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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[–] vandsjov@feddit.dk 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I have debated this myself - Stable or Sid. I want new things but I don't really have the time or energy to fix any added issues due to new/untested stuff, so I use Stable. Sure, you might not get all the newest bits, but if you use your computer to do basic things and not expect to run newest triple A game titles with the newest Nvidia GPU (actually don't know if that would be an issue at all) and don't care too much about the new login manager coming in Plasma 6.6, then Stable is probably just fine. My laptop goes to sleep and wakes up every time - the most Stable thing on my computer since removing Windows 11.