I’ve been using Debian on servers for over 20 years. Rock solid. I like it. I like that it doesn’t have any corporate influence, and that the main repo consists only of free software. Changes are only made if there’s a good reason, unlike Canonical which seem to change things in Ubuntu just because they can.
The last time I used Linux as a desktop OS was around 2007 so I’m excited to get back into it.
Not who you asked but, Ubuntu is basically Linux from a corporation. They are forcing people to install ‘snaps’ instead of your typical .deb package. They are like flatpaks but way worse.
Weren’t they also the first ones to add ads to their start menu, a decade before Microsoft? I’m not an Ubuntu user, so I didn’t care enough to remember the details, but I recall something about them sending your search strings to Amazon to present you with ads.
Linux Mint is the shit if you want a to have just a smooth seamless transition from Windows or a Linux OS that just works.
I pre-ordered a Framework 16 laptop and will probably try Linux Mint Debian Edition on it when it arrives.
Debian Edition because I prefer Debian over Ubuntu.
What is your reason to pick Debian over Ubuntu?
I’ve been using Debian on servers for over 20 years. Rock solid. I like it. I like that it doesn’t have any corporate influence, and that the main repo consists only of free software. Changes are only made if there’s a good reason, unlike Canonical which seem to change things in Ubuntu just because they can.
The last time I used Linux as a desktop OS was around 2007 so I’m excited to get back into it.
Not who you asked but, Ubuntu is basically Linux from a corporation. They are forcing people to install ‘snaps’ instead of your typical .deb package. They are like flatpaks but way worse.
Weren’t they also the first ones to add ads to their start menu, a decade before Microsoft? I’m not an Ubuntu user, so I didn’t care enough to remember the details, but I recall something about them sending your search strings to Amazon to present you with ads.