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Question: Would I regret switching from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to Debian Bullseye 11.X (and would I have to use Debian 10 to use an LTS version [0])? How many creatur

Question: Would I regret switching from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to Debian Bullseye 11.X (and would I have to use Debian 10 to use an LTS version [0])? How many creature comforts does Ubuntu add onto the Debian base? Just based on the vibe I get from debian.org, I feel like my life would involve a lot more yak shaving (which I don't necessarily mind if it teaches me something that will negate future yak shaves). Context: In 2019 I built a desktop (my personal workstation) and it was my first machine without a windows or Mac OS partition. That machine is still my personal daily driver (outside of work). Using it for ML/MLOps/misc engineering projects has taught me a ton about parts of how Linux works and is organized. [0] https://wiki.debian.org/LTS https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

dcminter 4y ago
I'd like to get a view on this too. Perhaps post it as a top level 'Ask Hacker News' ?
JonChesterfield 4y ago
Debian testing will feel very like an Ubuntu install that doesn't crash on you. One package manager instead of N. Occasionally third party repos only package for Ubuntu, though they're likely to work about as well on Debian as they do on Ubuntu anyway. For a long time Debian refused to bundle closed source firmware with the installer but they've relented on that now. The holdout I know of is Ubuntu have zfs in the kernel and Debian as a package. That seems to make no difference in practice.