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Why Debian?
Hi guys, please share why you chose Debian as your distro? Thanks! :)
Also anyone here is confused when you tried debian because your first distro is rpm base? lol. Share some stories! thanks! |
I dumped Debian , too much bloat and systmD and went back to Slack, and whatever other Independent distro is out there that I want to check out, and use, currently it's Solus.
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I use a systemd free version called AntiX, Debian still offers the most packages of any Linux. :)
http://antix.mepis.org/index.php?title=Main_Page |
debian stable is the sort of reliable, unbreakable workhorse i need for my server.
it's actually oldstable now - jessie. |
I run Sid because Debian tends to be very consevative regarding updating software and libraries and I like mine to be fairly recent.
Slackware is a great distribution but since I tend to reinstall now and again for whatever reason, or just install on a new PC, I found the install process for things like Steam looked too much work -- I'm too much of a slacker ;). I would not recomend Debian over Slackware, unless you're lazy like me, but I would recommend it over its many derivatives. Fedora I don't use because, while I was learning Linux, it had some severe dependency issues. I understand, and from what I have tried, that's gone now but I've not, yet, seen a reason to move to Fedora. |
I run it because it generally just works, is reliable, and has sufficient repos for my tastes.
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Cuz I am rpm dyslexic. All rawhide ever did was give me a rawhide.
But that was back in 2009. Things are better now. I remember back then how the Linux forums were swamped with rpm threads. |
Debian has long been my second-favorite distro after Slackware mostly, because it is rock-solid. The breadth of software in the Debian repos is also a plus. Right now, I'm running it on that other computer, over there.-------->
I run Sid for the same reasons 273 mentioned. |
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I don't use Debian straight-up these days, but did quite extensively in the past. Since it now uses "that" init, it's off my list. Right now I do have both MX Linux and antiX on different boxes.
I thought this was a good article, from last week: http://wayoflinux.com/blog/debian-stable-on-desktop |
Large repos
Ease of use (apt-get) - parent of ubuntu, on which I cut my teeth in linux Cutting edge software with Sid Gave Debian up after systemd, but came back with antiX-17 Went to Salix because of a) systemd concerns, and b) the slapt-get's similarity to apt-get and Slackware stability; (also because of being a lazy slacker) urpmi -- burp me! |
More developers use Debian( old statistics, maybe now: based on Deb (like most distros))...
personally tho more stuff works/sid. :hattip: |
I chose Debian because i got used to ubuntu/apt/aptitude/deb-repositories but got tired of *buntu's changes and bloat. I admin RHEL servers at work, but still prefer Debian Stable +XFCE +backports on my workstations & notebook.
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Oh, and I forgot, when I somehow managed to bork my system completely some helpful person on Debian IRC channel talked me through the solution. I got some help there with another more minor issue too -- good people.
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I first ran Debian back at 4.0 (Etch). I've always liked the package management system, and generally good dependency resolution. If and when things break I'm able to find a solution. I'm currently happily running Debian 9 on two laptops. Debian has always been a stable, robust distro for me.
I also run Slackware on 4 work stations. Slackware is also stable and robust. I dual boot Slackware and OpenBSD on one work station. OpenBSD has rock-like stability, security, and is very robust. |
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