I distro hopped for a bit before finally settling in Debian (because Debian was always mentioned as a distro good for servers, or stable machines that are ok with outdated software)

And while I get that Debian does have software that isn’t as up to date, I’ve never felt that the software was that outdated. Before landing on Debian, I always ran into small hiccups that caused me issues as a new Linux user - but when I finally switched over to Debian, everything just worked! Especially now with Debian 13.

So my question is: why does Debian always get dismissed as inferior for everyday drivers, and instead mint, Ubuntu, or even Zorin get recommended? Is there something I am missing, or does it really just come down to people not wanting software that isn’t “cutting edge” release?

  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
    41·
    17 hours ago

    Apart from Steam not being a standard installed item, it is very feature full.

    I’ve just given you several examples of how it’s not.

    For 32 bit you also need to enable multi-arch.

    Just making my point for me now.

    You wrote it was mostly for servers

    No I wrote that’s it’s more commonly used in servers.

    I don’t think you really understand the implications.

    I don’t think you do.

      • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
        31·
        5 hours ago

        I dunno what that means. I gave what I felt like a very simple take and this person started to argue with me, not the other way around.

        • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
          23·
          15 hours ago

          It looks like one of you is treating the other as a person deserving of respectful conversation.