Run Debian testing or get packages from backports if you need newer packages. It’s still more stable than a rolling distro.
Debian stable is great if you value stability over everything else, for example on a server, or a desktop PC you want to “just work”. Major updates happen around once every 2 years, not 5 years.
Manjaro is an OK Arch-based distro, but has some rough edges. Which led me to drop it and go back to Debian. Waiting for huge downloads and long compile times from AUR had me really annoyed.
> “Want to code on that thing too? Uh. Idk. Use other distro, would be much easier as debian sucks in this category.”
Not if one is using the ultimate secret weapon of coding: Lazarus.
Nothing comes close for rapid development of Linux applications. And I mean nothing. Need to make a networking application. Built-in. Choose from several GUI kits such as GTK, QT, FLTK, FpGUI? Built-in. Need to create an operating system? Drop down some inline assembler for the BIOS loader and do the EFI PXE in Lazarus or any other editor, and point your kernel to your FreePascal binaries.
Almost anything you can do with C, you can do with FreePascal and Lazarus with the world’s best free RAD IDE and a bazillion units built in. I have found no single IDE that has so much just ready to patch together into a working Linux application.
I have to agree with you on Debian as far as stability is concerned. Debian is a top-notch server OS.
But they removed a few of my favorite desktop programs from their stable repo and that had me fuming !!! I only want to run stable, not testing. They also compartmentalized Python’s pip3 into local user virtualenv, which I do not like since I use sand-boxing to invoke pip apps anyway.
That said, after many years of trying different distros I always kept coming back to Debian and that is where I’m staying.
I’ve only had bad experiences with debian. First off the installer is broken, second apt is a fucking mess compared to the best package manager, emerge, and third I’ve had bootloader issues(or lack of bootloader issues) when trying to install.
yeahhh ngl windows mac nvidia linux mint ubuntu fedora and debian all suck
This list is accurate except for Debian. Debian can do no wrong.
No way, Debian stable is completely useless as a distro unless you’re in to time machines and like the feeling of being stuck 5 years behind the curve
Run Debian testing or get packages from backports if you need newer packages. It’s still more stable than a rolling distro.
Debian stable is great if you value stability over everything else, for example on a server, or a desktop PC you want to “just work”. Major updates happen around once every 2 years, not 5 years.
Refer to the meme - “Linux users and other Linux users”
I use Arch btw
no I use arch btw
@dan@upvote.au
Manjaro is an OK Arch-based distro, but has some rough edges. Which led me to drop it and go back to Debian. Waiting for huge downloads and long compile times from AUR had me really annoyed.
Can I get fries with Arch?
If you have a device with a specific usage, then its more than perfect as its stable.
Only need to draw and write documents on a portable convertable? Suits nicely.
Want to code on that thing too? Uh. Idk. Use other distro, would be much easier as debian sucks in this category.
@lightnegative@lemmy.world
Not if one is using the ultimate secret weapon of coding: Lazarus.
Nothing comes close for rapid development of Linux applications. And I mean nothing. Need to make a networking application. Built-in. Choose from several GUI kits such as GTK, QT, FLTK, FpGUI? Built-in. Need to create an operating system? Drop down some inline assembler for the BIOS loader and do the EFI PXE in Lazarus or any other editor, and point your kernel to your FreePascal binaries.
Almost anything you can do with C, you can do with FreePascal and Lazarus with the world’s best free RAD IDE and a bazillion units built in. I have found no single IDE that has so much just ready to patch together into a working Linux application.
@dan@upvote.au
Booooo! Flamewar now!
@potentiallynotfelix@iusearchlinux.fyi @dan@upvote.au
I have to agree with you on Debian as far as stability is concerned. Debian is a top-notch server OS.
But they removed a few of my favorite desktop programs from their stable repo and that had me fuming !!! I only want to run stable, not testing. They also compartmentalized Python’s pip3 into local user virtualenv, which I do not like since I use sand-boxing to invoke pip apps anyway.
That said, after many years of trying different distros I always kept coming back to Debian and that is where I’m staying.
I’ve only had bad experiences with debian. First off the installer is broken, second apt is a fucking mess compared to the best package manager, emerge, and third I’ve had bootloader issues(or lack of bootloader issues) when trying to install.
CoconutOS is the one and only true OS and everyone should be using it and everyone else is wrong.
@potentiallynotfelix@iusearchlinux.fyi
You seem adamantly confident. What about TempleOS? Have you talked to Saint Terry’s gawd lately?