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Honest question: how is Debian's hardware compatibility compared to Ubuntu? My impression is that Ubuntu had people testing it on modern hardware, either on th
by chubot 4y ago
Honest question: how is Debian's hardware compatibility compared to Ubuntu?
My impression is that Ubuntu had people testing it on modern hardware, either on the Canonical side, or perhaps on the Dell side (even though I don't own any Dell now)
About 10 years ago I installed Debian on a desktop, and I remember having graphics issues that I didn't have with Ubuntu.
I guess I needed the proprietary driver that Ubuntu offered? I don't remember exactly. Probably some nvidia crap
But either way, I just want to buy some hardware and have the graphics and sound work.
Is Ubuntu currently any better than Debian in that regard? Do they have more testing, or are they the same now?
- gen220 4y agoAny solution that work with Ubuntu should theoretically work with Debian. You'll just need to cobble it together more manually, I imagine. The good news is that Debian is a very popular distro. You'll be able to find copious amount of information online to guide you to relevant hardware support [1]. It's not at all a "it just works" situation. But if you're comfortable with getting your hands a bit dirty, and you're not using any super exotic hardware, it's not at all bad. [1]: https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers https://wiki.debian.org/NvidiaGraphicsDrivers
- barnabee 4y agoA few years ago I used to install Ubuntu because it just handled hardware out of the box that Debian didn’t, or needed a lot of effort to get working. Now Debian seems to run on everything I throw it at. YMMV of course.
- mhio 4y agoUsing the "unofficial" Debian non-free installer and packages will cover most of the gap. Ubuntu still allows more packages in than Debian will. - https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/ https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images... and apt config: deb https://deb.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free The non-free installer is separated from the "official" installer though. There is a general push to "fix" the multiple installer issue, but I think how exactly to fix it is still up in the air. The listed winner in the 2022 vote to "Change <the debian social contract> for non-free firmware in installer, one installer" also notes it needs a 3:1 majority (but I don't know much about the machinations of Debian policy/voting). - https://www.debian.org/vote/2022/vote_003 https://www.debian.org/vote/2022/vote_003