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Debian Testing as a daily driver - can anyone share their experience? (piefed.ca)
submitted 6 days 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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[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 days ago

You can also just directly use a rolling release distro. Debian Unstable isn’t as bad as it sounds. Unstable doesn’t mean unreliable or prone to breakages. Unstable just means that the bugs deal with will constantly be changing, instead of dealing with the same bugs all the time.

"Unstable" is one of the terms in the IT, that has multiple meanings. Those who don't know, might confuse the term "unstable" with "broken", when it actually means "Changing" (at a high level spoken). Its not about the bugs changing, but more about compatibility and changes that drastically could alter a system. Regardless of the model, security issues and often bugs are still being patched. For a "stable" distribution, this would be all it does.