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Debian Testing as a daily driver - can anyone share their experience? (piefed.ca)
submitted 1 day ago by ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca to c/linux@programming.dev
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I'm ditching Ubuntu for Debian. But I'm wondering if I shouldn't use Debian Testing instead of Stable to get more updated software.

Tuxedo OS is going to rebase their distro on Debian Testing, and I've heard that it's actually pretty stable for a non-stable distro, which is why I'm considering it. But, I want your hear about your experience. What kind of trouble do you frequently run into? Any traps I should look out for?

I really want something that's going to be no-fuss, solid as a rock and that's simply going to get out of my way. I don't have time to troubleshoot my PC after a whole ass day of troubleshooting some company's software shit.

Before you tell me to switch to whatever other distro, I'm not interested. I want to use Debian. I'm used to it's packaging system and how it's set up and I know it's a super stable distro. And I fully support the people behind it and their social contract.

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[โ€“] LurkingLuddite@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've been having good luck with MX Linux. It's based on Debian Stable, and mostly just has some extra nice tools ontop of Debian Stable and that's it. The only problems I've been having have been minor, and I think more general KDE+Wayland with HDR and VRR bugs you'd probably hit on most distros.

[โ€“] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 1 points 10 hours ago

What's so special about MX Linux or AntiX compared to Devuan for example? What extras does it add?