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

Also, what makes you use Debian?

  • DebianGuy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    8 hours 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.

  • superkret@feddit.org
    5·
    1 day 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.

  • lordnikon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    2 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.

  • njordomir@lemmy.world
    7·
    2 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·
      2 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.

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
    18·
    2 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
    15·
    2 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.

  • data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.websiteEnglish
    7·
    2 days ago

    I have been using Debian - it’s the only distro I’ve used in my 3 years of Linux as a daily driver, and I started using it in VMs instead of Ubuntu a while before that.

    I also like stability and Debian’s community-oriented nature.

    I am currently on Testing for my desktop, but plan to either go stable or do a reinstall when Trixie hits stable - I’m tired of rolling release and my programs changing frequently. I have really enjoyed Debian 12 + Flatpaks on my Thinkpad, so I think I will do that when summer rolls around.

  • pH3ra@lemmy.ml
    3·
    1 day ago

    Debian-head here, daily driving it for the last 5 years. I distrohopped a lot before but Debian made me stay, mainly because of its stability and the fact that it’s community driven.
    It’s getting harder everyday making your needs fit your ethics, but this is one of the few cases and it makes me feel good with my choices.

  • Drew@sopuli.xyz
    3·
    1 day ago

    I love Debian because it just works, its administration is completely open, and there’s a lot of software support.