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Just use distrobox as long as it doesn't hinder much the program's functionality or your convenience.

Don't be too hopeful, it will probably be the upgrade to Debian 14 in 2030. And the issue will probably be: yes, you need to change the repo and then full-upgrade.

I had some getting it to run on a Chuwi HI8 but the thing is a terrible tablet-PC pretending to be a terrible Android tablet...

I had a fair amount of issues back in the day due to debian having limited support for newer hardware with proprietary drivers. I wouldnt be surprised if that still a thing given Debian's modus operandi.

See my newest comment with the monospaced text.

But yeah, not a real issue, I fixed it in 15 minutes. Apparently it was foolish of me to want Num Lock on the lock screen (Czech keyboard layout uses the number row for diacritics).

Edit: Now I fixed that too. I can easily use numbers in my password now!

Some specific drivers are a little fiddly if you have nvidia graphics

Nit-picking here but Nvidia drivers for Debian are ridiculously easy to install? Doc page

• Prerequisites

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ trixie main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ trixie-security contrib non-free main non-free-firmware
sudo apt update

• Install the driver (Trixie)

sudo apt install nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-driver

• Have an RTX capable GPU?

sudo apt install libnvoptix1

Edit: For an Nvidia Optimus Laptop just install envycontrol and set your Nvidia GPU as your primary GPU.

sudo envycontrol -s nvidia --force-comp --coolbits 24

Done, easy peasy.

I just wish Debian didn't use apt. Got fuck I hate apt. With a fucking passion. FUCK APT.

But I do love Debian it's always been the most reliable thing ever.

Damn near every distro is fiddly with Nvidia graphics, they're practically a criminal cartel, they give Nouveau 0 support (ok fine, lately a bit, but probably not enough)

same here even though i don't use it much anymore.

for me, it was both the distro that i had used the longest at home due to rock solid stability and it's become a signal to me that the shop i'm considering working in has rock solid people working on it.

i'm going to miss working on debian in a professional capacity and watching it due it's thing in real world production capacities for millions of people at a time.

You make it sound religious. Did i join a religion deccades ago and not knowing it?

Experience? Yes, but I'm also really clumsy and impatient. Lots of things, hardware and software, broke in my hands because I wasn't careful enough. At least there is no personal data on the system right now that I could erase.

Yeah, I know this, what a pain... I eventually had to install rEFInd on one of the PCs with dual boot.

I tried Mint on my old MacBook pro and it was really slow, impossible to scroll through a website slow. I then installed Ubuntu and had a wonderful experience

No, I'm absolutely not. What desktop environment should I choose? KDE Plasma is tempting - it would be nice to use it before I install it with Arch on my main system - but I don't need the cutting edge or much personalization. I know XFCE best but GNOME is default... GNOME's big launcher looks great for the TV but it's also more resource-hungry and less customizable...

I guess I'll go with the familiar Windows-style XFCE and maybe add big remote-friendly icons later when I configure an IR receiver.

Gee! How long did it take to transfer the iso via sms? Did you have to uuencode it?

I have worked with VMs before and still use an XP one sometimes. But modern Windows in a VM on an old laptop with 4 GB of RAM? I'll pass...