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People who use Debian for desktop, why? (self.debian)

submitted 1 year ago by zephyr to c/debian

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Why use a server-oriented distro for desktop? If the goal is stability, wouldn't something like Linux Mint, Ubuntu, Zorin, etc. be a better option for desktop?

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[–] mo_ztt 3 points 1 year ago

Debian testing/sid is a wonderful desktop environment if you do lots of development work. I currently use stable on my laptop, as I would rather have a stable environment that sometimes needs a backport vs. a very-occasionally-unstable environment that always has the latest of everything. But for years and years I used sid as my main environment and it was extremely convenient to have always-up-to-date development everything with very little effort.

IDK, maybe it's less of an issue now, as pyenv / npm / etc are more common and give the same type of experience. But for me back when I did it was great.