, I blew away my Slackware and installed Bo. They were right, I did want to switch to Debian (I just didn't know it until I tried it). Now, ~23 years later, my workstation and two primary laptops are all running Debian. I've made the switch to Mac twice in the last 12 years or so -- but not for long! At one point I decided I was going to switch to Arch Linux "for good". A short while later, I thought "maybe Fedora would be a better fit". Not long after, I came to my senses and, as I said earlier, I went running back to Debian. For various reasons, I've got several VMs running "not Debian" and a few that are even running "not Linux" (none running Windows, however!) and I'm a big fan of CentOS/RHEL on the server (and, on occasion, FreeBSD and OpenBSD, whenever they're the best tool for the job). At this point, though, it would take some extremely compelling reasons to cause me to switch to "not Debian" on my workstation and laptops. It's certainly not perfect and there are a few things I'd change if it were up to me but, all things considered, it's absolutely the best OS for me!
threeio 6y ago
Bob's slack was strong with us all back then.. my 486/40 screamed back then.... oh god I'm old. ;)

craigsmansion 6y ago

The sun rising in the morning will never make the news, and that's the problem with Debian marketing; an operating system that's so stable and reliable users tend to forget about it, how is that ever going to grab headlines? Although I'm on Devuan for obvious reasons, Debian still sets the bar of what a Free operating system should aspire to be. Congratulations and a heartfelt thanks to all Debian developers and contributors; whatever your motivations, you made the world a better place.

mickotron 6y ago

I'd still be on Debian if it wasn't for the old packages and having to run backports

Archaceous 6y ago

Debian turns 27 while Arch turns forever. This is not a shpost obviously.