I have used Debian for the past 3 years, who else uses Debian?

Also, what makes you use Debian?

  • John@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    6 hours ago

    I like Debian + flatpaks. 🤷‍♀️

    I like the philosophy behind Debian. It’s not a corpo distro

        • simop_jo@lemm.ee
          3·
          11 hours ago

          Yes, there are different distros for people with different wants. That’s the beauty of Linux.

      • vandsjov@feddit.dk
        1·
        20 hours ago

        Old but not necessarily out of date. The system is at a stable state. It’s working and we don’t want to make changes that can compromise stability. New features and other big code changes comes with increased risk of something breaking. Debian Stable means running code that have been tested and used a lot.

        Security fixes and critical bugs get back ported if feasible, or a package might get updated to a newer version.

        • simop_jo@lemm.ee
          3·
          11 hours ago

          I agree with you. I didn’t say Debian was bad. There are people who want the stability of Debian and that’s not a bad thing

          • vandsjov@feddit.dkEnglish
            1·
            15 minutes ago

            I was just to clarify that you’re not sitting with software full of security issues because of older versions of packages. And then some bonus info on what “stable” means in Debian :-)

  • 𝚝𝚛𝚔@aussie.zoneEnglish
    1·
    22 hours ago

    I used to like Ubuntu LTS because it was just Debian that wasn’t quite as out of date, but more recent installs seem to suggest that you only get all the patches if you subscribe to their paid service? Not sure what the fine print is on that.

    This box was turned on, Nextcloud installed, and never touched since (side from apt updates).

    06:49:18 up 2081 days, 22:07,  1 user,  load average: 0.21, 0.33, 0.42
  • DebianGuy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 day ago

    It’s what I know and love, just Debian, bspwm and startx. Servers and desktop both. I feel somewhat grumpy that I can’t run xorg on remote servers, but I made my peace.

    Apart from my current complete move to Linux, I’m contemplating setting up a prettier Debian for my folks.

  • lordnikon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    32·
    3 days ago

    Debian since 1998 checking in

    I use it because it’s just always been there it’s the foundation for so many other distros and can be customized the way I want it to be. All the packages are for the most part vanilla other than fixing them to follow the Debian rules. The Debian rules are great since once you learn them. You knows where to find anything on a Debian system.

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
    21·
    3 days ago

    The most reliable Linux OS out there, software and community. If there’s still people and computers in 50 years, Debian will still be around.

  • sp3ctre@feddit.org
    18·
    3 days ago

    I’m using Debian too. I switched to linux because of privacy reasons and my second thought was that it would be nice if it’s completely developed by an open community without a bigger corporation behind it.

    Works great so far. See no reason to change distros.

  • superkret@feddit.org
    6·
    2 days ago

    I’m a big fan of a minimal Debian system with Flatpaks.
    Technically, Fedora Silverblue would be perfect for me, but I had way more issues with it than with Debian, despite it being immutable and atomic.

  • njordomir@lemmy.world
    8·
    3 days ago

    I appreciate their philosophy. I’ve been a Linux user since the early 2000s and have cycled through 30-40 distros at least. I’m not a highly technical user. I would consider myself a solid intermediate. For a daily use system I prefer arch, but my servers run Debian. Most of the people writing install guides for the software I deploy seem to use Debian so I run into less issues this way. It can be hard to follow a guide for Gentoo when you’re using Hanna Montana Linux, know what I’m saying? Same thing with Debian. It’s just a solid choice with the bonus of having a better, more ethical philosophy, and the benefit of being widely adopted and supported by people who can help when you get stuck. I don’t even mind gnome on my servers since it works well with a single screen and it’s super rare that I actually need the server GUI anyway.

    • funkajunk@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      This is the way.

      I have 3 servers that are all on some flavor of Debian, but Arch on my personal rig.

      Stability where I need it for those always-on workloads, and the ability to fuck around as much as I want over in the corner.

  • valet de trèfle@sh.itjust.works
    12·
    3 days ago

    I use it on every server I set up. Just configure it once and leave it, it works. I love not having to constantly adapt to changes from package updates, since I rely on Debian’s index, which is updated quickly only in case of critical security issues.