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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Tips for switching to Debian from Ubuntu? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Title pretty much says it all. I've been using ubuntu as my daily driver for the last 5 years or so and honestly, I've had a wonderful experience with it.

That said, with the way things are going, I feel like its only a matter of time before Canonical pulls the rug out so I'd like to at least get my feet wet with something other than Ubuntu and Debian seems like the logical choice.

I mainly use my machines for gaming, self hosting, programming, and weird networking projects/automation testing.

I've heard gaming on debian isnt as 'out of the box' as it is with Ubuntu. So I'm hoping somone with more experience can share some tips on what I should be looking out for or point me to some good guides. Thanks yall.

EDIT: I fucking love this community. Thank you all for your replies. I appreciate you taking the time to help me out.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tangential question for people browsing this post: would you recommend a different Linux distribution over Debian and Ubuntu for OP? If so, which one and why?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Depends on what you're looking for.

Up to date packages: Arch or Fedora
Stable: Rocky or Mint

I personally love Arch for its lightweight nature, its documentation, and the AUR, but I use Fedora on my desktop and server, and Debian on my HTPC. I also have Rocky on my laptop, but that was mostly just to play around with it.

Fedora is nice because it's fairly up to date and has a fairly robust, self maintaining package manager (i.e. it automatically removes unused deps and cleans up after itself).