It’s my choice but Arch and its derivatives look like the trend like CachyOS which is #1 right now on visits on distrowatch. Also I’ve heard Google use Debian as gLinux and I feel many other giants also use it and sponsor it and I’m not comfortable choosing it as my distro. Can the sponsors togethwr with students or any other interested use it for their PCs, either coding or ordinary use? It strictly promotes free but worried about giants and sponsors.

  • atk007@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    I use PikaOS, which is based on Debian. It’s right up there with CachyOS is performance and gaming, and have been using it for over a year with its hyprland variant.

    • HexagonSun@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      16 days ago

      I also use PikaOS, btw.

      Only just stopped using a 2012 MacBook Pro which has Debian on it.

  • hexagonwin@lemmy.today
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    18 days ago

    it seems to be the most hassle free rock solid distro among the popular ones. i prefer slackware on my own systems though, but i’d install debian if someone asks me to install a linux distro on their system.

  • kurcatovium@piefed.socialEnglish
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    18 days ago

    We have all the servers at work using Debian. It’s rock solid. I use Tumbleweed on home PC and CachyOS on laptop as I do some gaming and having fresh packages might help this. Both works for me.

  • limelight79@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    Debian on my server, my desktop, my laptop, and my gaming computer. That last one might be the most questionable choice, but so far it has been working well.

    Just works. No issues.

  • bigbangdangler@reddthat.com
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    18 days ago

    Arch people tend to want people to know they use Arch (btw). You’ll also find a lot of posts about getting Arch working.

    Debian people tend to be too busy doing other things on their computers besides getting them working, so you’ll hear about it less.

    (Important: I’m not dumping on either distro here. Some people, myself included, like Arch exactly because it’s fun to play with and set up. Debian’s older packages tend to mean a more stable system. Use what you like.)

  • curbstickle@anarchist.nexusEnglish
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    18 days ago

    Pretty much anything I do is Debian, ive said it quite a bit before so this may be a repeat of previous comments, but…

    Its solid, stable, easy to deploy with incredible flexibility and just about everything out there supports it. I do have a few boxes with arch, and they are also just fine - I wouldn’t use it as a server, personally, but its perfectly good for a “very current” approach to desktops/laptops.

  • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
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    18 days ago

    I mean I run one arch machine but have 10 ish Debian machines.

  • HumanPenguin@feddit.ukEnglish
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    18 days ago

    Yep millions of us.

    Most commonly due to stability.

    Long term. It took effort and understanding to add newer versions of programs to it. Those of us with these skills managed. But it put off a lot of we want/need the latest without effort folks.

    Over the last 10 years. Flat pack or appimage have come far enough. It is rare if ever I need to build any software I don’t want to.

    • CarlLandry357@lemmy.worldOP
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      18 days ago

      Yeah stability is also the reason for Debian. Arch has more maintenance unlike Debian’s set it and forget it. Like Windows right? Fedora looks heavy to me though. I wanna try others too thats not win11.

      • HumanPenguin@feddit.ukEnglish
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        17 days ago

        Debian has some maintenance. But if you think windows doesn’t. Your already having issue.

        But Debian is one of the most documented distros. If your having an issue. Odd are multiple people have documented how to resolve it.

        Linux as a whole. Requires you to have a basic understanding, of what and why you are doing things. If not you will have a bad time.

        Debians biggest issue. Is the default 0 non free firmware and software. This means some drivers etc are not going to install automatically.

        So for any new install. Unless you have an entirely open system. You will need to manually edit the source files. And install extra packages.

        If you have Nvidia this is a big issue. Bit well documented.

        The big issue is when a new version comes out. If things change dramatically. Their is a delay in that clear documentation. This continues through their testing to stable releases.

        But they are excellent at ensuring security releases continue well beyond the upgrade. Years usually.

        • vandsjov@feddit.dk
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          17 days ago

          Debians biggest issue. Is the default 0 non free firmware and software. This means some drivers etc are not going to install automatically.

          I think Debian 12 changed this and now include non free (firmware?) as default. That’s when I installed it with no issues.

  • vandsjov@feddit.dk
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    17 days ago

    I’m sure Debian would implode if any big corp started to make “hostile” changes to it. It was by some considered controversial to include non free firmware by default - that should tell you a little about how much people care about Debian, as including the non free by default is against the core of opensource.

  • katy ✨@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    17 days ago

    i have debian on my server; if i could go back and use it on my desktop and laptop instead of mint i would too (nothing against mint just love debian)

    • IsoKiero@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      18 days ago

      Same here. I got installation media for Potato from a friend of a friend and I’ve been a happy user ever since. There’s been other stuff on my hardware too, and even now there’s (at least) LMDE and Bazzite around, but when I need a system which just works it’s Debian.