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I wasn't planning to switch to ARM anytime soon, but I was looking for a new Linux distro with Ubuntu heading off in it's own 'Canonical' way. Debian seemed to
by karmakaze 4y ago
I wasn't planning to switch to ARM anytime soon, but I was looking for a new Linux distro with Ubuntu heading off in it's own 'Canonical' way.
Debian seemed to be a natural default but I'm leaning toward an Arch distro so would prepare me if I should switch to ARM down the road.
- smackeyacky 4y agoPop!OS is worth looking at if you like Ubuntu but don't like where Ubuntu is going. Plain debian is fine though - unless you have a recent laptop and need nvidia drivers. You can make it work, but it's fiddly and the Pop! guys already figured everything out for you. I use debian on an old HP deskside server as a workstation and it's been fantastic.
- karmakaze 4y agoThis was my I first thought before Debian because I've noticed Debian packages don't always work like the Ubuntu repo ones and the latter is used by the large majority and I don't mean desktop things but rather server things. The concern is how much infulence will Canonical have on the repo contents itself. If distros have to override Ubuntu repo packages what's the point? I could wait and see if things go that way or choose different. I like voting with my feet.