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Linux middle ground? (self.linux)

submitted 2 months ago by Bunny19 to c/[email protected]

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so a common claim I see made is that arch is up to date than Debian but harder to maintain and easier to break. Is there a good sort of middle ground distro between the reliability of Debian and the up-to-date packages of arch?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You could.. of course also try to use Debian Testing (which is more stable than Debian Unstable), but also more up to date than just Debian Stable.

https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTesting And see also: https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/ (currently "trixie" is the testing release).

EDIT: I mention this, because nobody mentioned it yet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes somebody did mention Debian Sid, which is Debian unstable. Which is maybe even more up to date (I still don't consider it rolling release, because there will be a package freeze, if not multiple).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Sid is very much living on the edge. I wouldn't advise using it. (Although I don't advise Arch either)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

please do not use debian testing. it is not fit for production use and will give you headaches, especially when a new release starts approaching