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Debian is really solid as a server OS. I wouldn't use it for desktop unless you're using ancient hardware. My days of using CentOS as a development workstation

Debian is really solid as a server OS. I wouldn't use it for desktop unless you're using ancient hardware. My days of using CentOS as a development workstation are thankfully behind me. I will never use a long-release cycle distro for primary development, the headaches that come with it are not worth it.

JohnFen 3y ago
I use it as a desktop OS on all of my nonserver machines, and it's been great. Obviously, tastes vary, of course.
realitythreek 3y ago
Depends on the apps. For most it's completely irrelevant whether it’s the latest release. For others, there’s flatpaks or containers (docker/podman). Personally I think people get too attached to bleeding edge.
ptero 3y ago
I use Debian on the desktop with various hardware, both inside the case and outside it (various SDRs and data capture toys) and it works great for me. Just a data point, YMMV.
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pessimizer 3y ago
If you aren't worried about your system being unstable, just use testing. Or just do what everyone else does, and use testing on your laptop/workstation and stable on everything else.
TacticalCoder 3y ago
> Debian is really solid as a server OS. I wouldn't use it for desktop unless you're using ancient hardware I'm running Debian 12 (since the soft freeze I think) on my newly built AMD 7700X. I wouldn't exactly call that "ancient hardware". Zero issue. No headaches for me. FWIW I'm running Debian since Debian 1.1 (1.1, not 11).
- packetlost 3y ago
  I'm dumb :)
  - pavon 3y ago
    Debian releases every 2 years. Each release gets LTS support for 5 years, but there is no reason you need to use it that long unless you choose not to upgrade.
    - packetlost 3y ago
      Wait... whaaaaaa!? I thought it was 5 for some reason. Disregard! 2 years is a pretty reasonable lifecycle
snerbles 3y ago
Debian 11 works fine on my Framework, I wouldn't call that ancient.
- smegsicle 3y ago
  well it's designed to work with linux, which makes it honorary ancient

JohnFen 3y ago

I use it as a desktop OS on all of my nonserver machines, and it's been great. Obviously, tastes vary, of course.

realitythreek 3y ago

Depends on the apps. For most it's completely irrelevant whether it’s the latest release. For others, there’s flatpaks or containers (docker/podman). Personally I think people get too attached to bleeding edge.

ptero 3y ago

I use Debian on the desktop with various hardware, both inside the case and outside it (various SDRs and data capture toys) and it works great for me. Just a data point, YMMV.

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pessimizer 3y ago

If you aren't worried about your system being unstable, just use testing. Or just do what everyone else does, and use testing on your laptop/workstation and stable on everything else.

TacticalCoder 3y ago

> Debian is really solid as a server OS. I wouldn't use it for desktop unless you're using ancient hardware I'm running Debian 12 (since the soft freeze I think) on my newly built AMD 7700X. I wouldn't exactly call that "ancient hardware". Zero issue. No headaches for me. FWIW I'm running Debian since Debian 1.1 (1.1, not 11).

packetlost 3y ago
I'm dumb :)
- pavon 3y ago
  Debian releases every 2 years. Each release gets LTS support for 5 years, but there is no reason you need to use it that long unless you choose not to upgrade.
  - packetlost 3y ago
    Wait... whaaaaaa!? I thought it was 5 for some reason. Disregard! 2 years is a pretty reasonable lifecycle

snerbles 3y ago

Debian 11 works fine on my Framework, I wouldn't call that ancient.

smegsicle 3y ago
well it's designed to work with linux, which makes it honorary ancient