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[–] [email protected] 372 points 1 year ago (20 children)

As the designer of the Debian logo I approve of this :-)

[–] panja 115 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No way, it's like I just walked past a celebrity

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you imagine being the one person who downvoted them?

[–] remotelove 47 points 1 year ago

The username does align, but that is not proof in itself and could explain the downvote. For the purposes of this thread, I believe!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Ha! Tell that to my kids!

[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 year ago

This is all the validation I need

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Taking this opportunity to personally thank you for making a good logo, I absolutely love the Debian swirl! There are so many boring geometric or single-letter logos out there, the details and texture of the swirl is just so good.

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[–] H2207 24 points 1 year ago

It's a beautiful shade of red, and the intricate little details across the swirl. It's a nice change to the bland, corporate logos we're used to.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

🫡Thank you for your service

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wow I'm starstruck! Unsurprised to find the Debian gang here, but still very happy about it!

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] archonet 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

and they say we don't have celebrities or important people on Lemmy

[–] MargotRobbie 7 points 1 year ago

Maybe they are all just hiding in plain sight or something.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've admired this logo for 20 years. Debian has the best logo.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thanks for your work, it's an awesome logo.

Simple and recognizable. Exactly what a logo is supposed to be. I think it's the best logo in all of OSS. Basically the Nike swoosh of OSS, everyone else has to put the name of the software on the logo so people will know what it is. But you see the swirl, and you instantly know it's Debian without any explanation.

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[–] Darth_Vader__ 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Debian is light, debian is fast, and debian just works. Debian 🔥

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the kind of meme that makes me both happy and sad.

Happy becuase it's so funny, but sad because nobody I know personally would get it lol.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that a live action version of the Incredibles?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] kuneho 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I started my whole Linux experience with Ubuntu 6.10. IIRC Compiz Fusion or Beryl was the shit back then with the 3D cube effect and the windows going off in flames when you close something.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Ubuntu was a fantastic distribution to start early on. Especially in the pre-10.x days there weren't many beginner friendly ones. Your alternatives were Debian with very outdated software, SuSE which was kind of OK, Fedora which was also quite unstable and lacking packages (remember hunting RPMs on the old RPMfusion?) or Ubuntu. At some point I'd outgrown Ubuntu and moved on to greener pastures. Nowadays I'm not sure I'd be recommending Ubuntu to new users, Fedora is quite good and without all the snap store shenanigans. Even Debian installation experience is not too bad and it's not lacking too much in software.

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[–] MigratingtoLemmy 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Honestly, I'm starting to appreciate the "Just works" mentality a little more as I start to shy away from ricing. I'm going to stick with non-systemd distributions, but my DE will likely be cinnamon next, since it's easy to use and I don't care about making it look pretty.

I feel Void + a simple DE is an amazing combination for people who want to get work done without paying too much of attention to the OS, except the part of the OS they are using actively (tooling + applications)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Why non-systemd distros? I have heard of not-systemd distros like Artix and Devaun (I think that's how you spell them), but I never bothered looking into why some people prefer them.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Systemd is easier but also slower, it dose a lot more than just a init system and many dislike that. I have used both and it's cool to see E.g. PostmarketOS boot but systemd works really well nowdays too and the actual backlash is mostly from it's early days.

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[–] bhamlin 14 points 1 year ago

Ah, slackware.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Debian is bestian

[–] Siegfried 13 points 1 year ago

Glad to see that debian does get some love over here...I always felt like a pariah in linux reddit comunities

[–] Spider89 11 points 1 year ago

As a Debian user, I agree. :)

[–] spacesweedkid27 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Jo I don't know much about Linux distros, but isn't Ubuntu just Debian with some extra features?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ubuntu is based on Debian Testing (their beta pipeline) and run by a for profit corporation. Ubuntu makes significant changes to Debian to get it to where its easy to use for end users. It has in the past made choices that were extremely unpopular in the open source community, and will make those decisions again in the future.

[–] accideath 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Never much liked ubuntu but admittedly, they did a lot for userfriendliness in the Linux space and a lot of great beginner (or people who don’t want to deal with stuff not working) friendly distros like mint, pop, etc are based on it, oftentimes debullshittet (e.g. neither use snap by default)

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I would liken it to more like if Debian was a shot of whiskey, Ubuntu is like a whiskey sour. It still has whiskey as a base but enough ingredients have been added and changes have been made that it's its own thing.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Isn't Debian just GNU/Linux with some extra features?

A distro's a distro. You could rip dnf out of Fedora, install apt if you like.

It basically comes down to the default settings/packages shipped, and philosophy.

Ubuntu adds a much different install experience, snaps, and some features good for enterprise out of the box.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My first was red hat... Like 23 years ago

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

POP! OS has got it going on man.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Danny devito in a Sia wig, love it

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That is clearly Ongo Gablogian, the famous art collector.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I absolutely cannot disagree.

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