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Why is Debian always left out of the distro recommendations? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 14 hours ago by UnfinishedProjects@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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in Debian (because Debian was always mentioned as a distro good for servers, or stable machines that are ok with outdated software)

And while I get that Debian does have software that isn't as up to date, I've never felt that the software was that outdated.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?

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 8 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

Older drivers won't support newer hardware. Only includes default apps from gnome and KDE. No DE tweaks to speak of. No performance optimizations. No Gear Lever. No fractional scaling implemented, etc. etc.

[–] UnfinishedProjects@lemmy.zip 3 points 14 hours ago

I guess it makes sense that I'm comfortable with using Debian then, lol, because I don't know what most of those things you mentioned are - haha.

Thanks for the explanation though :)

[–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

no fractional scaling? thats a DE/WM feature not distro related

old drivers? so is every stable point release distro unless you go out of your way to get an to date kernel,

only includes default apps? you mean following the DE's developer's vision? (sure for gnome it is a downside for most, tweaks should 100% be included on all gnome installs)

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 28 minutes ago

It is a distro thing. It requires configuration and most good distros have it pre-configured.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 13 hours ago

no fractional scaling? thats a DE/WM feature not distro related

Lots of distros these days come out of the box with that pre-configured, so no, it's not.

only includes default apps? you mean following the DE's developer's vision?

Yes.