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I haven't tried Debian in a decade or so, in fairness, but it used to be the case that - a) ubuntu had newer packages b) ubuntu had a much nicer installer c)
by silisili 4y ago
I haven't tried Debian in a decade or so, in fairness, but it used to be the case that -
a) ubuntu had newer packages
b) ubuntu had a much nicer installer
c) ubuntu had nice defaults/polish on the ui and fonts
Maybe Debian has changed since, but that's why I'd been hesitant to install it in the past.
- zokier 4y agoUbuntu lts and debian release on pretty comparable cycles, so the newer packages doesn't really hold anymore. Debian installer is pretty straightforward these days imho, but I might be just used to it. Ubuntu has done more customization on the DE compared to pretty much everyone, with Debian you get closer to vanilla gnome experience. This can be seen both as pro and con.
- doubled112 4y agoThe current stable Debian (11) is two years old. Of course it has older packages than distros released more recently. Debian 12 is newer than 22.04 right now, and probably about the same as Ubuntu 23.04. It's in hard freeze, and soon to be released though. The Debian live DVDs are using the Calamares installer now, if that's more your style. Debian's normal installer is still the same as it always was. Debian is still more default, you set it up for yourself than Ubuntu. I don't like Ubuntu's defaults, but I know what you mean. GNOME's defaults are better now, if that helps out.
- forty 4y agoFor a/ you can use Debian testing and I think it's more or less the same. For b/ I don't install my OS often enough that it matters that much to me (I think on a laptop I went from Ubuntu 9.04 to 18.04 without ever re installing) These days I like old and stable and use Debian stable + backport (mostly for kernel) even for desktop, and I'm really happy :)