• Da Oeuf@slrpnk.net
    10·
    6 days ago

    I love being on Debian, everything just working and not living in fear of updates. And any software that I must have the latest version of I just install via flatpak, appimage, distrobox etc.

  • ☭SaltyIcetea☭@lemmy.ml
    10·
    6 days ago

    Debian is great. but where is the fun in greatness? the jank is what makes computing enjoyable. wabi sabi or something like that.

    (i use arch btw.)

  • Carrot@lemmy.today
    12·
    7 days ago

    I use arch (btw) on my personal machine because I hate myself, but on my servers and the computers of people I move off of Windows I always install Debian and KDE/Gnome, for simplicity and stability.

    • tempest@lemmy.ca
      10·
      7 days ago

      For all the fear mongering about rolling release distros I’ve only been burned once like 5 years ago by some Nvidia driver bug.

      I still do the same thing though.

      • Pika@rekabu.ru
        2·
        7 days ago

        Arch and derivatives always act weird on my system when the time comes to move files.

        I never figured out the root cause, but after like two months of use when I move or download files, the system lags extremely bad and hogs all the RAM.

        Works just fine on any other distros.

      • Hule@lemmy.world
        2·
        7 days ago

        I had a few months where every update broke my WiFi.

        A second reboot always fixed it, i never found out the cause.

  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
    12·
    7 days ago

    I’ve been liking vanilla Debian more and more lately. It takes a bit of time to set up properly, and there are some drawbacks for certain software stacks. But in general, rock stable, no muss, barely any fuss.

    Once it’s set up, it’s awesome for workhorse servers.

    And as long as you don’t need anything cutting edge, it’s not bad as a desktop OS. I used Debian12 with the Plasma DE for a while at a job I had and it was very usable. A few weird issues, but nothing terrible.

  • Cora@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    7 days ago

    I started with Ubuntu 8.10 on Gnome 2, and switched to Debian 8 after Snaps were introduced in Ubuntu 16.04.

    I still use Gnome with a very Gnome 2-esque layout. AND default Adwaita. What can I say, it’s digital home for me. Almost every app I use is Flatpak, so it’s always fresh.

  • FreddiesLantern@leminal.space
    7·
    6 days ago

    Installed Debian last night hoping to try out the freedombox thing. Haven’t had much time with it but so far I’m very pleased. Runs smooth as silk on an old laptop. It also feels very clean and straightforward.

    I might ditch MX for vanilla Debian down the line. (Extra points for them disabling data collection by default and having it as a choice)

    • mirshafie@europe.pub
      7·
      6 days ago

      There’s a reason why Debian is so popular as a base for other distros. It’s just no-nonsense, does what it’s supposed to do, never expects praise just for doing its damn job.

  • invictvs@lemmy.world
    7·
    7 days ago

    I switched from Mint to Debian recently and it’s been great so far. I’m still getting used to the idea of no “panel” (tasks bar), but I think I will keep it that way since it looks cleaner. I find it really easy to navigate with just keyboard shortcuts. It does really feel universal.

    Only issue that keeps bugging me is that for some reason the sound quality on any Bluetooth device is trash. €100 headset sounds like a €10 one. An issue I didn’t have with Mint, Ubuntu or Windows. I haven’t had time to investigate it yet though, maybe something is missing in the default installation and is just a matter of installing the right package.

      • invictvs@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 days ago

        Yeah, I know, but as I said I kind of like it and I think I can get used to it. It’s not necessarily something wrong with Debian, it’s just that I have been a long time windows user, and then used mint also for a long time, so this is just a habit.

    • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
      4·
      6 days ago

      I never actually had to deal with Bluetooth issues on Linux so take this with a grain of salt.

      BT audio devices generally support multiple different encodings, for example aptX, but they can always fall back to the most basic and most horrible codec that is universally supported on any BT host device. Sounds like that’s what’s happening. So you might want to look into why your PC isn’t using the better options.

      • invictvs@lemmy.world
        5·
        6 days ago

        Yes, I thought it might be a code issue. It just seemed weird that with other Debian based distros (ubuntu and mint) I have never had this issue. I hope this weekend I get enough free time to investigate further. Thank you for the tip.

        • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
          4·
          6 days ago

          Maybe the necessary codecs just aren’t installed in Debian by default? Mint and Ubuntu are targeted at laptops for general use, so it makes sense they’d bundle all Bluetooth codecs in a default installation to be ready for most users. But Debian makes fewer assumptions like that, and is often used for servers, so perhaps they didn’t want to bloat it with codecs that many installations will never need.

          I’m just guessing here, but that makes sense to me.

      • invictvs@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 days ago

        Thank you for the suggestion, it might be this. I haven’t had a lot of free time lately, but I hope this weekend I can sit down and investigate.

    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      2·
      6 days ago

      I’m still getting used to the idea of no “panel” (tasks bar),

      I’m using Debian/Plasma and I have a task bar. Maybe it’s optional or depends on environment?

      Now you’re making me think I should get rid of my task bar…

      • invictvs@lemmy.world
        1·
        6 days ago

        Yeah, I completely forgot that during the install Debian gave me multiple choice for the DE. I think I am using GNOME. I don’t remember if I chose it on purpose or it was the default choice and I just rolled with it.

        • ohshit604@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          6 days ago

          Gnome is typically the default for Debian, if you want that taskbar here is the doc to install KDE Plasma.

          Essentially:

          sudo apt remove gnome task-gnome-desktop gnome-core gdm -y

# alternatively you could also “sudo apt purge *gnome*” but there is a possibility dependencies may get caught up in this

sudo apt install kde-full kde-plasma-desktop task-kde-desktop sddm -y

# You’ll likely get prompts throughout the install

sudo apt autoclean
sudo apt autoremove -y
sudo reboot