Debian operating system

3702 readers

6 users here now

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.

founded 6 years ago

MODERATORS

cydork@lemmy.ml

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

submitted 1 week ago by Maragato@lemmy.world to c/debian@lemmy.ml

10 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Stable for me, want my OS to be boring and unsurprising. I also don't have any brand new hardware, that could be a consideration on which version (or which distro) to use.

Testing becomes the next stable so it's not a huge jump in the grand scheme of things but I don't personally have that much time to figure out new OS issues. But maybe I'd install testing or unstable on a spare machine that isn't my main day-to-day system.