Debian operating system

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Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. Debian provides more than a pure OS: it comes with over 59000 packages, precompiled software bundled up in a nice format for easy installation on your machine.

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Debian stable or Debian Testing for home users (lemmy.world)

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Hello. I am going to try Debian for the first time, although I have been a Linux user for years. For a user with experience in Linux and for non-technical use of the system, is it more advisable to use Debian stable or testing? Thanks

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[–] EmK@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

Testing really is for testing. If you like to tinker and don't mind the occasional breakage, testing can be great to help the project by trying out newer software and reporting bugs. Otherwise, stable with backports and/or flatpaks if you need newer packages will be a lot more relaxing.